All sarees
161 sarees so far, best known first. 42 more are on the list to be written.
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSariसाड़ी
An unstitched cloth draped over the body, worn across the Indian subcontinentCotton · Brocade · Ikat
🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari
A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya
A Rajasthani tie-dye of diagonal stripes, rolled and bound before the dye goes inCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri sari
A handwoven Odisha sari patterned by tie-dyeing yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreResist dyeing
A family of dyeing methods that keep colour out to form a patternTie-dye · Ikat
🇵🇰 PakistanSindhi embroideryسنڌي ٿرت
Needlework and mirror embroidery crafted across the desert communities of SindhEmbroidery · Mirror work
🇮🇳 IndiaKachchh shawl
A dense wool wrap from Kutch, woven in two panels and joined with a fish stitchWool · Tie-dye · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari
A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari
A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani
A tie-dye cloth of tiny knotted dots, made in Gujarat and Rajasthan for saris and turbansSilk · Tie-dye
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDupattaदुपट्टा / دوپٹہ
A long scarf-like wrap worn across South Asia with skirts or tunicsSilk · Tie-dye · Zari work
🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର
A handwoven tussar silk cloth from a village in Jajpur district, OdishaTussar · Tie-dye
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
- Dharmavaram silk sari: Ch Maheswara Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Leheriya: Daderot, CC0, source
- Khara Dupatta: Kinshuk Sunil, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sambalpuri sari: Rahul191313, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Resist dyeing: Ardyansa Nugraha, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sindhi embroidery: Nasreen wafai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bandhani: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source