Sarees of South India
Kanchipuram silk, Kerala kasavu, Mysore silk, Pochampally ikat, Gadwal and Kalamkari: temple borders and heavy gold. 33 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Hyderabad 4Puttapaka 4Balaramapuram 2Kanchipuram 2Machilipatnam 2Pedana 2Srikalahasti 2Arani 1Bellary 1Bhoodan Pochampally 1Bhuvanagiri 1Bijapur 1Calicut 1Chendamangalam 1Chennai 1Chettinad 1Chirala 1Choutuppala 1Coimbatore 1Dharmavaram 1Erode 1Gadwal 1Golconda 1Ilkal 1Jouy-en-Josas 1Kakinada 1Kappaladoddi 1Kasaragod 1Koranad 1Koyalgudam 1Kuthampully 1Madrasapattinam 1Mangalagiri 1Mayiladuthurai 1Nagercoil 1Nalgonda 1Narayanpet 1Nilgiris 1Polavaram 1Samsthan Narayanpuram 1Sanduru 1Siripuram 1Sirumugai 1Thanjavur 1Thirubuvanam 1Thiruvananthapuram 1Tiruppur 1Uppada 1AndimadamBengaluru and the Karnataka silk beltCoimbatore and KovaiElaiyurGattuppalaHubliKallathurKaraikudi and the Chettinad townsKumbakonam and ThirubuvanamKuthampallyMaduraiMolakalmuruMysoreMysuruOttapalamPalakkadPochampallyPondicherryRamanagaraSalemSengunthapuramThrissurVariyankavalVenkatagiri
🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை
A nine-yard silk and cotton bridal sari from Koranad, checked, for Tamil Hindu weddingsSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari
A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKasavu
A Kerala handloom cloth with fine gold or silver border lines on white cottonCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKanchipuram sari
A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 IndiaKovai Cora cotton
A handwoven cotton-silk saree from the Coimbatore region of Tamil NaduCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaUppada Jamdani sari
A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, with motifs on both facesSilk · Jamdani · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaKalamkari
A pen-drawn textile art from Andhra Pradesh, coloured with natural dyesCotton · Kalamkari · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari
A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari
A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari
A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluCotton · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaThirubuvanam silk sari
A Thanjavur district silk sari with a wide zari border and matching palluSilk · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaArani silk saree
A silk saree woven in Arani, Tamil Nadu, and noted for its zari thread workSilk · Zari work · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaLanga voniలంగా వోణి
A South Indian half sari: a string-tied skirt and a short diagonal upper clothSilk · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaMadisarமடிசார்
A nine-yard Tamil Brahmin sari drape, worn over one shoulder for ceremoniesSilk
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
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pochampally sari: Hermann Linde, Public domain, source
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ilkal sari: T B Dinesh, CC0, source
- Arani silk saree: Balu 606902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Langa voni: Kannadiga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source