Sarees by region
Six zones of India, the rest of South Asia, and the world beyond. Open one to see its sarees, its states and weaving centres.
North IndiaBanaras brocade, Lucknow chikankari, Punjab phulkari and Kashmir embroidery: the saree of the Gangetic plain and the hills.13 sareesWest IndiaPatan patola, bandhani, Rajasthani block print and leheriya, Paithani and the nine-yard nauvari of Maharashtra.13 sareesCentral IndiaChanderi and Maheshwari, light cotton-silks with gold borders, and the Kosa silk of Chhattisgarh.3 sareesEast IndiaBengal jamdani, tant and baluchari, Odisha ikat and Bomkai, Bhagalpur silk and Madhubani painting.25 sareesNorth-East IndiaAssam muga, eri and pat silk, mekhela chador, and the backstrap-loom textiles of the hill states.15 sareesSouth IndiaKanchipuram silk, Kerala kasavu, Mysore silk, Pochampally ikat, Gadwal and Kalamkari: temple borders and heavy gold.33 sareesRest of South AsiaDhaka jamdani, the Kandyan osariya, the Nepali haku patasi and the sari-like cloths of its neighbours.27 sareesBeyond South AsiaThe saree in Fiji, the Caribbean, East Africa, Britain and North America, and the wrapped cloths of Southeast Asia.29 sarees