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Semi matka silk

Woven in.
Not printed on.

Turn it over. You can see the threads at the back.

Rajshahi cotton

Coloured first.
Woven after.

The thread is dyed before it goes on the loom. This is called ikkat.

Soft dhakai jamdani

Every buti
put in by hand.

There is no drawing to follow. The weaver does it from memory.

Fancy silk counter

Six yards.
One weaver.

One weaver, many days. No machine can do this work.

Vidarbha semi tassar

A photo cannot
show it all.

Watch the video and see how the saree falls.

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Nine kinds of saree

Laid out the way the shop is. Tap one to see every saree with its price.

A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Cottons See Cottons in the catalogue 20 designs · 158 sarees · from ₹995 Cottons Fancy cotton sarees. Our biggest shelf. See all→
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Under 999 Store See Under 999 Store in the catalogue 18 designs · 86 sarees · from ₹595 Under 999 Store Every saree here is under 999 rupees. See all→
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Dhakai Jamdani See Dhakai Jamdani in the catalogue 8 designs · 78 sarees · from ₹1,175 Dhakai Jamdani Every buti put in by hand. No drawing to follow. See all→
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Fine Silks See Fine Silks in the catalogue 11 designs · 72 sarees · from ₹895 Fine Silks Matka, tassar and katan. For the days you want some shine. See all→
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Tant Sarees See Tant Sarees in the catalogue 8 designs · 35 sarees · from ₹995 Tant Sarees Bengal's own weave. Applique, kantha and hand-painted. See all→
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Semi Silks See Semi Silks in the catalogue 6 designs · 35 sarees · from ₹1,075 Semi Silks Falls like silk, priced like cotton. Good for a wedding. See all→
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Banarasi Silks Ask about Banarasi Silks on WhatsApp In the shop · ask us for photos Banarasi Silks Real Banarasi silk. For weddings and the big days.
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Designer Sarees Ask about Designer Sarees on WhatsApp In the shop · ask us for photos Designer Sarees Party sarees with thread and sequin work.
A model wearing a saree from Shree Howrah's Trending Sarees Ask about Trending Sarees on WhatsApp In the shop · ask us for photos Trending Sarees The new styles people are asking for.

Full catalogue · 474 sarees

New in

Just in. These are the designs moving fastest this season.

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Yellow Gold Hand Katdana Dhakai Jamdani Saree Dhakai JamdaniAsk on WhatsApp Yellow Gold Hand Katdana Dhakai Jamdani Saree ₹2,675Soft cotton with katdana · with blouse piece Yellow Teal Begumpuri Khadi Cotton Saree CottonAsk on WhatsApp Yellow Teal Begumpuri Khadi Cotton Saree ₹1,375Soft khadi cotton Cream Green Red Crepe Silk Saree with Ganga Jamuna Border Under ₹999Ask on WhatsApp Cream Green Red Crepe Silk Saree with Ganga Jamuna Border ₹695Crepe silk · with blouse piece Black Red Kota Cotton Saree with Applique Elephants CottonAsk on WhatsApp Black Red Kota Cotton Saree with Applique Elephants ₹1,075Kota cotton · with blouse piece Maroon Mustard Rajshahi Cotton Saree with Gadwal Jacquard Border CottonAsk on WhatsApp Maroon Mustard Rajshahi Cotton Saree with Gadwal Jacquard Border ₹1,275Rajshahi cotton · with blouse piece Rust Gold Maheshwari Silk Saree with Zari Border Under ₹999Ask on WhatsApp Rust Gold Maheshwari Silk Saree with Zari Border ₹695Maheshwari silk blend · with blouse piece Teal Purple Begumpuri Khadi Cotton Saree with Ikat Bands CottonAsk on WhatsApp Teal Purple Begumpuri Khadi Cotton Saree with Ikat Bands ₹1,375Soft khadi cotton Maroon Gold Maheshwari Silk Saree with All-Over Buttis Under ₹999Ask on WhatsApp Maroon Gold Maheshwari Silk Saree with All-Over Buttis ₹795Maheshwari silk blend · with blouse piece Magenta Multi Kota Cotton Saree with Applique Flowers CottonAsk on WhatsApp Magenta Multi Kota Cotton Saree with Applique Flowers ₹1,075Kota cotton · with blouse piece Red White Begumpuri Khadi Cotton Saree with Woven Checks CottonAsk on WhatsApp Red White Begumpuri Khadi Cotton Saree with Woven Checks ₹995Soft khadi cotton

See the cloth move

A photo cannot show you how a saree falls, or how heavy it is. A video can.

Our best sellers

These sell the most, so we keep them in the most colours.

