The sarees of Rajasthan
5 sarees tied to Rajasthan: woven there, or made its own.
Motifs of Rajasthan
🇮🇳 IndiaGota patti
An appliqué embroidery from Rajasthan that stitches shiny ribbon into patterns on clothAppliqué · Embroidery
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreAjrakاجرڪ (Sindhi), اجرک (Saraiki)
A Sindhi block-printed cloth in indigo and crimson, worn as a shawl or wrapCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDupattaदुपट्टा / دوپٹہ
A long scarf-like wrap worn across South Asia with skirts or tunicsSilk · Tie-dye · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani
A tie-dye cloth of tiny knotted dots, made in Gujarat and Rajasthan for saris and turbansSilk · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya
A Rajasthani tie-dye of diagonal stripes, rolled and bound before the dye goes inCotton · Tie-dye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ajrak: Kashif11, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source
- Gota patti: User:आशीष भटनागर, Public domain, source
- Khara Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bandhani: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source