The sarees of Uttar Pradesh
7 sarees tied to Uttar Pradesh: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Uttar Pradesh
馃嚠馃嚦 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, checked and worn as a winter wrap.Cotton 路 Checks and stripes 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 India and 2 moreKhadi
Hand-spun and hand-woven cloth from the subcontinent, tied to the swadeshi movementCotton
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam
Flowers and leaves cut from cloth and hemmed on, an appliqu茅 craft of Aligarh and RampurCotton 路 Appliqu茅 路 Embroidery
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaShalu sari
A Banaras sari made with silk from two weaving traditions, worn by brides in MaharashtraSilk 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk 路 Zari work 路 Jamdani
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaBanarasi sari
A heavy silk brocade saree woven with gold and silver zari in VaranasiSilk 路 Brocade 路 Zari work
馃嚠馃嚦 IndiaGaji
A coarse, durable handwoven cotton or silk fabric draped as a sari in winterCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Shalu sari: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source