Sarees of West India
Patan patola, bandhani, Rajasthani block print and leheriya, Paithani and the nine-yard nauvari of Maharashtra. 14 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
Patan 3Kutch 2Paithan 2Surat 2Ahmadabad 1Ahmed Nagar 1Anjar 1Bharuch 1Bhuj 1Bhujodi 1Daulatabad 1Dedara 1Deesa 1Godavari 1Kolhapur 1Mahesana 1Mandvi 1Mewar 1Mumbai 1Mundra 1Nakhatrana 1Palanpur 1Puñe 1Raigad 1Rapar 1Sarli 1Satara 1Surendranagar 1Vadla 1Vastadi 1Wankaner 1Yeola 1AhmedabadJaipur, Sanganer and BagruJamnagarJetpurKota and KaithoonKutch and BhujodiLakhpatMadhaparNakhtranaNashikNevasaPethapurRatnagiriSolapur
🇮🇳 IndiaHimroo
A silk and cotton brocade from Aurangabad, patterned with Persian designsSilk · Brocade
🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari
A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, with patterns dyed into both threadsSilk · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya
A Rajasthani tie-dye of diagonal stripes, rolled and bound before the dye goes inCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaGota patti
An appliqué embroidery from Rajasthan that stitches shiny ribbon into patterns on clothAppliqué · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKutch embroidery
Mirror-set hand embroidery from Kutch district, Gujarat, worked mainly by womenCotton · Embroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaKasta sariनऊवारी साड़ी
A nine-yard Maharashtra sari tucked at the back and worn like a dhotiCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaBafta
A plain-woven cotton calico from Gujarat, woven at Bharuch and traded far and wideCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaTangaliya shawl
A Gujarat shawl woven on pit looms, its dots raised by knots of contrast threadCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani
A tie-dye cloth of tiny knotted dots, made in Gujarat and Rajasthan for saris and turbansSilk · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaKachchh shawl
A dense wool wrap from Kutch, woven in two panels and joined with a fish stitchWool · Tie-dye · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani
A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra with zari borders and a peacock palluSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaSurat zari
Metal threads from Surat district for patterns in silk fabricsSilk · Zari work · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaGaji
A coarse handloom cloth of cotton or silk, wrapped as a sari and used for winter clothingCotton
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRogan painting
A cloth-painting craft from Gujarat and Afghanistan, worked in thick oil paint with a stylusHand painting · Block print
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kachchh shawl: Ekabhishek, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Patola sari: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source
- Gota patti: User:आशीष भटनागर, Public domain, source
- Kutch embroidery: Jainamishra, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kasta sari: Dakutaa at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paithani: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Rogan painting: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Surat zari: Hiart, CC0, source
- Bandhani: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Himroo: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source