| Earlier known as kasi, Varanasi is a place known as | | | | place are used in the furnishings and sometimes for |
| one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage. It is said | | | | blouse. |
| that if a person dies on this land then he/she is freed | | | | The brocades of Varanasi were woven at homes |
| from the cycle of rebirths. This is one of the most | | | | earlier but now the work is done on large scale in |
| crowded places in India, with hundreds of small streets | | | | karkhanas(factories). It is a construction of several |
| full of temples and dharamshalas. | | | | rooms in a row and the workers are provided peace |
| The important thing for which it is famous world wide | | | | for complete concentration. The same style is adopted |
| is the Brocades. The Brocades of Varanasi were first | | | | by the designers who want particular motifs and |
| woven only in the small city known as Alaipura, but | | | | pattern for designer or for the blouse. Generally, they |
| now it is woven all over Varanasi. The brocades of | | | | buy the fabric from the place and get the desired |
| Varanasi, have made a remarkable position in the | | | | work on, by the artists. |
| designer sarees as well. The fabrics that are woven | | | | The zari thread that is used in the weaving is known |
| with warps and wefts threads of varied colors, and | | | | as kalabattun. One single zari thread is made with |
| also of varied materials are called the brocades. The | | | | finely drawn gold, silver and base metal thread, that is |
| brocades of Varanasi are woven in threads of silk. | | | | wound together rounded like a silk thread. |
| The other region known for the brocades is the | | | | One of the best brocades of Varanasi that is known |
| Madanpura, which is popular as the most traditional | | | | all over the world is the Kimkhab. It is woven with |
| style and designed, used on the fabric. The fabric is | | | | mukta, a durable silk thread. It is coarse and thick and |
| woven in a light and transparent fabric. The best | | | | heavy, therefore it can hold the gold and the silk |
| examples that are also widely used in the designer | | | | threads for weaving easily. It became popular because |
| sarees are the jamdani, organza and tissue sarees. | | | | of the gold used in it and this also led to the higher |
| The motifs and the designs that are common and still | | | | price of the saree. The designer sarees are far too |
| have succeeded to maintain their position in terms of | | | | expensive. A lot of people just buy the fabric and use |
| popularity are the kairi (mango), and the moon shape in | | | | it for making stylish blouse only. The common motif |
| the body of the saree. The fabric is woven in such a | | | | used in this was the ashrafi. Other patterns were jal, |
| style in the transparent material that it gives an | | | | buta and trellis. The designers have succeeded well in |
| impression of a double sided pattern. The weavers of | | | | en-cashing the popular and expensive brocades of |
| Alaipura have easily adopted the new techniques so | | | | Varanasi. You can find some wonderful designs in the |
| the work is not so fine. Hence, the brocades of this | | | | websites of online sarees. |