Buying guides

Know your weaves, spot pure silk, drape it right and care for it for decades.

How to tell pure silk Pure, tested or half-fine zari?Handloom or powerloom?Blouse, fall & pico Keep your silks like new

The weaves of India

Kanjivaram

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

Banarasi

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Pochampally

Bhoodan Pochampally, Telangana

Gadwal

Gadwal, Telangana

Uppada

Uppada, Andhra Pradesh

Venkatagiri

Venkatagiri, Andhra Pradesh

Mangalagiri

Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh

Narayanpet

Narayanpet, Telangana

Dharmavaram

Dharmavaram, Andhra Pradesh

Chanderi

Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh

Paithani

Paithan / Yeola, Maharashtra

Patola

Patan, Gujarat

Sambalpuri

Western Odisha

Jamdani

Bengal

Kalamkari

Srikalahasti / Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Maheshwari

Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh

Baluchari

Bishnupur, West Bengal

Kasavu

Kerala (Balaramapuram)

Chettinad

Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu

Ilkal

Ilkal, Karnataka

Mysore Silk

Mysuru, Karnataka

Muga

Assam

Linen

Across India