Kashmir has extensive mulberry cultivation and silkworms feeding on this produce resilient silk. Kashmiri silk may be thin, but it is strong nevertheless, as is chiffon. Very little silk is actually woven in Kashmir - Kashmiri silk is the term used silk produced in Kashmir. It is mainly used to make saris.
Silk Saris embroidered in Kashmir are famous for two reasons; first the perfection of the hand-embroidery work and second the traditional patterns of embroidery employed on such Saris.
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