The Saree Atlas

An encyclopaedia of weaves

What each weave is, where it is made, how it is made, and how to tell it from the one it gets confused with. Written by the people who buy it, corrected by the people who weave it.

Week-2

The map becomes the index

Hovering a state will light it in its regional dye and float up the weaves it is known for. Until the artwork exists, the list above is the index — same links, same URLs, fully crawlable.

Aanchal

The aanchal (also anchal or pallu) is the decorative end-piece of a saree — the section draped over the shoulder or, in some style…

Bandhani

Bandhani is a tie-dye technique, most associated with Gujarat and Rajasthan, in which tiny sections of cloth are tightly tied off…

Batik

Batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique: wax is applied to the areas of cloth meant to stay undyed, the cloth is dyed, and the wax…

Dhonekhali

Dhonekhali is a cotton weaving style named for the town of Dhonekhali in West Bengal, known for a fine, light, single-ply cotton w…