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    9 Women Photographed In Their Most Meaningful Inherited Saris

    "We don’t inherit money, we inherit ma’s saris."

    The Soup asked nine women of different ages to wear their mothers' saris and share their stories. "I noticed that nearly every woman's first sari is one that belongs to her mother," Meera Ganapathi of Soup told BuzzFeed. "There's a strong sense of pride in inheritance. And in India across socio economic borders, the one thing that all women inherit is saris."

    1. Diksha Basu, 32, writer and occasional actor

    "This is one of the first saris I took from my mother because I love the colour scheme. We both wear a lot of red and black. These days we share our saris but when I wear this particular one I see flashes of my mother whenever I catch my reflection."

    2. Shagun Seda Sengupta, 34, creative director

    "This is a 23-year-old pure chiffon sari from Mysore that my father gifted my mother. I love how it's so simple yet so striking. Since it was a gift from my father, I never had the nerve to ask my mother to give it to me. On her 60th birthday, in a fit of motherly love she finally gave me this sari."

    3. Ankita Kohli, 28, freelance creative consultant

    4. Preeti Verma, 33, owner and designer, Runaway Bicycle

    "This is a 35-year-old Benarasi sari that my mother got as a wedding gift from my father's family. Over the years the sari tore in places but she loved it so much she darned it with bright green flowers. My mother's love for it makes this sari even more special to me."

    5. Archana, 23, domestic help

    6. Priyanka Bose, 34, actor

    "25 years ago, my father bought this Dhakai sari for my mother from Bangladesh and she kept it aside for me. He always had immaculate taste for her when it came to saris. I always say, as we Bengalis don't inherit money, we inherit ma's saris."

    7. Bollamma Apaya, 82, homemaker

    "This is 53 years old, it's a Dharmavaram sari. It's a special memory for me because it is the last sari my mother gave me before she passed away."

    8. Supriya, 31, ad film maker

    "This is a 34 year old Benarasi sari that my mother wore for her wedding and when she passed it on to me, I wore it for mine."

    9. Hetal Ajmera, 35, designer and partner, Sharpener Inc.