Know your weave
Jamdani on our looms
Woven on the family looms, about three months a saree. The house’s own statement. Not Mangalagiri pattu.
In short
Jamdani is woven on the family’s looms and takes about three months a saree. That is the house’s own statement. It is not Mangalagiri pattu, and we do not claim the cotton GI for it. We have not published an outside source for that loom claim.
What you are looking at
On this shelf, Jamdani is a handloom with extra-weft motifs. The weaver adds a second weft by hand, so flowers, birds or small butis sit in the cloth. It is not a print. It is not the plain-body Mangalagiri pattu with a peacock zari border.
Length and the blouse piece are written on each product page. Prices there are the live INR tags, and they include GST. We pack from Mangalagiri and ship worldwide. India shipping is free above ₹1,000.
Why there is no outside citation
The sentence about the family looms is the house’s own statement. We have not published a cluster name, a society roster, or a third-party article that confirms it. Until that exists, the product page, this guide, and the Jamdani collection all say the same thing, and they say it is our statement.
The cotton Geographical Indication, application 198, does not move onto this cloth. The GI explainer is the page that links the register, the public search, and the GI journal.
How to choose one
Read the motif first. A crane and heron buti is a different cloth from a small floral. Then read the colour name. A screen is close, not a dye-lot match. If you are matching a blouse you already own, ask on WhatsApp for the pallu in daylight.
If you wanted the gold peacock border, leave this page and open the peacock-border collection. That cloth is Mangalagiri pattu from our pit looms, about thirty days a saree.
Questions people ask
On our family looms, not on the Mangalagiri pattu pit looms. One saree takes about three months. That is the house’s own statement.
No. We have not published one. We do not invent a cluster name or a citation to fill the gap.
Not sure which one is right for you?
Message us a photo or an occasion. We reply from the loom house, not a script.
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