Maheshwar, Khargone district

Maheshwari

A border that reads the same from either side, so there is no wrong way round.

A teal Maheshwari sari showing its fine stripes and reversible zari border.
Cluster
Maheshwar
District
Khargone
State
Madhya Pradesh
Status
GI no. 197, 2010

How it is made

The reversible border is called bugdi. Silk in the warp, cotton in the weft — light enough for summer, formal enough for an evening, which is a rare pair of things in one cloth.

Maheshwari cloth in deep teal with fine woven stripes running into a narrow zari border.
The swatch, shot flat at the same distance as the other six.

2 pieces in this weave

The other six