Saree wearing: below the navel or above the navel?
A nice comment by Doyel in a blog post
I am 30 years old ,short,plump and fair and have a bit of a stomach.When i used to wear a saree previously i always used to wear it above my navel as i felt self-conscious to wear it otherwise.but i used to feel uncomfortable as the string felt extremely tight and made a deep red line across my stomach.It was my husband who first suggested to me that I wear my saree below my navel.i was afraid of looking trashy but he assured that wearing it one or two inches below the navel would not make me look so.he asked me to keep it covered always with my pallu if i felt uneasy,but wear it below all the same.
One year later,i now feel it’s much better this way.The line has almost disappeared and i have a smooth,soft stomach now.Previously i used to feel a very tight and suffocating feeling at my middle but now my stomach feels quite free and cool…and the thing i was most afraid of…it’s nothing ultimately,people do not treat me trashily.
I can can ultimately end up by saying that I’m a short and plump married woman who wears her saree two inches below her navel…and i like it this way,bcos it’s much more comfortable and cool.wearing the saree below the navel is not the same as flashing your navel in public…you can keep it covered with your pallu all the same and other people would hardly know the difference…but this way it is more comfortable and healthy.I would advise other women to do likewise.
And I agree with her completely. With a saree you have so much freedom of accentuating the parts that you want to and hiding the parts that you don’t want others to see.
You need to use all degrees of freedom allowed by Saree.
One of the other problem that happens if you wear saree above your naval is that if you go out to dinner, the saree that felt comfortable when you wore it before leaving the house is suddenly so tight that it is cutting of blood supply to your lower extremities.
You can avoid that by adjusting exactly how much to lower the saree.
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Hai I am Shalini 26 year old married women. I wear saree 4 to 5 inch below navel. During my pregnancy also I had worn it below navel covering it with pallu. Now i have lot of pregnancy marks on my stomach but I still wear it like that only. Some time if peticoat is loosely tied,or becomes loose due to movement of body, my saree falls 7 to 8 inch below navel to my panty and pubic hair. But now I am used to it and adjust with pallu. I am comfortable in it.
hi Rinku,
i think you are rite then i should change my attitude little bit thanks anyways!
hi Rinku,
We can discuss more on this topic email me shilu_kumar@yahoo.com
hi shalini, you got my mail?
well, a navel was once a symbol of motherhood – the umbilical chord rose from there and ended in the best part of being a woman(able to give birth). now i dont understand, wtf is wrong with the society that now we have become so obsessed with navel show that seeing a navel itself is an erotic thing. i mean, everybody thinks like that – the women are so busy covering it up and the men are so busy masturbating at every sight of a navel. we did not cover the navel earlier, and a womens belly is a part of herslef, a beautiful part. c’mon, we all came from ther. just adore it. its just beautiful.
personally, i believe show off or not to show off – its a woman;s thing. if i were a hubby(soon-to-be-one), i would allow her to be herself. she gets to choose her dresses and they way she wears it. ofcourse, i like her to show off, but ultimately its her choice.
c’mon, they got beautiful bodies and they gotta show it off. let them do it. dont gime a da*n about the a$$es staring… once you start ignoring them, you will comfortable.
My advice to rinku,Shalini pls dont try to express your own thing like about mail u have got or somthing else if you have any
thing regards to saree wear below navel then use this site other wis their are lots of social web site are there for your knolowedge -Orkut,Facebook ,twiter etc
Do you wear saree below your navel? I want to know if it’s normal among women.
Ans -What is normal and what is not is dictated by the norms of the society . Norms differ from society to society ans in the same society from time to time .It was not normal for an Indian woman to show hwe navel when the famous director V.Shantaram’s movies were a rage ..he made his own wife ” Sandhya ” to wear a saree below her navel way back in 1955 ..it was hardly noticed ….he then introduced her daughter Rajshree into movies and she was the first actress ever to expose her navel in a hindi movie ” Geet Gaya Pattaron Ne ” way back in the 1970s…and then the vyjayanthimala appeared in a full 3 hour movie all the time wearing saree way below the navel 43 years ago way back in 1966..and all hell broke lose those days……..today so many decades down the line one would think it is funny if a cinema heroine did not agree to show the navel …people wud think she is crazy …today every heroine starts her career by first showing her navel …
So things change mam …but in India they change very very slowly ….because Indian males are hypocrites ….in their heart they want it but on their lips they will talk as if its all against culture…
A navel is one of the most beautiful and sexiest part of a woman who has a beautiful and smooth belly…it is even more arousing than the sight of her breasts …you wont beleive it but even poet Kalidasa in his epic novel Kumar sambhavam has descibed Shakuntala’s navel in very vivid manner and language …descibing every inch of her belly from the chest to her fine line of hair moving down the navel to the pubic region …
Indians have lost their taste of refined appreciation …we have today become a soceity of hooligans ..our boys and men can only whistle at a woman ……But things will change …and they will change slowly …..
