There is a wide variety of popular sarees made in the Eastern States of India. The states of east part of India comprising West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Tripura etc. display a wide assortment of sarees, each unique to the culture and tradition, specific to that state. Know about various place of India and their culture through Theotherhome.com

2. INTRODUCTION
There is a wide variety of popular sarees made in the
Eastern States of India. The states of east part of India
comprising West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Tripura etc.
display a wide assortment of sarees, each unique to the
culture and tradition, specific to that state. Bringing out
the grace and elegance of a woman in its fullest form,
the sarees of East India are beautifully woven in various
prints, designs and colors. The expert skills of the
weavers are demonstrated wonderfully in these
handmade sarees from East India. Cotton, mulberry silk
and wild silk are the three main natural fibres used for
weaving sarees in this region, though nowadays,
artficial silk and other man made fibers are also used.
Sarees of East India have a different weaving technique,
typical to that region and inlaid with intricate patterns
and designs, maybe in the whole body or just at the
borders and anchal

3. TUSSAR SILK
Handpainted Gachi Tussar Saree
The Handpainted Gachi Tussar
Saree are highly appreciated due
to the astounding designs all over
the saree. We make available
these sarees in a fusion of
contemporary and traditional
designs to suit the variegated
tastes and preferences of our
clients. The work on these sarees
are in a number of bright colors
with contrasting pallas and
borders that enhance the beauty
of the sarees. The hand painting
on sarees are meticulously
crafted and are done with greater
proficiency and skills.

4. KANTHA STITCH WORK
• The beautiful quilting stitch.
Actually the stitch is simple
running stitch. It is the way it has
been used that makes it extra
ordinary. The cloth was given
layers that were kept together by
the stitches. The cloth had
multiple uses. It could be used to
sleep on or as a light blanket.
Kantha for the Bengali folk means
embroidered quilt. Kantha is said
to be dorukha meaning turning
the worn out and old textiles and
fabrics to things of beauty.

5. BENGALI SAREES
Bengali Sarees are vibrant in
colour and is always handy for
every type of occasion. Since
Bengal has a costal type of
climate, which is hot and humid
thus the sarees support the
wearer the comfort. The famous
of all is the Bengali cotton sarees,
which is famously known as
“Tant”. Its considered to be the
most comfortable sarees
supporting the hot climate. It
usually comes in bright or pastel
colours with a gorgeous border
and has a papery, soft texture.
The sarees come in different
motifs– floral elemets, solar
elements and recently even
modern art is depicted in sarees.

6. BALUCHARI SAREES
Baluchari sarees are nation and world
wide popular because of their artistic
and unique design. 'Baluchari' is one of
the most popular weaving techniques
of Bengal. The baluchari sarees are
famous because of their elaborate
pictorial designs woven using high
quality silk yarns.

7. Designs and Colours of Baluchari Saris
The typical colors used in baluchari
saris are red, blue, yellow, green and
scarlet colors. The base colours of the
baluchari saris are chosen from the
flaming red, dark red, purple, blue
and, yellow though these appear soft
and subtle. The Butis are usually woven
with the wefts in
cream, white, red, gold, orange and
yellow hues. The most attractive
feature of these saris is highly
decorative Anchals.
It is said that the weavers from
Mushidabad usually belong to the
muslim community and hence the
sarees depict designs symbolizing
Muslim events, items or traditions.
These designs are woven on the entire
body or simply on the borders. There
are also various architectural designs
like large floral motifs interspersed
with flowering shrubs available in these
sarees. The Kalka design or the cone
motifs with floral borders are also
popular.

8. Bomkai Sarees
Another variety of saree
avaible in East India is the
Bomkai saree. Produced in
Orissa, these sarees have
touches of ikat work, like
the Sambalpuri sarees.
The Bomkai sarees are
true representation of the
artistic skills of the
artisans of East India.
These traditional East
Indian sarees excellently
symbolizes the very
tradition as well as culture
of India through their
weaving patterns and
needlework.

