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
🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua
An Odisha ikat silk saree woven with temple verses and auspicious motifsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
A handloom ikat saree from Odisha with chess-board checks in contrasting colours.Ikat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
Silk tied, dyed and woven in Odisha villages into saris with hazy, feathered edgesSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri saree
An Odisha tie-dyed ikat saree with symmetrical patterns mirrored on both sidesCotton · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
Handwoven tussar silk from a Jajpur village in Odisha, made into saris and shawlsTussar · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
A handloom ikat saree from Odisha with chess-board checks in contrasting colours.Ikat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
Silk tied, dyed and woven in Odisha villages into saris with hazy, feathered edgesSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri saree
An Odisha tie-dyed ikat saree with symmetrical patterns mirrored on both sidesCotton · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
Handwoven tussar silk from a Jajpur village in Odisha, made into saris and shawlsTussar · Ikat · Tie-dye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pasapali sari: Prateek Pattanaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Odisha Ikat: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sambalpuri saree: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source