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
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariचिकनकारी (Urdu: چکن کاری)
White thread hand embroidery from Lucknow, stitched on pale, sheer clothCotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZardoziज़रदोज़ी
Heavy gold and silver metal embroidery on silk, satin or velvet, from Iran to IndiaSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam
Flowers and leaves cut from cloth and hemmed on, an appliqué craft of Aligarh and RampurCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 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
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
- Zardozi: Zarood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source