Sarees of North-East India
Assam muga, eri and pat silk, mekhela chador, and the backstrap-loom textiles of the hill states. 15 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee
A Manipur handloom with stepped tooth borders woven from both edges toward the centreCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom
A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A heavy black and red embroidered textile woven by Meitei craftswomen in ManipurCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना
A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম
A glossy, naturally white mulberry silk from Assam, woven into mekhelas and chadarsSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt of the Hajong people, worn from bust to calf in Northeast IndiaSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom
A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A heavy black and red embroidered textile woven by Meitei craftswomen in ManipurCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना
A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম
A glossy, naturally white mulberry silk from Assam, woven into mekhelas and chadarsSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt of the Hajong people, worn from bust to calf in Northeast IndiaSilk · Checks and stripes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pheichom: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Dokhona: Bodoland Territorial Council, CC0, source
- Pat silk: Hiranmoy Boruah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mekhela chador: Deepraj, CC BY 2.5, source
- Gamosa: Priyankoo at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source