there have to be a few pathbreaking women …..madhuri dixit did what was laughed at by many …but today every heroine is ready to do what it tooka lot of courage for Madhuri Dixit to to ….
So bide your time
i think i should share another exp. today i wore a saree to market below my navel and all mens very looking as my belly i was so aroused and this time i really liked it some of them were even following me but i came home safely.
It seems like Melissa is having ownership of this discussion forum…the way she write details, comments here regularly and the way she advice Rinku and Shalini…..I guess it is an open forum so they are free to submit their posts….let me know if I am wrong ..so that next time we ask her permission to submit any post at this forum…lol…
shalini,
wow! u seem like a very bold woman. from your postings it’s clear that u hate when men try to get cozy with you but this must me an ongoing issue for u all the time… where men make u uncomfortable?
infact, i also like to stare at woman’s navel but i almost instantly look away if she catches me looking at her navel. want to know if u r ok to chat with me on this topic.. i would love to hear about all your experiences. please let me know. thanks.
- rahul.
thanks devyani to take my side. But i think mallisa is also rite on her way.
hi mallisa, if show navel is a very comman thing, then why hema malini never shows her navel. I saw her navel in only in one movie(which she was not showing but i saw.). in my life i have seen a very few ladies showing their navel, i think it is 6 or 7 women. Mallisa, i want to see you too. So plz if you send me your photo.my e mail is chiktong@gmail.com
Naval showing is not a comman thing in interior area when you come ever in a metropolitan city like mumbai ,Delhi,Kolkata
you may find every where ,but they are not showing thir navel directly for taking the cruel attentintion of strret public their wearing those clothes below navel and hide their belly by putting their pallus or tops or somthing else which u cant show thier belly button but u can reallise that they wear the clothes very low because of the healthy effect of it.
I will send u my pics for the ref but you have to show that u wear low rise saree by sending me a pics into -soumallisa22@yahoo.com
hi shalini
i love women in saree below navel its looks really very beautiful, so please send me some of ur pics in saree below navel at my id saahilsalmani@yahoo.com
oh my lord. this one is for rajul. how can u let such a pervert get away with such audacity of kissing your wife’s navel, and that too 3 times??? he laid kisses on your wife’s belly or navel doesn’t matter. if such a thing happens to me and someone dare kiss my navel like that on the train i would expect my husband to crush each and every bone in his body… he is not stopping at your wife, he will continue with his harassment on other women. and top of kissing her body like the way he did he has a nerve to say your wife is beautiful. please tell me u didn’t let him get away just because he praised your wife or something like that…????? u r dead wrong as a military officer to let him walk away. sorry to say but a very poor judgement on your part.
Some body is there or not for suggesting us or discussion what happened to all of them ????
hi,
wearing saree below the navel is so much comfortable and and v r blessed vth tht. and i dont think anything wrong in tht.
Rajul,
I think u should have punished him… He has no right to touch your wife’s body… If he says she is beautiful he must admire beauty by distance not by kissing your wife’s navel. But its already over, you must forget that incident and look forward. Next time you punish people who physically harass your wife. Navel is there to admire not to harass…
rajul u must punish that brad becoz your wife is yours not others ……..so in future don’t let anyone to touch her…it is so easy 2 u becoze ur the 1 who protect all indians ……… becareful man………
Hey there! Excellent concept, but will this really function?
i am very crazy about saree women
let me tell u an incident.my wife was an actress before. she acted in three tamil films. now she became mother so she left films. once she took me to a shooting. it was a romantic song shooting. i can’t explain how i felt rather felt good when the hero kissed my wife’s navel,squeezed her stomach,her waist,her back.she weared three chiffon sarees,red,green&black with sleeveless blouses.the shots were taken several times & the hero kissed my wife’s navel,neck,back & even her boobs cleavage several times.i enjoyed the whole song & she told me that she too enjoyed.my wife later confessed that the hero actually kissed her navel very deeply & squeezed her stomach hard when the shots were taken repeatedly.
