Murshidabad in West Bengal is the home of an old and reputed silk dyeing tradition that is still thriving today.Murshidabad silk sarees are machine loomed Bengali silk, which has a china silk like finish but is more textured. The cloth is fine guage and lustrous, often printed with delicate Bengali tribal style prints or classic Kashmiri inspired designs.
These are lightweight silks in vibrant tribal style. 6 yards long and 44 inches wide. Some of the sarees feature "partly pallu" this means that the pleated section of the sari has a section of ornament like the pallu. It looks great draped.
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