Different States - Different Sarees
Saree is the traditional dress of India, and there is no doubt that India is a mine of sarees. So many different states of India produce high quality unique sarees.
If you love traveling and end up in a state famous for its saree, then you will surely like to buy a couple. Here is a list of different saree producing states and the special sarees they have to offer. Take a look:
South India –
Bangalore – silk, crepe, chiffon, chinan, argreza, tussar, zari tissue and silk sarees
Mysore – Crepe zari silk sarees
Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) – Real handwoven zariwork on silk sarees and cotton sarees
Dharmavaram (Andhra Pradesh) – Handwoven silk sarees and cotton sarees
Kumbkonam (Tamil Nadu) – Silk sarees
Pochampalli (Andhra Pradesh) – Patola designer sarees and cotton sarees
Putpaka (Andhra Pradesh) – Ikat sarees
Hyderabad – Patola sarees
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) – Cotton and silk sarees
Selam (Tamil Nadu) – Art silk, cotton and handmade silk sarees
Narayanpet (Karnataka) – Silk, art silk and texturized sarees
North India –
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Silk, jamevar, jamdani, cotton, satin, kora, organza, brocade, tissue zari sarees
Mubarakpur (UP) – Silk, cotton and texturized polyester sarees
Maunath Bhanjan (UP) – Cotton, nylon, art silk and texturized sarees
Kota (Rajasthan) – silk and cotton mixed sarees with zari and silk thread work
Patiala (Punjab) – Phulkari sarees
Lucknow – Cotton, chicken, embroidery, zari zardozi sarees
Srinagar – Tabi silk sarees, chinan sarees and Kashmir kadai sarees
East India -
Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Silk, brocade, baluchari sarees
Srirampur (West Bengal) – Printed silk sarees
Central India -
Bhagalpur (Bihar) – Plain tussar sarees
Chanderi (Madhya Pradesh) – Cotton and silk mixed sarees
Champa (MP) – Tussar and Bafta sarees
West India –
Paithan (Maharastra) – Real zari work on sarees, designer silk, brocade paithani sarees
Jamnagar (Gujarat) – Bandhani sarees with silk, zari work
Patan (Gujarat) – Patoli sarees, sarees with intricate thread work
Bhuj, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner (Rajasthan) – Bandhani sarees
Sanganer (Rajasthan) – Cotton block pints sarees
