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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — woven in the holy city for over five centuries Banarasi weaving is one of the oldest […]

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — the shadow work of the Nawabs Chikankari is the most delicate embroidery tradition in India —

Varanasi and Kanchipuram — woven light and gold Tissue fabric is what happens when the weaver decides to make cloth

Varanasi — where the finest georgette sarees are woven and crafted Georgette is the fabric of constant motion. Made by

Varanasi — where silk becomes light itself and crisp. The result holds its shape while remaining weightless — stiff enough

West Bengal — the legendary fine cotton of the subcontinent Muslin is the fabric that made India famous. When European

Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha — the wild silk of the forest Tussar silk is silk from the forest. Unlike

Chanderi, Maheshwari, Gadwal — the great blended weaving traditions The silk-cotton blend is one of India’s most intelligent textile inventions.

Varanasi, Kanchipuram, Assam, Bishnupur — India’s great silk traditions Silk is the fabric that civilisations have gone to war over,

West Bengal — handwoven across the eastern handloom belt Linen is perhaps the most honest fabric in the world. It