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54 sarees found.
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🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Zari work · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom
A fine undyed cotton weave with a golden kasavu zari border, hand-woven in KeralaCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad handloom fabric
Cotton and tussar sarees dyed with aul-root dye, handwoven in Koraput, OdishaCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt of the Hajong people, worn from bust to calf in Northeast IndiaSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee
A Manipur handloom with stepped tooth borders woven from both edges toward the centreCotton
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs are dyed into the yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari
A plain-bodied cotton sari from Andhra Pradesh with zari on the borderCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari
A light, near-transparent cotton sari woven in Bengal, suited to hot, humid weatherCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaMaheshwari saree
A handloom saree from Maheshwar, woven in cotton, silk and zari with local motifsSilk · 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
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod saree
A hard-wearing handloom cotton saree from Kasaragod district in KeralaCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree
A fine cotton saree with a thin black tamarind-leaf border, handwoven in Kerala.Cotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl
A pashmina shawl woven on a handloom with small wooden spools, from Kanihama in Kashmir.Wool
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGazzi cloth
A coarse handloom cotton from Punjab, once sent in bulk to Afghan markets.Cotton
🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি
Cotton handloom saree from Begampur in West Bengal, woven with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A cotton saree with a loop-joined silk pallu and broad red border, from Ilkal, KarnatakaCotton · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
An Odisha handloom saree with extra-weft threadwork, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
A handloom ikat saree from Odisha with chess-board checks in contrasting colours.Ikat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMundumuṇṭŭ
A cotton cloth wrapped at the waist, edged with the thicker woven line called the karaCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
Fine silk sari of Varanasi, hand-woven at home with zari work for weddingsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton
A handwoven cotton-silk saree from Coimbatore with bright bordersCotton · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMashru
A heavy hand-woven satin with a silk face over cotton, woven in Punjab and SindhSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk sari woven on pit looms in Murshidabad and Birbhum, worn at Durga PujaSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇹🇭 ThailandKhitผ้าขิด
A handwoven cloth from Isan, Thailand, with geometric patterns that seem to float.Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTussar silkkosa
Wild silk with a deep gold sheen, reeled from forest cocoons, woven into sarees in IndiaTussar · Kantha · Hand painting
🇹🇭 ThailandThai silkผ้าไหมไทย
Hand-woven Thai silk with a two-tone sheen, from glossy mulberry and matte eri cocoonsSilk · Brocade
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBalinese textiles
The woven cloths of Bali, from sacred double ikat to gold-dusted ceremony wearCotton · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaThirubuvanam silk sari
Silk saree from a Thanjavur district town, its border and pallu dense with zariSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A see-through white cotton fabric from Manipur, woven by women with hand-woven motifsCotton · Jamdani
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreJamdaniজামদানি
A sheer cotton muslin saree decorated with hand-woven supplementary weft motifsCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇵🇭 PhilippinesT'nalak
A sacred abaca ikat cloth woven from dreamt patterns by Tboli women in MindanaoIkat
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari
A tussar silk saree woven on handlooms in Bhagalpur, set apart by its own dyeing methodTussar
🇮🇳 IndiaKasavu
Kerala's off-white cotton cloth with a fine gold or silver border woven into itCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri saree
An Odisha tie-dyed ikat saree with symmetrical patterns mirrored on both sidesCotton · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
Handwoven tussar silk from a Jajpur village in Odisha, made into saris and shawlsTussar · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree with stepped extra-weft patterns, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇮🇩 IndonesiaUlosᯥᯞᯘᯬ᯲
A traditional hand-woven Batak textile draped and gifted across North SumatraCotton
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇵🇭 PhilippinesPatadyong
An indigenous wrap skirt and versatile tube garment woven in the PhilippinesChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse, durable handwoven cotton or silk fabric draped as a sari in winterCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaOnnara
A handloom cotton underwrap from Kerala, tied tight beneath the saree or munduCotton
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
- Pasapali sari: Prateek Pattanaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mundu: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kandangi: RidahZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pochampally sari: Hermann Linde, Public domain, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Tant sari: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, 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
- Chendamangalam saree: Malluchronicle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kani shawl: Shahidkashmir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Ulos: Boy Lawson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khit: Pawyilee, Public domain, source
- Patadyong: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Tussar silk: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Thai silk: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Balinese textiles: Chris Hazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mekhela chador: Deepraj, CC BY 2.5, source
- Jamdani: Salim_Khandoker, CC0, source
- T'nalak: USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Public domain, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sambalpuri saree: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mashru: Edwin Lord Weeks, Public domain, source
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bomkai sari: Nayansatya, CC BY 3.0, source