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Banarasi silk in Kanchipuram

Showrooms, lanes and named houses for Banarasi silk sarees in Kanchipuram.

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Banarasi silk in Kanchipuram

Katan mulberry silk with gold and silver brocade (kinkhwab), jaal, jharokha and shikargah motifs in kadwa or fekwa extra-weft. Woven at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; sold in Kanchipuram through the houses and lanes below.

Where to look in Kanchipuram

Gandhi Road, Kanchipuram
Showroom and wholesale strip
Mettu Street, Ennaikaran Street, Kanchipuram
Weaver lanes and yarn merchants
Railway Station Road, Kanchipuram
Silk yarn depot of the Directorate of Handlooms

Named houses in Kanchipuram

NameWhereWhat
Pachaiyappa's SilksGandhi Road, KanchipuramShowroom with in-house looms
AS Babu SahGandhi Road, KanchipuramKorvai wedding sarees
Babu Shah SilksGandhi Road, KanchipuramFamily-owned; pure zari bridal silks
Prakash Silks and SareesGandhi Road, KanchipuramLoom-sourced Kanjivarams

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