The sarees of Maharashtra
3 sarees tied to Maharashtra: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Maharashtra
🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari
A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, with patterns dyed into both threadsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani
A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra with zari borders and a peacock palluSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaShalu
A sari from Varanasi that joins Paithani and Banarasi fabricsSilk · Zari work
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Patola sari: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Shalu: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Paithani: Unknown author, Public domain, source