Sarees of North India
Banaras brocade, Lucknow chikankari, Punjab phulkari and Kashmir embroidery: the saree of the Gangetic plain and the hills. 13 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Varanasi 5Aurangabad 3Lucknow 3Bareilly 2Delhi 2Jaunpur 2Mirzapur 2Rampur 2Udaipur 2Agra 1Aligarh 1Ambala 1Azamgarh 1Bahawalpur 1Bhadohi 1Chandauli 1Chowk 1Faisalabad 1Farrukhabad 1Gujranwala 1Hoshiarpur 1Jaipur 1Jallandhar 1Jodhpur 1Kangra 1Kanihama 1Kashmir 1Lahore 1Multan 1Nathdwara 1Panipat 1Thatta 1AmritsarKaithoonKinnaurKotaKulluMauMubarakpurSrinagar
🇮🇳 IndiaKimkhwab
A heavy silk brocade woven with gold and silver yarns, famed in Mughal IndiaSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaJamawar
A brocaded shawl cloth from Kashmir, once sold by the yard and woven in pashminaWool · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariचिकनकारी (Urdu: چکن کاری)
White thread hand embroidery from Lucknow, stitched on pale, sheer clothCotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaShalu sari
A Banaras sari made with silk from two weaving traditions, worn by brides in MaharashtraSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZardoziज़रदोज़ी
Heavy gold and silver metal embroidery on silk, satin or velvet, from Iran to IndiaSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
A heavy silk brocade saree woven with gold and silver zari in VaranasiSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
Fine silk sari of Varanasi, hand-woven at home with zari work for weddingsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMashru
A heavy hand-woven satin with a silk face over cotton, woven in Punjab and SindhSilk
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, checked and worn as a winter wrap.Cotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya
A Rajasthani tie-dye whose slanting stripes echo wind ripples on desert sandCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariचिकनकारी (Urdu: چکن کاری)
White thread hand embroidery from Lucknow, stitched on pale, sheer clothCotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaShalu sari
A Banaras sari made with silk from two weaving traditions, worn by brides in MaharashtraSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZardoziज़रदोज़ी
Heavy gold and silver metal embroidery on silk, satin or velvet, from Iran to IndiaSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
A heavy silk brocade saree woven with gold and silver zari in VaranasiSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
Fine silk sari of Varanasi, hand-woven at home with zari work for weddingsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMashru
A heavy hand-woven satin with a silk face over cotton, woven in Punjab and SindhSilk
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, checked and worn as a winter wrap.Cotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya
A Rajasthani tie-dye whose slanting stripes echo wind ripples on desert sandCotton · Tie-dye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shalu sari: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Zardozi: Zarood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mashru: Edwin Lord Weeks, Public domain, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source