No matter how modern the women of India have become, inside each of them, they carry the little girl who used to admire their home-making mothers clad in beautiful sarees. Since a very tender
age, many girls have the fetish of collecting saree, at least one each year. The girls of Bengal, in this case, can be kept one step ahead who believes that sarees are the best apparel that can
be worn in any auspicious occasions and even in casual get together. They are not wrong. In fact, there are a variety of silk sarees which are versatile enough to be worn in any occasion. Below is the list of the most
preferred silk sarees hailing from the sweetest part of India, West Bengal.
- The Tussar or Tusshar Sarees are available widely all over in India, but the maximum sale of these sarees is seen in West Bengal. The Tusshar Sarees are made in
the styles of butti and patta. Katha stitch is the major embroidery of these sarees. These sarees create a beautiful picture of the wearer.
- The Baluchari silk originated from the Baluchar village of Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Baluchari sarees are made up of pure silk material; hence they
make the wearer look gorgeous as well as super stylish. The Baluchari saree embroideries carry small and intricate details of the snippets from Indian mythologies like Mahabharata, Ramayana, etc.
on the pallu. Just for this reason, the women do not want to spoil the look of the part by pleating it.
- Before the historical Partition of Bengal into two, the Jamdani sarees were made in the city of Dhaka. Bengal of India even now creates magical Dhakai Jamdani
sarees with the help of the weavers whose ancestors hailed from Bangladesh and settled in India later. The design of the saree is known popularly as Jamdani. This means a significant print or
designs which are created on the material of the saree. These sarees are made from the combination of cotton and silk threads.
- The Murshidabad silk, by its very name, suggests that they hail from the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. These sarees are airy, and light and the prints are
batik prints.