Sarees of South India
Kanchipuram silk, Kerala kasavu, Mysore silk, Pochampally ikat, Gadwal and Kalamkari: temple borders and heavy gold. 33 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Hyderabad 4Puttapaka 4Balaramapuram 2Bijapur 2Machilipatnam 2Pedana 2Srikalahasti 2Arani 1Bellary 1Bhoodan Pochampally 1Bhuvanagiri 1Calicut 1Chendamangalam 1Chennai 1Chettinad 1Chirala 1Choutuppala 1Coimbatore 1Dharmavaram 1Erode 1Gadwal 1Golconda 1Hubli 1Ilkal 1Jouy-en-Josas 1Kakinada 1Kanchipuram 1Kasaragod 1Koranad 1Koyalgudam 1Kuthampully 1Madrasapattinam 1Mangalagiri 1Mayiladuthurai 1Nagercoil 1Narayanpet 1Nilgiris 1Ottapalam 1Palakkad 1Pochampally 1Pondicherry 1Sanduru 1Siripuram 1Sirumugai 1Thirubuvanam 1Thiruvananthapuram 1Thrissur 1Tiruppur 1Uppada 1AndimadamBengaluru and the Karnataka silk beltCoimbatore and KovaiElaiyurGattuppalaKallathurKaraikudi and the Chettinad townsKumbakonam and ThirubuvanamKuthampallyMaduraiMolakalmuruMysoreMysuruRamanagaraSalemSengunthapuramVariyankavalVenkatagiri
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMundumuṇṭŭ
A cotton cloth wrapped at the waist, edged with the thicker woven line called the karaCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaChattayum mundumചട്ടയും മുണ്ടും
A two-piece white cotton dress of Kerala's Syrian Christian womenCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaLambada embroidery
Mirror-and-cowrie hand embroidery by Banjara women of Karnataka and TelanganaEmbroidery · Appliqué
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A cotton saree with a loop-joined silk pallu and broad red border, from Ilkal, KarnatakaCotton · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroiderypukhoor
Red and black thread embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women in the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti
Counted-thread folk embroidery from Karnataka, stitched on Ilkal and Mysore silk sareesCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKhara Dupattaکھڑا دوپٹہ
A six-yard embroidered net veil draped over a wedding ensemble in HyderabadNet · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaLanga voniలంగా వోణి
A two-piece half sari worn by girls in South India, a skirt with a short diagonal drapeSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreMadras
A light handwoven cotton cloth of bright checks, named after the city of ChennaiCotton · Checks and stripes · Embroidery
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mundu: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Chattayum mundum: Alexander J. Mapleton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lambada embroidery: Daderot, CC0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Kasuti: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khara Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Langa voni: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Madras: Shweta Venkateswaran, CC0, source