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TextileGI Tagged · 2005-06
Kanchipuram Silk
TownKanchipuram
StateTamil Nadu
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2005-06
About
India's most celebrated silk saree, woven with mulberry silk and real gold-and-silver zari, distinguished by its heavy body, temple-border designs, and contrasting-colour borders woven separately then interlocked into the main body.
Did you know? The border, body, and pallu of a genuine Kanchipuram saree are traditionally woven separately and then interlocked so seamlessly that even if the saree tears, the border will not detach from the body.