Brocade weaving is a complex process carried out in various steps
Photographs
- Sunrise, Assi Ghat, Varanasi
- Naksha or design process: Naseem Ahmad at work
- Graphed pattern for making jala, Shahjahan Ansari's workshop, Varanasi
- Digitally produced design, Shahjahan Ansari's workshop, Varanasi
- Pattern drawn on mica sheet, Naseem Ahmad's workshop, Varanasi
- Aziz ul Haque holds out pareta made of bamboo, with pink silk hank
- Preparing the warp, Naseem Ahmad, Varanasi
- Real gold zari (gold thread), Vishwanath Prasad upnam (aka) Jhingan Sahu Zari Manufacturers, Varanasi
- Jacquard pit loom, Naseem Ahmad's workshop, Varanasi
- At 0:42–2:42 minutes: Jacquard looms at Vishwanath Prasad upnam Jhingan Sahu Zari Manufacturers
- Detail, Brocade sari, Shyamsundar Jaiswal, Varanasi
- Naseem Ahmad displays a brocade panel
- Detail, pallu (end panel) of a sari, Naseem Ahmad, Varanasi
