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Sarees beginning with P

15 sarees under P.

🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra with zari borders and a peacock palluSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇹🇭 ThailandPanungผ้านุ่ง A long cotton cloth wrapped at the waist and worn below the knee in ThailandCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇩 IndonesiaParang batik꧋ꦧꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦥꦫꦁ A diagonal Javanese batik motif of interlocking S shapes, read as ocean wavesSilk · Batik 🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari An Odisha ikat sari whose checks are named after a chessboard gambling gameIkat · Checks and stripes 🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 morePatadyong A straight wrap skirt from the Philippine islands, worn by men and womenChecks and stripes 🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin A striped wrap skirt worn by Hajong women in Northeast India and BangladeshSilk · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, with patterns dyed into both threadsSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম Assam's own mulberry silk, naturally white and glossy, spun by worms fed on mulberry leavesSilk 🇮🇳 IndiaPedana Kalamkari Vegetable-dyed, block-printed cloth from Pedana, near Machilipatnam in Andhra PradeshKalamkari · Block print 🇮🇳 IndiaPhanekꯐꯅꯦꯛ A wrapped skirt worn by Meitei women in Manipur, woven with patterned stripesMuga · Checks and stripes · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print 🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam An appliqué and embroidery craft of Uttar Pradesh, once used for women's sarisCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaPipili appliqué workଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ A stitched-cloth craft from Pipili, Odisha, born to dress the chariots of JagannathCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye

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