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TextileGI Tagged · 2011
Baluchari Saree
TownBishnupur
StateWest Bengal
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2011
About
A richly woven silk saree whose pallu depicts detailed mythological and courtly scenes — including entire narrative panels from the Mahabharata — woven directly into the fabric rather than printed or embroidered.
Did you know? A Baluchari pallu can depict an entire scene from an epic like the Mahabharata woven thread by thread into the silk — some historic pieces even wove in contemporary imagery like Englishmen smoking pipes on horseback.