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.
- 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
- 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.
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.
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
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.
- 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.
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 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)