All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreSariसाड़ी
An unstitched length of cloth draped at the waist and over one shoulderSilk · Brocade · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Zari work · Jamdani
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreBatikꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀
A wax-resist way of dyeing cloth, most developed on the island of JavaSilk · Tie-dye · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A cotton handloom saree from Kalahandi, Odisha, worked with tie-dye and tribal motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya
Tie-dye from Rajasthan, its pattern running in long diagonal wavesCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri saree
An Odisha tie-dyed ikat saree with symmetrical patterns mirrored on both sidesCotton · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani
Tie-dyed cloth dotted with small tied knots, made in Gujarat and RajasthanSilk · Tie-dye
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 4 moreKanga
A light cotton wrap from East Africa framed with printed borders and Swahili proverbsCotton · Block print · Hand painting
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bandhani: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Batik: Fpangestuphotographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source
- Sambalpuri saree: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kanga: Petr Berka ( Petrberka ), Public domain, source