Sarees of East India
Bengal jamdani, tant and baluchari, Odisha ikat and Bomkai, Bhagalpur silk and Madhubani painting. 24 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Murshidabad 4Bhagalpur 3Sonepur 3Bargarh 2Barpali 2Birbhum 2Malda 2Sambalpur 2Balangir 1Begampur 1Bhusra 1Bishnupur 1Bomkai 1Boudh 1Brahmapur 1Bukhara 1Chicheguda 1Cossimbazar 1Cuttack 1Dakra 1Gopalpur 1Habaspur 1Jiaganj 1Kalahandi 1Kasimbazar 1Koraput 1Kotpad 1Madhubani 1Maniabandha 1Murarai 1Muzaffarpur 1Nuapatana 1Nuapatna 1Pipili 1Raghunathganj 1Samarkand 1Shantiniketan 1Tenganan 1BalucharBerhampurCuttack districtDhaniakhaliKolkataNadiaNalandaSantiniketanSantipur
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaDorea
A light, yarn-dyed striped cloth of Mughal-era India, woven in cotton and tussar.Cotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTussar silkkosa
Wild silk with a deep gold sheen, reeled from forest cocoons, woven into sarees in IndiaTussar · Kantha · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad handloom fabric
Cotton and tussar sarees dyed with aul-root dye, handwoven in Koraput, OdishaCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpuri silk
A wild-silk saree woven in Bhagalpur, the city called Silk CityTussar
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari
A tussar silk saree woven on handlooms in Bhagalpur, set apart by its own dyeing methodTussar
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
Handwoven tussar silk from a Jajpur village in Odisha, made into saris and shawlsTussar · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri saree
An Odisha tie-dyed ikat saree with symmetrical patterns mirrored on both sidesCotton · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
An Odisha handloom saree with extra-weft threadwork, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTussar silkkosa
Wild silk with a deep gold sheen, reeled from forest cocoons, woven into sarees in IndiaTussar · Kantha · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad handloom fabric
Cotton and tussar sarees dyed with aul-root dye, handwoven in Koraput, OdishaCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpuri silk
A wild-silk saree woven in Bhagalpur, the city called Silk CityTussar
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari
A tussar silk saree woven on handlooms in Bhagalpur, set apart by its own dyeing methodTussar
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
Handwoven tussar silk from a Jajpur village in Odisha, made into saris and shawlsTussar · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri saree
An Odisha tie-dyed ikat saree with symmetrical patterns mirrored on both sidesCotton · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
An Odisha handloom saree with extra-weft threadwork, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Zari work