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Sarees of Central India

Chanderi and Maheshwari, light cotton-silks with gold borders, and the Kosa silk of Chhattisgarh. 3 sarees on EveryPallu so far.

Typical motifs

Checks

Zari border

Buta

Stripes

States and territories

Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh

Weaving centres

Bagh 1 Chanderi 1 Maheshwar 1

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source

The weekly drape

Every Monday: seven sarees you may not know, what is being worn this week, and one drape explained step by step.