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45 hand-picked videos on the silk saree — the weaves and their towns, the silk from cocoon to yarn, the zari and the loom, the showroom streets, and how to know pure silk. English first; videos in other languages are marked. Tap any picture to play it on the big TV.

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The weaves and their towns17From cocoon to yarn6Zari, looms and machinery5Showrooms and saree markets8Pure silk, Silk Mark and care5The story and the trade4

The weaves and their towns

Each great silk saree belongs to a town and its looms — Kanchipuram, Varanasi, Paithan and Yeola, Patan, Mysore, Sualkuchi, Bishnupur, Pochampally, Sambalpur, Chanderi, Gadwal, Bhagalpur, Kota and Venkatagiri.

7:51

Kanchipuram — how a silk saree is made, start to finish

Project Loom

Project LooM's overview of the Kanchipuram process: the silk yarn, the zari, setting the loom and the long hours of weaving.

11:01

Inside a Kanchipuram handloom house

Explore Creation

A walk through the weaving of a Kanchipuram silk saree on the pit loom, with the body and border woven together.

8:04

The Banarasi weavers of Varanasi

Business Insider

Business Insider meets the families in Varanasi who still weave Banarasi silk by hand, and hears how the trade has changed.

28:48

Weavers of Varanasi

Craftmark

A longer Craftmark film on the Banarasi weaving lanes — the looms, the designs and the people behind them.

12:02

The story of a Paithani

Sahapedia

Sahapedia on the Paithani of Maharashtra — its tapestry-woven pallu, its motifs and the weavers of Paithan and Yeola.

9:32

Patan Patola — the double ikat of Gujarat

Business Insider

Why a Patola from Patan takes months: both warp and weft are tie-dyed before weaving, so the pattern lines up on both sides.

20:01

Mysore silk — the KSIC story

India Tourism Mumbai

A documentary on the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation and the Mysore silk saree made at its factory.

8:43

Muga — the golden silk of Assam

Business Insider and Insider

Business Insider on muga, the silk found only in Assam, and why it is so scarce.

10:26

Sualkuchi — Assam's silk weaving village

Stories That Matter

Inside Sualkuchi, where much of Assam's muga, pat and eri silk is woven on household looms.

3:52

Baluchari — history on silk

Peepul Tree World

The Baluchari of Bishnupur, Bengal, whose pallu tells stories from the epics in woven silk.

6:39

Pochampally ikat — the weaving process

sushmita kalangi

How the yarn is tied and dyed before weaving to make the geometric ikat sarees of Pochampally, Telangana.

10:27

The making of Sambalpuri

Sahapedia

Sahapedia on the tie-dyed Sambalpuri sarees of western Odisha and the weaving families of the Bargarh region.

2:41

Chanderi — the weaves of a handloom cluster

Project Loom

Project LooM in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, where light silk and silk-cotton sarees are woven.

1:25

Gadwal saree weaving

VeeruJujare

A short look at the loom work behind the Gadwal saree of Telangana, with its silk border and cotton body.

5:34

Bhagalpur tussar silk

The Undiscovered

A short documentary on Bhagalpur in Bihar and its tussar silk weaving.

3:32

Kota Doria — threads of tradition

Peepul Tree World

The fine chequered Kota Doria of Rajasthan, woven in silk and cotton around Kota.

12:41

The story of the Venkatagiri saree

big short films

A film on the weavers of Venkatagiri, Andhra Pradesh, and the fine zari-bordered sarees they make.

From cocoon to yarn

Where the silk comes from — silkworm rearing, the cocoon markets, reeling into yarn, and the wild silks of India.

14:36

The journey of silk

NCERT OFFICIAL

NCERT's clear film on sericulture — mulberry, silkworm, cocoon and the thread that comes from it.

1:49

Inside the silk city of Ramanagara

The Hindu

The Hindu at Ramanagara in Karnataka, home to one of the largest cocoon markets in India.

2:39

How Assam makes its muga silk

The Hindu

The Hindu on rearing muga silkworms and spinning the golden yarn.