Alan here …. Nice to see these women speaking and guiding each other about this topic …. For me I am huge admirer of women wearing saree below navels as they looks beautiful,sexy n sensuous….Whether they expose it deliberately or by chance is not an issue….As and avid navel lover n becoz of my personal experiences I can say n guarantee you that a women who is aware that she posses a sexy navel wud definitely expose it…. This is natural….Isn’t it Mallissa Shalini? Have seen so many women flaunting their navels in offices,And also while shopping….And has number of experiences….Now coming to the issue, is it O.K. I think it’s mostly depends upon whether you are being suppressed due to some ideologies, u want it to wear that way but forced to wear the other way by senior members in the family….They don’t know that saree is meant to be worn in a way such that atleast some portion of the belly be visible….I mentioned this especially becoz I asked a lady who was my neighbour….About being wearing it low n exposing it….She is a lecturer….The reason I asked becoz I get to meet her when she comes from her work n just accompany her to her place…. What I noticed is that she wear it low but hide it with the pallu….She said her hubby’s family being very conservative wudn’t allow her to expose it who were staying with her at that time….For a time being….N now she does it becoz she n her hubby lives alone…. So what I feel is the kind of environment u r in? I must get some snaps of her so that I can share with u all women……
hi Allan,
She is rite women should have the freedom to wear what they like!at the same time strangers can admire it no problem but should not take advantage!
Hye every one,
not any new posts are coming now days ,where are u anamika ,Tanya u are new the write some ,I have realise that wearing saree below navel is now fashionable day by day when I saw a lady or a woman in village during my field work wearing low navel saree
I just fell great the how we became start and how does it came through but In mid class town I have seen woman with great fig
admire to wear sare below navel4 inch but only when they wen to merket or any weading ceremony but I have seen they conceal their
bare navel by gurding that pallu.
So the style came slowly The new ladys must
have try to wear low navel saree ,Even I saw some now teachers of some convent girls schools use low rise navel saree (even5inch) by gurding lower pallu , and the other teacher also follows those new teachers.One of the newer s are said to me that some time the student girls also crazzy to reavel the navel portion of belly even during some function they also tie in such way wheather their was not any male person but the student said they fell soo good ( The more low more better).
I have lots of pics of mine wear such low navel cloths if you wanna tie your self like this contact me -Mallisa De S’ouza
soumallisa22@yahoo.com
Hi mallisa,
I hav posted several expeiriencess of my wife after that incidence but they didnt show it in this forum i dont know why but i hav tried now also after reading ur post i think that now the posting problem may be solved, ya u r right so many days gone no one posts any message regarding saree i know saree is a very beautiful cloth for indian women they hav lots of advantage of that. every men wants to see the navel so they got the golden chance to flaunt it and add more beauty to their beauty. I m a military officer and in my view waering saree below navel women become more beautiful more cofident more succesful in their life as my wife. for some women this may be irritating but what happens if some body gazes ur navel why u feeling guilty i dont know i think this kind of thinking rural type u can see its positive point that he appreciates ur beauty he welcomes u wiht feelings. i saw lots of women knotting their saree 3 to 4 inches up thier navel it looks too much ugly look like… i dont know how describe it. i m very happy that my wife are not like those women she is confident beautiful and successful in her carreer she is cashier in bank now she is promoted to finance staff head. i m very happy with her success. and this only be possible by her beautiful and confident looks thanks to her navel, and also some of her relatives from her mom side tells that women navel brings happiness and prosperity to home, i dont beleive this kind of thinking but may be this is true who knows,,
I THINK WEARING SAREE BELOW NAVEL IS ART.SO EVERY MALE PERSON SHOULD NOT EMBRASS ANY WOMEN FROM WEARING SAREE BELOW NAVEL.AFTER ALL EVERY WOMEN HAVE RIGHT ABOUT THEIR OWN THOUGHT & STYLES. A WOMAN NEVER INTERFERE ABOUT MEN”S NAVEL. SO WHY A MAN SHOULD LOOK HUNGRILY.I ALAWAYS ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO WEAR SAREE BELOW NAVEL BECAUSE IT SIMBOLIZES THEIR BEAUTY AND POWER OF MATERNITY.
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