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.
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreZardoziزردوزی
Heavy gold and silver metal embroidery on silk, satin or velvet, from Iran to IndiaSilk · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari
A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, with patterns dyed into both threadsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari
A tussar silk sari from Bhagalpur, known for its dyeing and its handloomsSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম
Assam's own mulberry silk, naturally white and glossy, spun by worms fed on mulberry leavesSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
A handloom Odisha saree with fish and temple threadwork on border and palluCotton · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee
A Manipur cloth with a stepped tooth motif woven in from both edgesCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi)
A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇹🇭 ThailandThai silkผ้าไหมไทย
Hand-woven Thai silk with a two-tone sheen, from glossy mulberry and matte eri cocoonsSilk · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Assam's three silks: golden muga, white pat and warm eri, woven in SualkuchiMuga
🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua
An Odia ikat sari, usually red or orange, worn at weddings and offered to JagannathSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை
A nine-yard silk and cotton bridal sari from Koranad, checked, for Tamil Hindu weddingsSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKorial sariকোরিয়াল শাড়ি
A handwoven Bengal silk sari with a red border and fine designs on the anchalSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri sari
A handwoven Odisha sari patterned by tie-dyeing yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना
A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKanchipuram sari
A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi
Hand-spun woven cloth from cotton and other fibres, promoted in India's independence movementCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari
A fine silk or cotton sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with zari motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
Fine silk sari from Varanasi, patterned with zari and woven on foot-powered loomsSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari
A heavy silk brocade saree woven with gold and silver zari in VaranasiSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
A tie-dyed Odisha silk weave known for curvilinear motifs and brocade bordersSilk · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton
A handwoven cotton-silk saree from the Coimbatore region of Tamil NaduCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaMurshidabad silkমুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম
A fine, light mulberry silk from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, woven mainly into sarisSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaUppada Jamdani sari
A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, with motifs on both facesSilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkari
A pen-drawn textile art from Andhra Pradesh, coloured with natural dyesCotton · Kalamkari · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Mirror-set hand embroidery from Kutch district, Gujarat, worked mainly by womenCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A black Manipuri shawl with red borders, embroidered by hand with animals, sun and starsCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBagh print
Hand block printing with natural red and black dyes from a village on the Bagh riverCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari
A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaBerhampur Patta
A silk saree from Brahmapur, Odisha, with a zari border in a temple (phoda) designSilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani
A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra with zari borders and a peacock palluSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari
A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaMalda silk
Fine golden-yellow silk from Malda, West Bengal, woven into Baluchari and Garad sarisSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal threads from Surat district for patterns in silk fabricsSilk · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaThirubuvanam silk sari
A Thanjavur district silk sari with a wide zari border and matching palluSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaArani silk saree
A silk saree woven in Arani, Tamil Nadu, and noted for its zari thread workSilk · Zari work · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk handloom sari from Murshidabad and Birbhum in West BengalSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
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
- Rajshahi silk: Bongan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Patola sari: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Pat silk: Hiranmoy Boruah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bomkai sari: Nayansatya, CC BY 3.0, source
- Srikalahasti kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Thai silk: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pochampally sari: Hermann Linde, Public domain, source
- Sambalpuri sari: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dokhona: Bodoland Territorial Council, CC0, source
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gamosa: Priyankoo at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Odisha Ikat: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bagh print: Mrqd9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Paithani: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Arani silk saree: Balu 606902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zardozi: Zarood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source