All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreSariसाड़ी
A single unstitched length of cloth, tucked at the waist and slung over one shoulderSilk · Brocade · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk sari woven on pit looms in Murshidabad and Birbhum, worn at Durga PujaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua
An Odisha ikat silk saree woven with temple verses and auspicious motifsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani
Tie-dyed cloth dotted with small tied knots, made in Gujarat and RajasthanSilk · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
A handloom ikat saree from Odisha with chess-board checks in contrasting colours.Ikat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaMundum neriyathumമുണ്ട് നേരിയത്
A two-piece white cotton cloth of Kerala, worn with a golden border called kasavuCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A silk sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with gold and silver zariSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMundumuṇṭŭ
A cotton cloth wrapped at the waist, edged with the thicker woven line called the karaCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaTansukh cloth
A fine, soft muslin-class cotton of medieval India, made into bodices, skirts and sarisCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt of the Hajong people, worn from bust to calf in Northeast IndiaSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMalda silk
A soft, golden-yellow silk yarn from Malda district, West Bengal, woven into sareesSilk
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreAbrawan
A legendary, sheer muslin from Dacca named after flowing waterCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaTsüngkotepsü
A black and red Ao Naga warrior shawl with a white band of animal and star motifsChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaShantiniketan batik
Hand-painted batik from Shantiniketan in Bengal, its colours mixed from leaf and barkBatik · Hand painting
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongꦱꦫꦸꦁ
A wrapped tube of cloth worn at the waist, from the Malay world to Kerala and SomaliaCotton · Batik · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreEri silk
A wild silk from northeast India, spun from cocoons the moth has leftEri
🇱🇰 Sri LankaOsariyaඔසරිය
A cotton sari with a frilled waist and full blouse, the national dress of Sri LankaCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari
A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, dyed and knotted before it is wovenSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee
A Manipur handloom with stepped tooth borders woven from both edges toward the centreCotton
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreMadras
A light handwoven cotton cloth of bright checks, named after the city of ChennaiCotton · Checks and stripes · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
Silk tied, dyed and woven in Odisha villages into saris with hazy, feathered edgesSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom
A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print
🇵🇰 PakistanSindhi embroideryسنڌي ٿرت
Needlework and mirror embroidery crafted across the desert communities of SindhEmbroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaKanchipuram sari
A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKandangi
A checked cotton saree from Chettinad, dyed in earthy colours with broad bordersCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani
A Maharashtrian handwoven silk sari with interlocking tapestry borders and peacock motifsSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs are dyed into the yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreUppada Jamdani sari
A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, patterned in the jamdani waySilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari
A plain-bodied cotton sari from Andhra Pradesh with zari on the borderCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Zari work · Jamdani
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSongketᬲᭀᬂᬓᬾᬢ᭄
A hand-woven brocade cloth from Sumatra and the Malay world, with gold or silver threadSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
Yarns are tied and dyed before weaving, giving the cloth a softly blurred patternSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari
A light, near-transparent cotton sari woven in Bengal, suited to hot, humid weatherCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery
🇹🇭 ThailandPanungผ้านุ่ง
A cotton strip wrapped at the waist and falling below the knees, worn in ThailandCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariचिकनकारी (Urdu: چکن کاری)
White thread hand embroidery from Lucknow, stitched on pale, sheer clothCotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaMaheshwari saree
A handloom saree from Maheshwar, woven in cotton, silk and zari with local motifsSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSari-inspired dress
A dress that borrows the sari's drape, ornament and colourChiffon · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaChattayum mundumചട്ടയും മുണ്ടും
A two-piece white cotton dress of Kerala's Syrian Christian womenCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaShalu sari
A Banaras sari made with silk from two weaving traditions, worn by brides in MaharashtraSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi
Hand-spun and hand-woven cloth from the subcontinent, tied to the swadeshi movementCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaTangaliya shawl
A Gujarat shawl woven on pit looms, its dots raised by knots of contrast threadCotton
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreLungiলুঙ্গি
A cloth tube or sheet tied at the waist, worn across South and Southeast AsiaCotton · Batik · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaArani silk saree
A handloom silk saree from Arani, Tamil Nadu, known for its zari workSilk · Zari work · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaKorial sariকোরিয়াল শাড়ি
A red-bordered mulberry silk saree woven on hand looms in West BengalSilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை
A nine-yard silk-cotton bridal sari with small checks, woven at Koranad in Tamil NaduBlend · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Garad sari: Bongan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bandhani: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pasapali sari: Prateek Pattanaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mundum neriyathum: L. Anantha Krishna Iyer (Diwan Bahadur), Public domain, source
- Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mundu: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Sarong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shantiniketan batik: Sumita Arup, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eri silk: Simtastic01, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Osariya: Mr Anuradha Ratnaweera (අනුරාධ රත්නවීර මහතා), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Patola sari: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Madras: Shweta Venkateswaran, CC0, source
- Odisha Ikat: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pheichom: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Sindhi embroidery: Nasreen wafai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kandangi: RidahZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paithani: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Pochampally sari: Hermann Linde, Public domain, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Songket: Rijksmuseum, CC0, source
- Ikat: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Tant sari: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panung: เอบ บุนนาก, Public domain, source
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shalu sari: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Sari-inspired dress: Triangle films, Public domain, source
- Chattayum mundum: Alexander J. Mapleton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Lungi: Laportechicago at English Wikipedia (Paul La Porte)., CC BY 2.5, source
- Arani silk saree: Balu 606902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Assam silk: Hiranmoy Boruah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source