About CHANDER BURI, THE LUNAR LOOM

Why “Chander Buri”?

 

In Bengali folklore, Chander Buri—literally The Old Woman of the Moon—is the timeless grandmother who sits in the sky, spinning yarn at her charka (spinning wheel), weaving dreams and fables under moonlight. She is the guardian of quiet stories, the keeper of lullabies, and the patient weaver of night.

In naming this project Chander Buri, we honour both the myth and the maker. She is not just a storybook character—she is every mother, grandmother, weaver, and woman who carries tenderness in her hands and strength in her thread. She weaves not just cotton, but memory. Not just garments, but time.

Chander Buri – The Lunar Loom.

A Homecoming in Cotton.

Chander Buri is a house where bel phool vines climb up mossy walls, and the air carries the scent of boiled milk and cardamom.

It’s a quiet afternoon—you push open the wooden gate and hear a familiar voice from inside:

“Kire Belu, eli naki?”

It’s the soft rustle of a cotton saree, the clink of thin golden bangles, the cool touch of your mother’s anchol gently dabbing the sweat from your brow.

It’s the comfort of lying next to her under a slowly turning fan, insisting on her saree draped over you—no matter how warm the night is.

This is the feeling Chander Buri brings back.

A return to everything soft, everything familiar.

A return to home.

Chander Buri – The Lunar Loom is born from this dual inheritance:

The personal and the historical.

The warmth of memory, and the strength of tradition.

It is my tribute to my mother—who wore soft, handwoven sarees through the harshest summers, who made every slow afternoon feel like ritual. Her cottons weren’t extravagant, but they were full of grace, resilience, soul and strength.

In creating Chander Buri, I returned to the looms of Bengal.

To the touch of fabric that breathes.

To the rhythms of a slower world—where every thread carries the weight of memory.

We work directly with traditional weavers who continue to use time-honoured techniques—hand-spinning, dyeing, and weaving locally sourced cotton into fabric that is light, breathable, and enduring. Each saree is not just a garment, but a story—of summers past, of a mother’s kitchen, of ancestral craft.

Chander Buri is a celebration of:

The handloom heritage of Bengal, once the epicenter of the global cotton trade. 

The comfort of home, memory, and belonging.

The artistry of cotton as a medium of both utility and grace.

Come, drape yourself in a story.

Let it whisper of mango summers, slow afternoons, and your mother’s Anchal in the dark.

Let Chander Buri take you back—to where softness lives and history lingers.