The sarees of Gujarat
13 sarees tied to Gujarat: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Gujarat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani
Tie-dyed cloth dotted with small tied knots, made in Gujarat and RajasthanSilk · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi
Hand-spun and hand-woven cloth from the subcontinent, tied to the swadeshi movementCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal-wrapped thread made in Surat and woven into silk sarees across IndiaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKachchh shawldhabla
A dense wool shawl handwoven in Kutch, Gujarat, once traded for fleece and grain.Wool · Embroidery · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Hand-stitched mirror work from Kutch, Gujarat, made by women of its tribal communitiesCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaTangaliya shawl
A Gujarat shawl woven on pit looms, its dots raised by knots of contrast threadCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaBafta
A plain-woven cotton calico from Gujarat, woven at Bharuch and traded far and wideCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari
A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, dyed and knotted before it is wovenSilk · Ikat
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreAjrakاجرڪ
Geometric block-printed cloth dyed in deep indigo and crimsonCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDupattaदुपट्टा, دوپٹہ
A versatile long scarf and veil draped with traditional ensembles across South AsiaSilk · Brocade · Tie-dye
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
Yarns are tied and dyed before weaving, giving the cloth a softly blurred patternSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse, durable handwoven cotton or silk fabric draped as a sari in winterCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan paintingरङ्गन्
Castor-oil paint drawn with a metal stylus to form mirrored patterns on fabricHand painting · Block print
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bandhani: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Patola sari: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ikat: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ajrak: Kashif11, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kachchh shawl: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source