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Indic Handlooms
A woman in a golden tussar silk saree
Weave

Bhagalpuri Tussar

From Bihar

Bihar's "silk city" cloth — golden tussar silk woven in Bhagalpur, with a textured slub and a warm honey lustre.

Tussar silk is reeled from cocoons of wild moths native to Bihar's sal forests, giving it a warm gold-honey colour without dye. Bhagalpur has been the centre of tussar weaving for over two centuries.