Sari - The traditional Indian dress

Sari is made of silk, cotton, handloom cotton, polyster, crepe, georgette, and mixture of cotton and polyster etc.

The wedding saris are made of silk or georgete.

Saris are plain, machine printed, block printed, embroidered ect.

Sari is generally a length of fabric that is draped from the waist down. one end is tucked at the waist and the other end is thrown over shoulder to cover the chest.

Saris are minimum 5 meters in length. Some are 7 or 9 meters too. But they are draped in a different way than the 5 meter sari.

Sari is worn with a blouse, that is a top that covers the chest and the back. Generally it is a matching material. The designs in sari are endless. So are the blouse patterns.

All over India sari is worn. Apart form the regular printed saris from factories, hand woven , handloom saris are in demand. These come from places where saree weaving has been a tradition for many centuries.

The famous places for silk saris are:

Benaras, Kanchipuram, Paithan, Mysore,

Mysore: Mysore is a town in the southern part of India. It is in the state of Karnataka. The Mysore silk saris are in demand for all occasions. Not just for weddings as they not only drape beautifully but are also very elegant. The mysore crepe saris available from the KSIC (Karnataka Silk) are the ones to get. They are thicker silk with real silver/golden thread(called Jari) work.

These Mysore silk saris are passed on for generations.

Benaras silk: Banaras(also known as kashi) is a place in Utterpradesh, northern part of India. The silk saris from Banaras form a part of wedding trousseau. they are known for their lovely colors as well as the beautiful motifs of flowers. Every bride wants to have at least one sari from Benaras.

Kanchipuram silk : Kanchi silk saris are known for their traditional designs. They are heavier silks than the Benaras silks. Kanchipuram is a place in South India. Many south indian brides visit Kanchi to select their wedding saris.

Every bride must have a few silks. She gets married in a silk sari. In North India, it is generally a red sari.