9. Designs and Motifs of Bomkai Saris
There are Bomkai sarees with elegant
designs, enchanting colors for the
exclusive women. Some Bomkai sarees
have small fishes woven onto the border.
Fish symbolizes prosperity and good
health. Bomkai sarees feature
threadwork ornament borders and pallu.
East Indian ladies love to wear Bomkai
sarees for their traditional tribal look, as
well as their understated and elegant
color pallette.
In the Bomkai weaving patterns, the
weavers use different color combinations
in the warp and the weft. Warp alone is
processed on the borders, while for
Anchal and Pallus of sarees, weft is
processed. The designs in the saris are
inspired from the caves of "Khandagiri"
in Orissa. Almost all the villagers in the
bomkai district of Orissa are involved in
the weaving of silk with Bomkai
patterns.

10. Jamdani Sarees
Jamdani sarees are much sought
after by fashion-conscious working
women for their elegance, comfort
and light weight. While the original
Bangladeshi sari is almost invariably
on a beige background, the Indian
weavers are a little more adventurous
in their choice of color schemes. A
very classy look pervades in the
traditional colours. Jamdani sarees are
today woven in various color schemes
from light shades for daily wear as
well as formal occasions to bright
shades for social functions.

11. Various types of Jamdani Sarees
There are at least four main varieties of Jamdani sarees:
DHAKAI JAMDANI
Dhakai or daccai jamdani sarees are different
from other varieties by their very fine
texture similar to muslin and the elaborate
and ornate workmanship. These sarees have
multicolored floral motifs all over the body
and border
TANGAIL JAMDANI
These sarees have Jamdani motifs on
Tangail fabric. That is the reason they are
known as Tangail Jamdani. The traditional
tangail borders had a "paddo" or lotus
pattern, "pradeep' or lamp pattern

12. Shantipur Jamdani
This variety of sarees have a powder fine
texture. Displaying elegance to its fullenst
extent, the shantipur jamdani have borders on
either dyed cotton-silk or art silk or viscose
yarns or gold and silver zaris.
Dhaniakhali Jamdani
Having a tighter weave than the "tangail" or
"shantipur", Dhaniakhali Jamdani is more hardy.
Its bold body colours and contrasting borders,
stripes and checks patterns and absurdly low
prices make them very affordable.

13. Muga Sarees
Muga sarees are the famous silk
sarees produced only in Assam.
Wedding makhala chaddars are
adorned with gold and silver
thread work. These hand woven
heavy gold silk sarees with motifs
stand out in a three-dimensional
effect which give an exclusive and
attractive look. Today the Assam
muga sarees are famous
worldwide, thanks to the large
Assamese Indian community
residing abroad.

14. Designs and Motifs of Muga Silk Saris
Various motifs, butis are knitted or
woven on the saree and its border.
Each ethnic group of the State has its
own distinctive design and style. The
motifs used in these sarees are
mostly traditional symbols of
• animals
• human figures
• creepers
• flowers
• birds
• channels
• cross borders
• the galaxy and
• ornamental designs.

15. Pat Silk
These sarees are woven in silk
fabric called Pat silk. Pat silk is a
variant of the Muga silk. This
fabric is one of the world
treasures of fine silk fabrics. It is
raised, reeled or spun and woven
on a village scale in only this one
area of India. Assam is renowned
all over the world for this
indigenous silk. The silkworms
used for producing Pat silk are
raised on the leaves of mulberry
plants. Due to this reason the silk
is also nicknamed Mulberry silk.
Pat silk is considered one of the
best in the world and is in great
demand among the fashion-
conscious, and the people opting
for traditional attire.

16. Colours of Pat Sarees
Since mulberry silk unlike muga silk can be bleached and dyed, we get Pat
sarees in different vibrant colours. But the traditional colour is white or
cream. The white color of this material indicates the purity.

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