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
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
- Arani silk saree: Balu 606902, CC BY-SA 3.0, source