Gariahat · Handloom · Since 1984
Sarees woven by hand, chosen slowly.
Tant from Phulia, Jamdani from Shantipur, Baluchari from Bishnupur and Benarasi for the wedding day. One floor, no rush, tea while you look. Blouse stitching upstairs.
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Everyday handloom
Soft cotton Tant and Dhonekhali for the office and the market. From ₹850.
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Occasion wear
Jamdani, Baluchari, Garad and Korial for pujo, weddings you attend and dinners.
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The bride
Benarasi, red Korial for the shubho drishti, and everything her mother wants to give her.
What is on the shelves this season.
Prices are starting prices for the plainest piece in each weave. We will always tell you which village a saree came from and who wove it, if we know.
Fine cotton with motifs woven in by hand, from Shantipur and Phulia. Light enough for a Kolkata October.
Starched cotton with a woven border. Our biggest shelf. Over 200 pieces in plain, checked and floral.
Katan silk with zari. Bridal reds and a few unusual blues and greens for the reception.
Handspun and handwoven. Plain colours, a thin border. Popular with teachers and doctors.
Bishnupur silk with stories from the epics woven into the pallu. Each one takes a weaver a week.
White silk with a red border, for Ashtami anjali and the bride’s shubho drishti.
We buy from the loom, not the wholesaler.
Twice a month someone from the shop takes the train to Phulia and Shantipur. We sit with the weaver families we have known since the eighties, see what is on the loom and pay on the spot. It means fewer middlemen, a fairer price for the weaver and a saree you can trace back to a house and a name.
Everything marked handloom in the shop carries a tag with the weaver’s village. Ask us and we will tell you more.
- 40+Weaver families
- 2Buying trips a month
- 6Weaving districts
- 0Powerloom sold as handloom
One afternoon, the whole trousseau.
Book a bridal sitting and we close a corner of the shop for you and your family for two hours. Tea, a chair for grandmother, and every Benarasi we have laid out one by one.
- The wedding Benarasi: red, maroon or rani pink, ₹9,500 to ₹48,000.
- Reception saree: Kanjivaram, Paithani or a dark Benarasi.
- Shubho drishti Korial: white silk with red border, from ₹4,200.
- Tattva sarees: 7, 11 or 21 sarees for the gift trays, priced as a set.
- Blouses for all of them: measured here, stitched upstairs, ready in 5 days.
Measured downstairs, stitched upstairs.
Two tailors have worked with us for over fifteen years. Bring your own fabric or pick a blouse piece from the shop. Fall and pico is done while you wait if the shop is not busy.
| Work | Ready in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Fall and picoFall cloth included | Same day | ₹120 |
| Simple blousePlain, princess cut or back hook | 3 days | ₹450 |
| Lined blouseWith cotton lining and padding | 4 days | ₹750 |
| Designer blouseBoat neck, deep back, piping, latkans | 5 to 7 days | ₹1,200+ |
| Bridal blouseZardozi or thread work by hand | 2 to 3 weeks | ₹3,500+ |
| PetticoatCotton or satin, any colour | 2 days | ₹350 |
| AlterationLoosening, tightening, sleeve change | 1 to 2 days | ₹150+ |
Fabric charges extra if you take a blouse piece from the shop. Rush orders in 24 hours at 1.5 times the price, if the tailors agree.
A look inside.
Because a saree is never just a saree.
Home trial
Within 5 km of Gariahat we bring up to 8 sarees to your home for a bridal or elderly customer. ₹300, adjusted on purchase.
Gift packing
Tattva trays and gift boxes packed in the shop with a hand-written card. Free for sets of 5 or more.
Courier anywhere
We send sarees across India and abroad. Photos and a video on WhatsApp before we pack.
Care and repair
Starching, dry cleaning and zari repair through people we trust. Ask at the counter for a date.
They remembered which Tant my mother bought three years ago and found a matching one for me. That does not happen in a mall.
Bought my daughter’s wedding Benarasi here. No pressure, no hurry, and the blouses fitted first time.
On Gariahat Road, opposite the tram line.
A first-floor shop with the sign in magenta. Stairs on the left of the sweet shop at the entrance. Parking on the side lane after 7 pm.
- Address
- 9/1A Gariahat Road, 1st floor
Kolkata 700019
Get directions - Hours
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Monday to Saturday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm Sunday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Bridal sittings By appointment, any day - Phone and WhatsApp
- +91 98042 43159
Tell us the occasion. We will pull out the right shelf.
Send a message with the date, your budget and a colour you like. We reply with photos the same day.