Sarees of Rest of South Asia
Dhaka jamdani, the Kandyan osariya, the Nepali haku patasi and the sari-like cloths of its neighbours. 27 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Maldives.
Weaving centres
Dhaka 5Rajshahi 3Tangail 3Amarapura 2Chandina 2Dhamrai 2Dhatrigram 2Hyderabad 2Kalna 2Muradnagar 2Shantipur 2Ajrakhpur 1Bhatkal 1Bhit Shah 1Bhopal 1Bogra 1Chauhatta 1Chiang Mai 1Chittagong 1Chowk Islampur 1Comilla 1Dacca 1Dawei 1Debidwar 1Faridpur 1Gauripur 1Hala 1Jamalpur 1Jangalbari 1Jessore 1Kandy 1Khordha 1Khulna 1Kushtia 1Madhurapur 1Mainamati 1Masulipatnam 1Matiari 1Mosul 1Mymensingh 1Nagarparkar 1Narayanganj 1Noakhali 1Pabna 1Rupganj 1Samudragarh 1Seikkhun 1Shikarpur 1Sirajganj 1Sonargaon 1South Rupshi 1Sukkur 1Thano Bula Khan 1Tharparkar 1Umarkot 1Wundwin 1BankuraBasowaBerhamporeColomboKalna CityKarachiKathmanduSabarmatiSabarmati Ashram
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSariसाड़ी
An unstitched cloth draped over the body, worn across the Indian subcontinentCotton · Brocade · Ikat
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreNakshi kanthaনকশি কাঁথা
An embroidered quilt from Bengal, stitched from old sarees with a simple running stitch.Cotton · Kantha · Embroidery
🇳🇵 NepalChaubandi Cholo
A wrapped cotton blouse with geometric prints from Nepal paired with a sari-style skirtCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMashru
A heavy hand-woven satin with a silk face over cotton, woven in Punjab and SindhSilk
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreJamdaniজামদানি
A fine figured muslin from Bangladesh, patterned on the loom with a supplementary weftCotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKhadi
Hand-spun woven cloth from cotton and other fibres, promoted in India's independence movementCotton
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 5 moreLungiলুঙ্গি
A tube of cotton tied at the waist, worn by men across South Asia and beyondCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇱🇰 Sri LankaOsariyaඔසරිය
Sri Lanka's national dress: a sari with a waist frill and a full blouseCotton
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreBlock printing
Printing patterns on cotton, silk and linen with carved wooden blocksCotton · Block print
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani · Brocade
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 1 moreAjrakاجرڪ (Sindhi), اجرک (Saraiki)
A Sindhi block-printed cloth in indigo and crimson, worn as a shawl or wrapCotton · Block print
🇧🇩 BangladeshDhakai
A cotton saree from Dhaka, once woven with the jamdani techniqueCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya
An ancient lower body garment from India made of a long cotton or silk stripCotton
🇲🇲 MyanmarLongyiလုံချည်
A tube of cloth worn in Myanmar, folded at the waist without a knotCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇧🇩 BangladeshGrameen checkগ্রামীণ চেক
Bright checked cotton from Bangladesh, woven by village weavers in traditional waysCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 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
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDhoti
An unstitched cloth tied at the waist and worn to the ankle, the men's answer to the sariCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreAbrawan
A fine muslin from the Indian subcontinent, named for water in motionCotton · Zari work
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree
A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani
🇧🇩 BangladeshComilla khadi
Hand-spun, hand-woven cloth from Comilla, Bangladesh, once woven on pit loomsCotton
🇧🇹 BhutanDumdyam
An ankle-length Lepcha wrap of one smooth cloth, solid in colour, held by a waistbandCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ajrak: Kashif11, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nakshi kantha: A junaid alam khan ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Chaubandi Cholo: This file is a work by Ester Inbar ( user:ST or he:user:ST ). More of, Attribution, source
- Mashru: Edwin Lord Weeks, Public domain, source
- Jamdani: Salim_Khandoker, CC0, source
- Khadi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Lungi: Laportechicago at English Wikipedia (Paul La Porte)., CC BY 2.5, source
- Tangail saree: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Dhakai: Amit Sen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Antariya: Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain, source
- Longyi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Muslin: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Dhoti: Redaloes at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Block printing: William Morris, Public domain, source
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Osariya: Mr Anuradha Ratnaweera (අනුරාධ රත්නවීර මහතා), CC BY-SA 2.0, source