All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A silk sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with gold and silver zariSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs are dyed into the yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Zari work · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaMaheshwari saree
A handloom saree from Maheshwar, woven in cotton, silk and zari with local motifsSilk · 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
🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod saree
A hard-wearing handloom cotton saree from Kasaragod district in KeralaCotton · Checks and stripes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreMuslin
A gossamer plain-weave cotton fabric historically spun and woven across BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaMadisarமடிசார்
A nine-yard Tamil drape tied close to a dhoti, worn by Brahmin women for ritesSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton
A handwoven cotton-silk saree from Coimbatore with bright bordersCotton · Zari work · Brocade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pochampally sari: Hermann Linde, Public domain, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Mekhela chador: Deepraj, CC BY 2.5, source