The sarees of Andhra Pradesh
10 sarees tied to Andhra Pradesh: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Andhra Pradesh
馃嚠馃嚦 India and 1 moreUppada Jamdani sari
A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, patterned in the jamdani waySilk 路 Jamdani 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaMangalagiri sari
A plain-bodied cotton sari from Andhra Pradesh with zari on the borderCotton 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaTelia Rumal
Oil-treated yarn, ikat dyeing and plant colours, from Andhra Pradesh and TelanganaIkat
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaSrikalahasti Kalamkari
Freehand pen-drawn cloth art from Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, painted with natural dyesKalamkari 路 Hand painting
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaKalamkariVraata Pani
Cloth art from Andhra Pradesh, drawn with a pen or blocks and dyed with plant coloursCotton 路 Kalamkari 路 Hand painting
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaPedana Kalamkari
Hand block-printing with plant dyes, centred on Pedana town in Andhra PradeshBlock print
馃嚙馃嚛 Bangladesh and 2 moreMuslin
A gossamer plain-weave cotton fabric historically spun and woven across BengalCotton 路 Jamdani
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaKasavu
Kerala's off-white cotton cloth with a fine gold or silver border woven into itCotton 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaKanchipuram sari
A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk 路 Zari work 路 Brocade
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk 路 Zari work 路 Tie-dye
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaSrikalahasti Kalamkari
Freehand pen-drawn cloth art from Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, painted with natural dyesKalamkari 路 Hand painting
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaKalamkariVraata Pani
Cloth art from Andhra Pradesh, drawn with a pen or blocks and dyed with plant coloursCotton 路 Kalamkari 路 Hand painting
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaPedana Kalamkari
Hand block-printing with plant dyes, centred on Pedana town in Andhra PradeshBlock print
馃嚙馃嚛 Bangladesh and 2 moreMuslin
A gossamer plain-weave cotton fabric historically spun and woven across BengalCotton 路 Jamdani
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaKasavu
Kerala's off-white cotton cloth with a fine gold or silver border woven into itCotton 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaKanchipuram sari
A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk 路 Zari work 路 Brocade
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk 路 Zari work 路 Tie-dye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pedana Kalamkari: Sathishkagitha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source