Sarees beginning with K
25 sarees under K.
🇮🇳 IndiaKachchh shawldhabla
A dense wool shawl handwoven in Kutch, Gujarat, once traded for fleece and grain.Wool · Embroidery · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkariVraata Pani
Cloth art from Andhra Pradesh, drawn with a pen or blocks and dyed with plant coloursCotton · Kalamkari · Hand painting
🇮🇳 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
🇹🇿 Tanzania and 4 moreKanga
A light cotton wrap from East Africa framed with printed borders and Swahili proverbsCotton · Block print · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl
A pashmina shawl woven on a handloom with small wooden spools, from Kanihama in Kashmir.Wool
🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod saree
A hard-wearing handloom cotton saree from Kasaragod district in KeralaCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaKasavu
Kerala's off-white cotton cloth with a fine gold or silver border woven into itCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKashta sariनऊवारी साड़ी
A traditional nine-yard Maharashtrian drape tucked at the back like a dhotiCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti
Counted-thread folk embroidery from Karnataka, stitched on Ilkal and Mysore silk sareesCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇶 Iraq and 3 moreKaunakes
An ancient Mesopotamian wrapped skirt and mantle woven with tufted woolWool
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreKebayaꦏꦼꦧꦪ
A front-opening blouse worn across Southeast Asia with a sarong or kainCotton · Embroidery · Batik
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreKembenꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀
A shoulder-baring torso wrap from Java and Bali, wound from a length of kain clothBatik · Ikat
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi
Hand-spun and hand-woven cloth from the subcontinent, tied to the swadeshi movementCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua
An Odisha ikat silk saree woven with temple verses and auspicious motifsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKhara Dupattaکھڑا دوپٹہ
A six-yard embroidered net veil draped over a wedding ensemble in HyderabadNet · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, checked and worn as a winter wrap.Cotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇹🇭 ThailandKhitผ้าขิด
A handwoven cloth from Isan, Thailand, with geometric patterns that seem to float.Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKimkhwab
A heavy silk brocade woven with gold and silver yarns, famed in Mughal IndiaSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇰🇪 Kenya and 5 moreKitenge
A printed African wrap cloth worn around the waist or chest and used as everyday dressBatik
🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை
A nine-yard silk-cotton bridal sari with small checks, woven at Koranad in Tamil NaduBlend · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaKorial sariকোরিয়াল শাড়ি
A red-bordered mulberry silk saree woven on hand looms in West BengalSilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad handloom fabric
Cotton and tussar sarees dyed with aul-root dye, handwoven in Koraput, OdishaCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton
A handwoven cotton-silk saree from Coimbatore with bright bordersCotton · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Hand-stitched mirror work from Kutch, Gujarat, made by women of its tribal communitiesCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kanga: Petr Berka ( Petrberka ), Public domain, source
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kandangi: RidahZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kani shawl: Shahidkashmir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kaunakes: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kemben: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kitenge: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khit: Pawyilee, Public domain, source
- Kasuti: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kebaya: Simon_sees, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kashta sari: Dakutaa at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kachchh shawl: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source