All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreZardoziज़रदोज़ी
Heavy gold and silver metal embroidery on silk, satin or velvet, from Iran to IndiaSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBerhampur Patta
Odisha silk saree with a phoda kumbha temple border and zari edging, GI protectedSilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDhoti
An unstitched cloth tied at the waist and worn to the ankle, the men's answer to the sariCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya
Ancient India's long strip of cloth for the lower body, pleated in frontCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti
Counted-thread folk embroidery from Karnataka, stitched on Ilkal and Mysore silk sareesCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaMadisarமடிசார்
A nine-yard Tamil drape tied close to a dhoti, worn by Brahmin women for ritesSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari
A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluSilk · Zari work
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles
The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaUttariyaउत्तरीय
An unstitched upper-body cloth from ancient India, wrapped over the shoulder or armsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည်
A wrap of cloth worn in Myanmar, sewn into a tube and folded at the waistCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal-wrapped thread made in Surat and woven into silk sarees across IndiaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkariVraata Pani
Cloth art from Andhra Pradesh, drawn with a pen or blocks and dyed with plant coloursCotton · Kalamkari · Hand painting
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreBatikꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀
A wax-resist way of dyeing cloth, most developed on the island of JavaSilk · Tie-dye · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaKasavu
Kerala's off-white cotton cloth with a fine gold or silver border woven into itCotton · Zari work
🇱🇦 Laos and 1 moreSinhສິ້ນ
A handmade tube skirt in silk or cotton, worn in Laos and northeast ThailandSilk
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBatik Parang꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ
A diagonal wave batik pattern from Java, steeped in royal philosophyCotton · Batik
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A cotton handloom saree from Kalahandi, Odisha, worked with tie-dye and tribal motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
A heavy silk brocade saree woven with gold and silver zari in VaranasiSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade
A decorative shuttle-woven silk fabric patterned with raised supplementary-weft motifsSilk · Brocade · 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
🇮🇳 IndiaKashta sariनऊवारी साड़ी
A traditional nine-yard Maharashtrian drape tucked at the back like a dhotiCotton
🇮🇩 IndonesiaTenunꦠꦼꦤꦸꦤ꧀
Handwoven Indonesian cloth created with ancient ikat and supplementary metallic threadsCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaMurshidabad silkমুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম
Fine, light silk from Murshidabad in West Bengal, woven mostly into sarisSilk · Zari work · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · 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
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk sari woven on pit looms in Murshidabad and Birbhum, worn at Durga PujaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
An Odisha handloom saree with extra-weft threadwork, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
🇮🇳 IndiaThirubuvanam silk sari
Silk saree from a Thanjavur district town, its border and pallu dense with zariSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
Fine silk sari of Varanasi, hand-woven at home with zari work for weddingsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree with stepped extra-weft patterns, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇬🇷 GreeceChlamysχλαμύς
An ancient Greek and Byzantine draped cloak made from a single rectangular clothWool · Embroidery
🇮🇩 IndonesiaUlosᯥᯞᯘᯬ᯲
A traditional hand-woven Batak textile draped and gifted across North SumatraCotton
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 4 moreSbaiស្បៃ
A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaTarpaya
An ancient Indian fine silk or linen cloth worn as a ritual lower garmentSilk
🇧🇹 BhutanDumdyam
An ankle-length draped dress of smooth cotton or silk worn by Lepcha womenCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse, durable handwoven cotton or silk fabric draped as a sari in winterCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Ulos: Boy Lawson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sbai: Stephowz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zardozi: Zarood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dokhona: Bodoland Territorial Council, CC0, source
- Pat silk: Hiranmoy Boruah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dhoti: Redaloes at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Antariya: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Kasuti: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uttariya: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Mekhela chador: Deepraj, CC BY 2.5, source
- Balinese textiles: Chris Hazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Longyi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Batik: Fpangestuphotographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Batik Parang: Q100422095, Public domain, source
- Sinh: YashiWong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gamosa: Priyankoo at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Brocade: After James Lehman (England, circa 1688-1745), Public domain, source
- Langa voni: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kashta sari: Dakutaa at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tenun: Silitonga, G., Soekardi, R., and Tambunan, S., Public domain, source
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Murshidabad silk: Bongan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source
- Sambalpuri saree: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bomkai sari: Nayansatya, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chlamys: Unknown author, Public domain, source