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.
🇮🇳 IndiaBerhampur Patta
A silk saree from Brahmapur, Odisha, with a zari border in a temple (phoda) designSilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A fine white cotton cloth from Manipur, woven sheer and worn for weddingsCotton · Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin
A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl
A pashmina shawl from Kanihama in Kashmir, patterned knot by knot with small wooden spoolsWool
🇮🇳 IndiaArani silk saree
A silk saree woven in Arani, Tamil Nadu, and noted for its zari thread workSilk · Zari work · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri Sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি
A handloom cotton saree from Begampur, West Bengal, with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPipili appliqué workଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ
A stitched-cloth craft from Pipili, Odisha, born to dress the chariots of JagannathCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad Handloom fabric
Plant-dyed sarees woven by Mirgan weavers in an Odisha villageCotton · Jamdani
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan painting
A cloth-painting craft from Gujarat and Afghanistan, worked in thick oil paint with a stylusHand painting · Block print
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMuslin
A fine plain-weave cotton from Bengal, once sheer enough to see throughCotton
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl
A pashmina shawl from Kanihama in Kashmir, patterned knot by knot with small wooden spoolsWool
🇮🇳 IndiaArani silk saree
A silk saree woven in Arani, Tamil Nadu, and noted for its zari thread workSilk · Zari work · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri Sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি
A handloom cotton saree from Begampur, West Bengal, with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPipili appliqué workଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ
A stitched-cloth craft from Pipili, Odisha, born to dress the chariots of JagannathCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKotpad Handloom fabric
Plant-dyed sarees woven by Mirgan weavers in an Odisha villageCotton · Jamdani
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan painting
A cloth-painting craft from Gujarat and Afghanistan, worked in thick oil paint with a stylusHand painting · Block print
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Paithani: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Arani silk saree: Balu 606902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kani shawl: Shahidkashmir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source