12:27

Tussar — India's wild silk

StoryRaven

How tussar silk is gathered from forest silkworms in central and eastern India.

3:12

What is ahimsa silk?

The Hindu

The Hindu explains silk made without killing the silkworm inside the cocoon.

12:58

An Indian-made automatic silk reeling machine

MULBERRY SILK ARM INDUSTRIES

A maker shows an automatic reeling machine built in India for turning cocoons into raw silk yarn.

Zari, looms and machinery

The gold and silver thread, the jacquard that carries the design, and the power looms of Surat.

12:06

Zari making in Varanasi

Sahapedia

Sahapedia on how zari thread is drawn, flattened and wound for Banarasi weaving.

2:38

How zari is manufactured

IVANI INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.

A zari maker's factory film: the metal-coated yarn from start to spool.

2:19

An electronic jacquard on a handloom

ReshamSutra

How an electronic jacquard can be fitted to a silk handloom to lift the design threads.

10:21

Jacquard power looms weaving Banarasi-style sarees in Surat [Hindi]

RohitTechWorld

Inside a Surat unit where power looms with jacquards weave Banarasi-style sarees.

1:23

Handloom or power loom — how to tell

Umay Benaras

A Varanasi weaving house shows the signs that separate a handloom Banarasi from a power-loom one.

Showrooms and saree markets

Where silk sarees are bought — Kanchipuram, T. Nagar in Chennai, Chickpet in Bengaluru, Mysore, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Gariahat in Kolkata and Pochampally.

1:29

Where to buy Kanchipuram sarees

MyNation

A short guide to well-known Kanchipuram saree houses, from Nalli to Pothys.

10:22

A silk saree store in Chennai

Prashanti Sarees

A walk through one of Chennai's long-established saree stores and its silk floors.

20:36

Chickpet, Bengaluru — wholesale silk sarees

Swetha Surendra Vlogs

Inside the wholesale silk saree lanes of Chickpet, Bengaluru's old textile market.

14:18

Buying Mysore silk at a KSIC showroom [Kannada]

Raginicr_Vlogs

A shopper's visit to a KSIC showroom for Mysore silk sarees.

20:16

The Banarasi saree market of Varanasi [Hindi]

MARKET GURU

A look at Banarasi silk sarees in a Varanasi wholesale house.

1:54

A silk saree showroom in Hyderabad

Prashanti Sarees

A short film from a saree store in Hyderabad.

26:13

Saree shopping at Gariahat, Kolkata

The Posh Palette

A visit to the saree stores of Gariahat, including well-known silk houses.

24:14

Pochampally — the ikat town and its shops [Telugu]

Anu & Supi

A trip to Pochampally to see the ikat looms and the saree shops of the town.

Pure silk, Silk Mark and care

How to tell pure silk, what the Silk Mark label means, and how to keep a silk saree for years.

3:01

Look for the Silk Mark label

Silk Mark India Official

Silk Mark India on the label that marks pure natural silk.

5:38

How to identify a pure silk saree

TV5 News

Testing pure silk, shown at a Silk Mark expo.

5:53

Banarasi silk — knowing the real thing

Kankatala

A saree house explains the weaving techniques of Banarasi silk and the signs of a genuine piece.

5:35

How to store silk sarees

Pratha by Kavita Koparkar

Simple ways to fold, wrap and store silk sarees so the silk and zari last.

5:41

How to wear a silk saree with neat pleats

Dolly Jain

A saree-draping stylist shows how to drape a heavy silk saree.

The story and the trade

Where the silk saree came from, its many kinds, and one of the old houses that sells it worldwide.

19:32

The Kanchipuram saris — weaves of India

Peepul Tree World

Peepul Tree's film on the history and weaving of the Kanjeevaram.

1:39

26 kinds of Indian silk sarees

JOLLY SILKS

A short picture tour of silk sarees from across India.

2:00

Nalli — since 1928

Nalli Silks

Nalli's own film on its silk sarees and its beginnings in Kanchipuram and Chennai.

9:38

Five generations of Nalli

Entrepreneur Media

An interview on how the Nalli family business grew over five generations.

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