Handloom Sarees

Handloom sarees are a traditional textile art of Bangladesh and India. The production of handloom sarees are important for economic development in rural India. Completion of a single saree takes two to three days of work. Several regions have their own traditions of handloom sarees. These saree is often woven on a shuttle-pit loom made from ropes, wooden beams and poles. The sarees can vary in size and quality.

Generally handloom saree weaving is a family enterprise and one of India’s cottage industries. The handloom sarees are made from silk or cotton threads. Traditionally all the process of thread dyeing and warping were outsourced and sizing, attaching the warp, weft winding and Weaving were done by the weavers.