GI-tagged sarees
68 sarees protected as a Geographical Indication: cloth that may only be sold under its name if it is made in its home place, in its traditional way.
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A fine silk or cotton sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with zari motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree
A hand-woven Kerala cotton sari with a dark tamarind-leaf line at its edgeCotton · Zari work · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton
A handwoven cotton-silk saree from the Coimbatore region of Tamil NaduCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaUppada Jamdani sari
A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, with motifs on both facesSilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari
A cotton sari from Mangalagiri with a zari border and a plain bodyCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari
A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal threads from Surat district for patterns in silk fabricsSilk · Zari work · Embroidery
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chanderi sari: India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chendamangalam saree: Malluchronicle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source