All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreKhes
A thick hand-woven cotton blanket cloth from Punjab, woven in pairs and joinedCotton · Checks and stripes · Zari work
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreSarongsarung
A tubular waist-wrap of batik or checks, worn across Asia, Africa and the Pacific.Cotton · Batik · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை
A nine-yard silk and cotton bridal sari from Koranad, checked, for Tamil Hindu weddingsSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod saree
A handwoven cotton sari from Kasaragod, Kerala, made for everyday wearCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaDorea
A striped or checked cloth of the Indian subcontinent, first cotton then silkCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaPhanekꯐꯅꯦꯛ
A wrapped skirt worn by Meitei women in Manipur, woven with patterned stripesMuga · Checks and stripes · Embroidery
🇹🇭 ThailandPanungผ้านุ่ง
A long cotton cloth wrapped at the waist and worn below the knee in ThailandCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreMadras
A light handwoven cotton cloth of bright checks, named after the city of ChennaiCotton · Checks and stripes · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaKanchipuram sari
A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk · Zari work · Temple border
🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree
A hand-woven Kerala cotton sari with a dark tamarind-leaf line at its edgeCotton · Zari work · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaKandangi
A checked cotton saree from Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, with a wide contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 5 moreLungiলুঙ্গি
A tube of cotton tied at the waist, worn by men across South Asia and beyondCotton · Checks and stripes · Batik
🇲🇲 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
🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari
An Odisha ikat sari whose checks are named after a chessboard gambling gameIkat · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari
Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri Sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি
A handloom cotton saree from Begampur, West Bengal, with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt worn by Hajong women in Northeast India and BangladeshSilk · Checks and stripes
🇵🇭 Philippines and 3 morePatadyong
A straight wrap skirt from the Philippine islands, worn by men and womenChecks and stripes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Madras: Shweta Venkateswaran, CC0, source
- Sarong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Koorai silk sari: En.saravanan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Phanek: অজয় দাস, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panung: เอบ บุนนาก, Public domain, source
- Patadyong: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kanchipuram sari: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chendamangalam saree: Malluchronicle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kandangi: RidahZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lungi: Laportechicago at English Wikipedia (Paul La Porte)., CC BY 2.5, source
- Longyi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Pasapali sari: Prateek Pattanaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Handloom sari: P.K.Niyogi, Public domain, source
- Khes: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source