By The traditional Gara embroidery came to India when the Parsis would travel from the country to China for trade and bring back commodities that could be richly traded with the British. It is believed that during one of their returns on a ship to India, a Parsi trader brought back a new kind of artistic embroidery from China which was targeted to the European market for its realistic depiction of flora and fauna.
Newly settled in Bombay, the Parsis used the heavily embroidered swatches to turn them into sarees and adopted the Gara sarees as their signature sartorial attire. Roughly between 1910 and 1930s, Parsi Gara enjoyed its golden period.
