The sarees of Kerala
10 sarees tied to Kerala: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Kerala
🇮🇳 IndiaBalaramapuram handloom
Cotton handloom cloth from Kerala, finished with a golden zari kasavu borderCotton · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKasavu
A Kerala handloom cloth with fine gold or silver border lines on white cottonCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaMundum neriyathumമുണ്ട് നേരിയത്
Kerala's two-piece cotton wrap: a lower mundu and an upper neriyathuCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree
A hand-woven Kerala cotton sari with a dark tamarind-leaf line at its edgeCotton · Zari work · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaMundum neriyathumമുണ്ട് നേരിയത്
Kerala's two-piece cotton wrap: a lower mundu and an upper neriyathuCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree
A hand-woven Kerala cotton sari with a dark tamarind-leaf line at its edgeCotton · Zari work · Checks and stripes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mundum neriyathum: L. Anantha Krishna Iyer (Diwan Bahadur), Public domain, source
- Chendamangalam saree: Malluchronicle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source