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.
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi)
A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaPedana Kalamkari
Vegetable-dyed, block-printed cloth from Pedana, near Machilipatnam in Andhra PradeshKalamkari · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkari
A pen-drawn textile art from Andhra Pradesh, coloured with natural dyesCotton · Kalamkari · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaBagh print
Hand block printing with natural red and black dyes from a village on the Bagh riverCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaArani silk saree
A silk saree woven in Arani, Tamil Nadu, and noted for its zari thread workSilk · Zari work · Block print
🇮🇳 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.
- Srikalahasti kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pedana Kalamkari: Sathishkagitha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bagh print: Mrqd9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arani silk saree: Balu 606902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source