Sari Festival “VIRAASAT”

The second phase of the Sari Festival “VIRAASAT”- Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of India will begin from 3rd to 17th January 2023 at Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi. The festival is being organised by the Ministry of Textiles.

Handloom saris drawn from some of the exotic locations of India are on display and sale at the exhibition. A brief list is given below: –

StatesProminent sari varieties
Andhra PradeshUppada Jamdhani Sari, Venkatagiri Jamdani Cotton Sari, Kuppadam Sari, Chirala Silk Cotton Sari, Madhavaram Sari and Polavaram Sari
KeralaBalaramapuram Sari and Kasavu Sari
TelenganaPochampally Sari, Siddipet Gollabamma Sari and Narayanpet Sari
TamilnaduKancheepuram Silk Sari, Arni Silk Saris, Thirubuvanam Silk Sari, Vilandai Cotton Sari, Madurai Sari, Paramakudi Cotton Sari, Aruppukottai Cotton Sari, Dindigul Cotton Sari, Coimbatore Cotton Sari, Salem Silk Sari and Coimbatore (Soft) Silk Saris & Kovai Kora Cotton Saris
MaharashtraPaithani Sari, Karvath Kathi Sari and Nagpur Cotton Sari
ChhattisgarhTussar Silk Sari of Champa
Madhya PardeshMaheshwari Sari and Chanderi Sari
GujaratPatola Sari, Tangaliya Sari, Ashawali sari and Kuchchi Sari/ Bhujodi sari
RajsthanKota Doria Sari
Uttar PradeshLalitpuri Sari, Banaras Brocade, Jangla, Tanchoi, Cutwork, and Jamdani
Jammu & KashmirPashmina Sari
BiharBhagalpuri Silk Sari and Bawan Buti Sari
OdishaKotpad Sari and Gopalpur Tassar  Sari
West BengalJamdani, Santipuri and Tangail
JharkhandTussar and Gichha Silk Sari
KarnatakaIlkal Sari
AssamMuga Silk Sari, Mekhla Chadar (Sari)
PunjabEmbd. & Croch (Phulkari)

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