SILK WEAVING CLUSTERS OF INDIA
- Pochampally and surrounding villages in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Dist, in Telangana state.
- First warp and weft yarns are dyed
- (Tie & Dye) as per required designs.
- Warp single ikat, weft single ikat & double ikat.
- More the number of colours higher will be the price.
- Sambalpur is a district head quarters.
- Bomkai in Ganjam district in the state of Orissa.
- Warp and weft yarns are dyed as per required designs before weaving the fabric.
- Both single & double ikat are popular designs.
PATOLA IKAT DESIGNS
- Patan & Rajkot are two district head quarters in Gujarat state .
- First warp and weft yarns are dyed as per required designs.
- Mostly the designs are both in single (Rajkot) & double (Patan) ikat.
PYTHANI JAMDANI DESIGNS
- Yeola town in the district of Nashik, state of Maharashtra.
- Bobbins of coloured threads along with zari are woven into the fabric to form each motif separately.
- Due to intricate designs, it takes months to weave a Pythani sari, hence, the price is on higher side.
POCHAMPALLY SILK SAREE
SAMBALPURI SILK SAREE
- Uppada village in the district of East Godavari , state of Andhra Pradesh.
- Bobbins, mostly of zari are used to form each motif separately during weaving.
- More the number of motifs, higher will be the price.
- Machilipatnam or Bandar, Krishna district and Sri Kalahasti, Chittoor district of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
- As the name suggests, kalam (pen) is used to draw the design lines, with natural colours.
- Cow dung, milk, myrobalan are used in the process of preparing the fabric for painting.
- MACHILIPATNAM
- SRI KALAHASTI
UPPADA JAMDANI SILK SAREE
KALAMKARI SILK SAREE
- Kancheepuram is district Head Quarters in Tamil Nadu state.
- The silk yarns are dipped in rice water and sun-dried before weaving to get thickness and stiffness.
- Temple boarders and traditional designs with pure zari are the highlights of original Kanchi silks.
- State of Assam is One & only state producing Golden Muga silk in the world.
- Muga silk fabrics/sarees are manufactured in Sualkuchi.
- Owing to their Golden Sheen, Muga silks are not dyed but embroidered with coloured threads.
- Muga silks are the costliest.
KANCHEEPURAM SILK SAREE
MUGA SILK SAREE, ASSAM
KASHMIR SILK SAREES/CARPETS
- Srinagar and surrounding areas in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir are famous for sarees like Crepes, Chiffons embroidery with fine threads, which gives elegant looks to soft silk sarees, making them very popular.
- Even silk capets are adored for their soft and elegant looks.
KARNATAKA SILKS
- Karnataka is leading producer of raw silk and known for production of various varieties of products like Dupion, Crepe, Chiffon, Tabby, Taffeta, Organza.
- KoLLegal of Chamarajanagara Dist.
- Molkalmuru, Chitradurga Dist., natural motifs.
- ILkal in Bagalkot district.
- Mysore known for crepe silks.
- Hoskote in Bengaluru Rural district.
KOLLEGAL
MOLKALMURU
KOLLEGAL SILK SAREE
MOLKALMURU SILK SAREE
CREPE SILK
ILKAL SAREE
MYSORE CREPE SILK SAREE
ILKLAL SILK SAREE
BANARAS SAREES
- Banaras is famous Temple city in Uttar Pradesh and equally popular for pure silk sarees.
- Banaras sarees can be divided into categories like
1. Jangla (heavy and highly intricate),
2. Tanchoi (Satin Brocade),
3. Cutwork, and
4. Butidar
JANGLA
TANCHOI
BANARASI JANGLA SAREE
BANARASI TANCHOI SAREE
BUTIDAR
CUTWORK
BANARASI BUTIDAR SAREE
BANARASI CUTWORK SAREE
WEST BENGAL SILKS
- Baluchari, Light & Medium Weight Printed , Kantha work, Tassar Silk , Tassar x Ghicha are popular varieties from the state of West Bengal.
- Birbhum for Tassar & Kantha works, also in the city of Kolkata
- Murshidabad for light and medium weight printed mulberry silk sarees and Garod & Korial sarees with coloured designs in pallu and border.
- Bankura for Tassar and Baluchari sarees
- Purulia and west Medinipur for Tassar silk sarees.
KORIAL/ GAROD
BALUCHARI
KORIAL SILK SAREE
BALUCHARI SILK SAREE
KANTHA
PRINTED
KANTA WORK SILK SAREE
PRINTED SILK SAREE
- Dharmavaram, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.
- Madanapalle , Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh
- Pure Silk with zari in boarder, pallu and body. Popular for wedding sarees, designer sarees.
DHARMAVARAM SILK SAREE
MADANAPALLE SILK SAREE
TASSAR SILKS
- Champa in Chhattisgarh
- Bhagalpur in Bihar
- Ranchi, Giridih, Jasidih and Dumka in Jharkhand are popular silk weaving clusters
- Weaving incudes yarns like Reeled Tassar, Ghicha, Noil.
Reeled Tassar X Ghicha, Noil
Reeled Tassar X Ghicha
Reeled Tassar X Reeled Tassar
Silk Mark
TASSAR X GHICHA SILK SAREE
TASSAR X TASSAR SILK SAREE
- Muga Satin
- Eri silk denim
- Tasar silk on power looms
- Pure silk sarees in Chanderi cluster
- Muga silk in place of Zari.
- Stain guard
- Aroma treated sarees
- Purse, bags, socks, glowes, accessories
Silk Weaving Clusters
- Mannargudi (TN)
- Rasipuram (TN)
- Kumbakonam (TN)
- Thirubuvanam (TN)
- Aarni (TN)
- Venkatagiri (AP)
- Mangalagiri (AP)
- Hindupur (AP)
- Maheshwar (MP)
- Kota [Doria] (Rajastan)
- Gadwal (TS)
- Narayanpet (TS)
- Mahboobnagar (TS)
