Sarees of North India
Banaras brocade, Lucknow chikankari, Punjab phulkari and Kashmir embroidery: the saree of the Gangetic plain and the hills. 10 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Varanasi 5Mirzapur 3Aurangabad 2Bareilly 2Delhi 2Jaunpur 2Lucknow 2Rampur 2Agra 1Aligarh 1Ambala 1Azamgarh 1Bahawalpur 1Bhadohi 1Chandauli 1Faisalabad 1Farrukhabad 1Hoshiarpur 1Jaipur 1Jallandhar 1Jodhpur 1Kangra 1Kanihama 1Kashmir 1Kashmir Valley 1Lahore 1Multan 1Nathdwara 1Panipat 1Thatta 1Udaipur 1AmritsarChowkGujranwalaKaithoonKinnaurKotaKulluMauMubarakpurSrinagar
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreGazzi cloth
A coarse handloom cotton of the Punjab region, woven from local short staple cottonCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam
An appliqué and embroidery craft of Uttar Pradesh, once used for women's sarisCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi)
A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaJamawar
A brocaded Kashmiri shawl, sold by the yard and once worn as a noble's gownWool · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaShalu
A sari from Varanasi that joins Paithani and Banarasi fabricsSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl
A pashmina shawl from Kanihama in Kashmir, patterned knot by knot with small wooden spoolsWool
🇮🇳 IndiaKimkhwab
A silk brocade woven with gold and silver yarns, once called cloth of goldSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaChikankariچِکن کاری (Urdu) / चिकनकारी (Hindi)
A hand embroidery from Lucknow, usually white thread on light fabric.Cotton · Embroidery · Block print
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 IndiaJamawar
A brocaded Kashmiri shawl, sold by the yard and once worn as a noble's gownWool · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaShalu
A sari from Varanasi that joins Paithani and Banarasi fabricsSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKani shawl
A pashmina shawl from Kanihama in Kashmir, patterned knot by knot with small wooden spoolsWool
🇮🇳 IndiaKimkhwab
A silk brocade woven with gold and silver yarns, once called cloth of goldSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Chikankari: Joey Berzowska, CC BY 2.0, source
- Banarasi sari: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shalu: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Kani shawl: Shahidkashmir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source