Paithani
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- History
- Technical details
- Materials used
- Material assembly
- Motifs
- Sari
- Padar (selvedge)
- Colour dyeing
- Traditional colours
- Manufacturing processes
- Dyeing
- Loom
- Weaving
- Selvedges and the Padar
- Types
- Motif
- Weaving
- Colour
- See also
- References
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Paithani () is a variety of sari, named after the Paithan in Sambhajinagar district from the state of Maharashtra in India where the sari was first made by hand. Present day Yeola town in Nashik, Maharashtra is the largest manufacturer of Paithani.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paithani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.