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Indic Handlooms
Region · South

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana.

Pochampally ikat, Gadwal cottons with silk borders, and Venkatagiri jamdani.

The Telugu-speaking states are an ikat heartland — Pochampally’s tie-dye precision, Gadwal’s cotton-silk hybrids, and Venkatagiri’s gossamer jamdani cottons.

Field guide
Weaves from Andhra Pradesh & Telangana.
All weaves
A navy-blue Pochampally ikat saree with diamond-grid motifs
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Pochampally

Telangana ikat — geometric, diamond-grid patterns achieved by tying and dyeing yarn before it ever hits the loom. GI-protected since 2005.
A yellow-cotton Gadwal saree with a magenta silk pallu and gold zari border
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Gadwal

Telangana's silk-cotton hybrid — a cotton body joined by interlocking pitni weave to a pure-silk silk pallu and border, allowing two textiles in one saree.
A display of vibrant Mangalagiri cotton sarees with the signature zari border
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Mangalagiri

Andhra Pradesh's reversible cotton — woven on pit looms in the temple town of Mangalagiri, with a signature nizam border in pure gold or copper zari.