shruti13wr Apsara Aali... - My Apsara quilt!!! The quest for the photo started about 2-3 months back... I was always intrigued by the many different ways in which a saree is draped in India. The length of the saree also varies regionally. In Maharashtra - the state in India that I live in - the 9 yard saree - called nav vari (nav = nine, var = yard) is the traditional gear for women. It has its own variants too! It looks especially beautiful from behind! I wanted to capture the grace of that saree, without making it look like I was trying to make a quilt of a woman's bottom!