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🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari An Odisha handloom saree with extra-weft threadwork, woven in cotton and silkCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua An Odisha ikat silk saree woven with temple verses and auspicious motifsSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari A silk sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with gold and silver zariSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMalda silk A soft, golden-yellow silk yarn from Malda district, West Bengal, woven into sareesSilk 🇮🇳 IndiaShantiniketan batik Hand-painted batik from Shantiniketan in Bengal, its colours mixed from leaf and barkBatik · Hand painting 🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, dyed and knotted before it is wovenSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee A Manipur handloom with stepped tooth borders woven from both edges toward the centreCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat Silk tied, dyed and woven in Odisha villages into saris with hazy, feathered edgesSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani A Maharashtrian handwoven silk sari with interlocking tapestry borders and peacock motifsSilk · Zari work · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs are dyed into the yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari A cotton saree from a temple town in Andhra Pradesh, with a zari border and a plain bodyCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari Saris woven by hand on pit looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Zari work · Jamdani 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreUppada Jamdani sari A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, patterned in the jamdani waySilk · Jamdani · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariचिकनकारी (Urdu: چکن کاری) White thread hand embroidery from Lucknow, stitched on pale, sheer clothCotton · Embroidery · Block print 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga 🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka saree A silk double-ikat saree tied and dyed by hand in Puttapaka village, Nalgonda.Silk · Ikat · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaBagh print Hand block printing with natural red and black dyes from a village on the Bagh riverCotton · Block print 🇮🇳 IndiaLambada embroidery Mirror-and-cowrie hand embroidery by Banjara women of Karnataka and TelanganaEmbroidery · Appliqué 🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl A pashmina shawl woven on a handloom with small wooden spools, from Kanihama in Kashmir.Wool 🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery Hand-stitched mirror work from Kutch, Gujarat, made by women of its tribal communitiesCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work 🇮🇳 IndiaPedana Kalamkari Hand block-printing with plant dyes, centred on Pedana town in Andhra PradeshBlock print 🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি Cotton handloom saree from Begampur in West Bengal, woven with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee A heavy black and red embroidered textile woven by Meitei craftswomen in ManipurCotton · Embroidery 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreMuslin A gossamer plain-weave cotton fabric historically spun and woven across BengalCotton · Jamdani 🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari A cotton saree with a loop-joined silk pallu and broad red border, from Ilkal, KarnatakaCotton · Zari work · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি A fine silk sari woven on pit looms in Murshidabad and Birbhum, worn at Durga PujaSilk · Zari work · Brocade 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaTelia Rumal Oil-treated yarn, ikat dyeing and plant colours, from Andhra Pradesh and TelanganaIkat 🇮🇳 IndiaToda embroiderypukhoor Red and black thread embroidery on white cotton, worked by Toda women in the NilgirisCotton · Embroidery 🇹🇭 ThailandThai silkผ้าไหมไทย Hand-woven Thai silk with a two-tone sheen, from glossy mulberry and matte eri cocoonsSilk · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaKasuti Counted-thread folk embroidery from Karnataka, stitched on Ilkal and Mysore silk sareesCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluSilk · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari Metal-wrapped thread made in Surat and woven into silk sarees across IndiaSilk · Zari work · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaThirubuvanam silk sari Silk saree from a Thanjavur district town, its border and pallu dense with zariSilk · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad handloom fabric Cotton and tussar sarees dyed with aul-root dye, handwoven in Koraput, OdishaCotton · Jamdani 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkariVraata Pani Cloth art from Andhra Pradesh, drawn with a pen or blocks and dyed with plant coloursCotton · Kalamkari · Hand painting 🇮🇳 IndiaPipili appliqué workଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ A stitched-cloth craft from Pipili, Odisha, born to dress the chariots of JagannathCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari A tussar silk saree woven on handlooms in Bhagalpur, set apart by its own dyeing methodTussar 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 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 🇮🇳 IndiaSrikalahasti Kalamkari Freehand pen-drawn cloth art from Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, painted with natural dyesKalamkari · Hand painting 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaKachchh shawldhabla A dense wool shawl handwoven in Kutch, Gujarat, once traded for fleece and grain.Wool · Embroidery · Tie-dye

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The weekly drape

Every Monday: seven sarees you may not know, what is being worn this week, and one drape explained step by step.