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Place of Birth: Kottayam district, Kerala, India
About Beena Kannan
- Beena Kannan is an Indian sari designer. After university, she joined the family textile retailing business 'Seematti' in 1980, working with her father and husband.
- Seematti was started by her pioneering grandfather, the famous textile king Veeriah Reddiar.
- She became one of the most noticed wedding silk sari designers in south India.
- Her unique contribution appears to be her efforts to retain the pride of place for saris even in the face of onslaught from Western and North Indian fashions.
- Beena Kannan attracted attention when the longest ever silk sari created by her (half a km long) entered the Guinness Book of Records and Limca Book of Records in 2007.
- She has launched her sari designs in UAE (2007) and USA (2009).
- Her rapport with the weaving communities earned for her a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Coimbatore Erode Weaving community in 2009.
- On September 2011, Beena Kannan-designed saris walked the "Swarovski Elements 2011? Ramp.
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