Types of saris

Types of saris


While an international image of the 'modern style' sari may have been popularised by airline stewardesses, each region in the Indian subcontinent has developed, over the centuries, its own unique sari style. Following are the well known varieties, distinct on the basis of fabric, weaving style, or motif, in South Asia:

o Tanchoi

o Shalu

Eastern styles

• Baluchari – West Bengal

• Kantha – West Bengal

• Ikat Silk & Cotton – Orissa

• Cuttacki Pata Silk & Cotton – Orissa

• Sambalpuri Pata Silk & cotton Saree – Orissa

• Bomkai Silk & Cotton – Orissa

• Mayurbhanj Tussar Silk – Orissa

• Sonepuri/Subarnapuri Silk – Orissa

• Bapta & Khandua Silk & Cotton – Orissa

• Berhampuri Silk – Orissa

• Tanta/Taant Cotton – Orissa, West Bengal & Bangladesh

• Jamdani – Bangladesh

• Jamdani Khulna – Bangladesh

• Dhakai Benarosi– Bangladesh

• Rajshahi silk– Bangladesh

• Tangail Tanter Sari– Bangladesh

• Katan Sari– Bangladesh

Western styles

• Paithani – Maharashtra

• Bandhani – Gujarat and Rajasthan

• Kota doria Rajasthan

• Lugade – Maharashtra

Central styles

• Chanderi – Madhya Pradesh

• Maheshwari – Madhya Pradesh

• Kosa silk – Chattisgarh

Southern styles

• Kanchipuram (locally called Kanjivaram) – Tamil Nadu

• Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu

• Chinnalapatti – Tamil Nadu

• Chettinad – Tamil Nadu

• Madurai – Tamil Nadu

• Arani – Tamil Nadu

• Pochampally – Andhra Pradesh

• Venkatagiri – Andhra Pradesh

• Gadwal – Andhra Pradesh

• Guntur – Andhra Pradesh

• Narayanpet – Andhra Pradesh

• Mangalagiri – Andhra Pradesh

• Balarampuram – Kerala

• Mysore Silk – Karnataka

• Ilkal saree

• Valkalam saree