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Mustard Olive Pochampally Ikkat Handwoven Cotton Saree CottonAsk on WhatsApp Mustard Olive Pochampally Ikkat Handwoven Cotton Saree ₹1,675Soft pure cotton Mustard Red Banarasi Katan Saree with Tanchoi Buttis Under ₹999Ask on WhatsApp Mustard Red Banarasi Katan Saree with Tanchoi Buttis ₹995Soft Banarasi katan silk blend · with blouse piece Rust Gold Maheshwari Silk Saree with Zari Border Under ₹999Ask on WhatsApp Rust Gold Maheshwari Silk Saree with Zari Border ₹695Maheshwari silk blend · with blouse piece Maroon Orange Rajshahi Cotton Saree with Ghatchola Katha Work CottonAsk on WhatsApp Maroon Orange Rajshahi Cotton Saree with Ghatchola Katha Work ₹1,275Rajshahi cotton · with blouse piece Green Mustard Tanchoi Work Cotton Saree with Jacquard Border CottonAsk on WhatsApp Green Mustard Tanchoi Work Cotton Saree with Jacquard Border ₹1,875Pure cotton · with blouse piece Teal Blue Red South Cotton Saree with Gadwal Border CottonAsk on WhatsApp Teal Blue Red South Cotton Saree with Gadwal Border ₹1,375South cotton Red Cream Dhakai Jamdani Saree Dhakai JamdaniAsk on WhatsApp Red Cream Dhakai Jamdani Saree ₹1,275Cotton Mustard Gold Hand Block Chanderi Cotton Saree CottonAsk on WhatsApp Mustard Gold Hand Block Chanderi Cotton Saree ₹1,475Chanderi cotton · with blouse piece Magenta Lime Resham Dhakai Jamdani Saree Dhakai JamdaniAsk on WhatsApp Magenta Lime Resham Dhakai Jamdani Saree ₹1,675Cotton with resham Beige Red Hand-Painted Bengal Tant Saree · Dancers CottonAsk on WhatsApp Beige Red Hand-Painted Bengal Tant Saree · Dancers ₹995Bengal tant cotton Teal Soft Dhakai Jamdani Saree Dhakai JamdaniAsk on WhatsApp Teal Soft Dhakai Jamdani Saree ₹1,175Soft cotton Maroon Cream Soft Dhakai Jamdani Saree with Ikkat Border Dhakai JamdaniAsk on WhatsApp Maroon Cream Soft Dhakai Jamdani Saree with Ikkat Border ₹1,475Soft cotton

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How these are made

Three things worth knowing. Then you can spot a real one yourself.

Two-tone muslin silk jamdani, densely worked in both halves

Jamdani

The weaver holds a separate thread and puts in each buti by hand. There is no drawing in front of him. Turn the pallu over · the loose threads on the back are how you know it is a real jamdani.

Black and ivory Pochampally ikkat with soft-edged chevrons

Ikkat

Here the colour goes into the thread before any weaving starts. The yarn is tied, dyed, then lined up on the loom. If the lining up is a little off, the pattern does not meet.

Kantha applique patchwork with triangular patches and mirror work

Kantha

This work began with using up old cloth. One layer over another, held with a running stitch. You can see the stitching, and that is on purpose · every patch is set by hand.

Handwoven cloth is never as even as machine cloth. The small differences are the weaver’s hand, not a fault.

Every weave, on video

Fourteen short videos, one for every weave we sell.

Pochampally ikkat · soft cotton
Resham dhakai jamdani
Koraat work · dhakai jamdani
Hand-painted baapta tassar
Banarasi katan silk
Soft muslin silk jamdani
Printed handloom cotton
Hand lambani · tissue linen
Tanchoi work · pure cotton
Swarnachuri · bomkai border
Kantha applique · bengal tant
Khaddi tassar silk
Semi matka silk
Begumpuri khadi

Sarees for Pujo

Pujo first, then the weddings. From a ₹1,175 muslin jamdani to a ₹3,675 bomkai. Red, and the colours that go well with red.

See the Pujo sarees
Deep red and bottle green resham dhakai jamdani
Resham dhakai jamdani · ₹1,675
Maroon dhakai jamdani with hand katdana beadwork
Hand katdana jamdani · ₹2,675

Painted by hand

Forty-eight hand-painted sarees. No two are the same, and you get the exact one you see.

Hand-painted saree with a portrait of Tagore and Bengali letters
Rabindranath
Hand-painted saree with white cranes flying over reeds
Cranes and reeds
Hand-painted saree with a greyscale village scene
A village scene

You will see brush marks, and lines that are not quite even. That is what handwork looks like.

Black banarasi katan silk with a gold zari border, laid out on the counter

Since 1920 · over a hundred years

Our shop in Howrah

In 1920 this shop was called “Radha Kishan Sagarmal”. A small store in the middle of the Howrah market. The cloth was good and the prices were low, and word got around.

Then the queues started. People would stand outside two and three hours before the shutters went up. That small shop is Shree Howrah Stores today · three floors, and lakhs of families.

You came as a child holding your father’s hand, and we gave you mishti. You came back with your first salary to buy him a gift. Three generations of you have kept us here.

From our family to yours.

Our promises

What we promise you

One rule for a hundred years. Keep the cloth good, keep the price low, take it back if something is wrong.

15-20% below the market

Same cloth, same quality, lower price. That is money saved for the family.

We do not sell a bad piece

Not even in a sale. If a piece has a flaw we tell you before you buy it.

Bring it back months later

If you do not like it, bring it back. We refund in cash.

28 weaving clusters

Kashmir to Chennai, Kutch to Bengal. Made by artisans we pick ourselves. What you see on this website is mostly Bengal · tant, khadi and jamdani.

106years, one family
3floors, one shop
28weaving clusters across India
₹25 – ₹25,000everything in the shop

Where we are

63 G.T. Road South,
Howrah

Five minutes from Howrah station, on the main road. Come once and feel the cloth yourself.

Get directions

Tell us what you need

Tell us a colour, an occasion or your budget. We will send you photos of what we have.

We do wholesale too. Sets of six, minimum order six, GST extra.