FABRIC GUIDE
What each saree fabric actually is, where it is woven, how to tell a real one from an imitation, and what six hours in it feels like. Written for the questions people actually ask before they buy, not a swatch card.
Looking for loom vocabulary instead, like Kadhwa or Meenakari? See the weaves glossary.

BHAGALPUR (BIHAR)

VARANASI (BANARAS)

VARANASI AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

KANCHIPURAM

CHANDERI TOWN

MAHESHWAR

PAITHAN AND YEOLA

PATAN

BHOODAN POCHAMPALLY

ORIGINALLY BALUCHAR VILLAGE NEAR MURSHIDABAD

HISTORICALLY DHAKA

WEST BENGAL

KAITHOON

WOVEN ACROSS MANY INDIAN SILK HUBS

WOVEN ACROSS MANY INDIAN TEXTILE HUBS

WOVEN ACROSS MANY INDIAN TEXTILE HUBS

WOVEN ACROSS MANY INDIAN SILK HUBS

HISTORICALLY LINKED TO MUGHAL-ERA BANARAS AND UPPADA WEAVING

WOVEN IN VARANASI

MYSURU

GADWAL

UPPADA VILLAGE

KUTCH AND JAMNAGAR IN GUJARAT

JAIPUR

NOT A TRADITIONAL REGIONAL INDIAN WEAVE

HISTORICALLY DHAKA AND BENGAL

WOVEN ACROSS INDIA IN ROUGHLY FORTY DISTINCT REGIONAL STYLES: BENGAL (TANT