Sarees of East India
Bengal jamdani, tant and baluchari, Odisha ikat and Bomkai, Bhagalpur silk and Madhubani painting. 23 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Malda 4Murshidabad 4Bhagalpur 3Sonepur 3Bargarh 2Birbhum 2Gopalpur 2Maniabandha 2Badamba 1Balangir 1Baluchar 1Barpali 1Begampur 1Berhampur 1Bhusra 1Bishnupur 1Bomkai 1Boudh 1Brahmapur 1Chicheguda 1Cuttack 1Dakra 1Habaspur 1Jajpur 1Kalahandi 1Kasimbazar 1Kotpad 1Madhubani 1Maniabadha 1Murarai 1Muzaffarpur 1Nalhati 1Nuapatana 1Nuapatna 1Pipili 1Puri 1Raghunathganj 1Rampurhat 1Sambalpur 1Shantiniketan 1Tenganan 1BukharaCossimbazarCuttack districtDakraDhaniakhaliJiaganjKolkataKoraputNadiaNalandaSamarkandSantiniketanSantipur
🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari
A tussar silk sari from Bhagalpur, known for its dyeing and its handloomsSilk
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari
A light, see-through cotton saree from Bengal with a heavy borderCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
A handloom Odisha saree with fish and temple threadwork on border and palluCotton · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaShantiniketan Batik
A hand-painted batik from Santiniketan, West Bengal, brushed with natural dyesBatik · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua
An Odia ikat sari, usually red or orange, worn at weddings and offered to JagannathSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKorial sariকোরিয়াল শাড়ি
A handwoven Bengal silk sari with a red border and fine designs on the anchalSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreTussar silkkosa (Sanskrit)
A wild silk with a dull gold sheen, gathered in forests and woven into sareesSilk · Kantha
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri sari
A handwoven Odisha sari patterned by tie-dyeing yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
A tie-dyed Odisha silk weave known for curvilinear motifs and brocade bordersSilk · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaMurshidabad silkমুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম
A fine, light mulberry silk from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, woven mainly into sarisSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaDukula
A fine bark-fibre cloth of ancient India, known for its swan patternLinen
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMatka
A coarse Bengal silk spun from cocoons the moth has already leftSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
A handwoven tussar silk cloth from a village in Jajpur district, OdishaTussar · Tie-dye
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
An Odisha ikat sari whose checks are named after a chessboard gambling gameIkat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaBerhampur Patta
A silk saree from Brahmapur, Odisha, with a zari border in a temple (phoda) designSilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaMalda silk
Fine golden-yellow silk from Malda, West Bengal, woven into Baluchari and Garad sarisSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk handloom sari from Murshidabad and Birbhum in West BengalSilk · Zari work · Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari
A light, see-through cotton saree from Bengal with a heavy borderCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari
A handloom Odisha saree with fish and temple threadwork on border and palluCotton · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaShantiniketan Batik
A hand-painted batik from Santiniketan, West Bengal, brushed with natural dyesBatik · Hand painting
🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua
An Odia ikat sari, usually red or orange, worn at weddings and offered to JagannathSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKorial sariকোরিয়াল শাড়ি
A handwoven Bengal silk sari with a red border and fine designs on the anchalSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreTussar silkkosa (Sanskrit)
A wild silk with a dull gold sheen, gathered in forests and woven into sareesSilk · Kantha
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri sari
A handwoven Odisha sari patterned by tie-dyeing yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaOdisha Ikat
A tie-dyed Odisha silk weave known for curvilinear motifs and brocade bordersSilk · Ikat · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaMurshidabad silkমুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম
A fine, light mulberry silk from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, woven mainly into sarisSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaDukula
A fine bark-fibre cloth of ancient India, known for its swan patternLinen
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMatka
A coarse Bengal silk spun from cocoons the moth has already leftSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
A handwoven tussar silk cloth from a village in Jajpur district, OdishaTussar · Tie-dye
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat
A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
An Odisha ikat sari whose checks are named after a chessboard gambling gameIkat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaBerhampur Patta
A silk saree from Brahmapur, Odisha, with a zari border in a temple (phoda) designSilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery
A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaMalda silk
Fine golden-yellow silk from Malda, West Bengal, woven into Baluchari and Garad sarisSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি
A fine silk handloom sari from Murshidabad and Birbhum in West BengalSilk · Zari work · Brocade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rajshahi silk: Bongan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tant sari: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bomkai sari: Nayansatya, CC BY 3.0, source
- Shantiniketan Batik: Sumita Arup, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tussar silk: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sambalpuri sari: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Odisha Ikat: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ikat: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pasapali sari: Prateek Pattanaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source