History of Bengal Handloom Sarees

The busy town of Santipur in Nadia district of West Bengal, India, is just 94 kilometres (2 and half hours drive) north of the metropolitan area of Kolkata. It has recently been stated a city. Adjacent Fulia is often completed in the similar breath with Santipur, their distinct environments notwithstanding. Mutually they are perhaps the most reputed Bengal Handloom saree weaving centre in Bengal. Santipur and Fulia sarees are family names across India.

Santipur has a history as a place of Sanskrit literature and Vedic culture dating back to the 9th century. The first proofed indications as a handloom weaving centre are over 500 years old.  Fulia in difference shot to renown as a centre of handloom saree weaving more newly, caching on migrant weavers from Bangladesh, previous East Pakistan.

The Santipur – Fulia area has over 130,000 handlooms, mixing out Santipuri, Tangail, and Jamdani handloom sarees in a mixture of yarns like cotton, tussar and silk. Dhotis, dress fabrics, stoles and scarves are also woven. Like Santipur in West Bengal, Odisha have famous places like sambalpur, nuapatna, sonepur, barpalli, bargarh, sarakpatna for these products.