How to Buy a REAL Banarasi Saree in India Avoid Chinese Fakes! 

It’s a shame to have cheap imports.. when you have people making authentic beautiful crafts for hundreds of years! Every culture needs to preserve their wonderful crafts and not dilute or lose them . Such beautiful exquisite designs and quality saris.

I like the purple and blue. Look at the guy who's making it- so much hard work to make one saree. It's so easy for us to say- "I don't like this or that".

Amazing content......supporting our artisans are the only way to save the craft and our heritage. Hats off to you girl

You are so inspiring di. I also have vitiligo and I am 16 years old. Only by seeing your vitiligo story on Karl Rock’s channel have I been able to get out of the suffocating world of medicines. Otherwise I would’ve spent my entire 2020 in taking pills and cure vitiligo. You are a real inspiration for me. I have never found any person so relatable as you as we share quite the same vitiligo story. I am on my way on becoming more confident in my skin condition and the jorney has just begun. CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH🙏🏻❤️❤️

Since this was my first vlog, I had not expected so many people would love this saree and want to buy it. I made this video to help people identify a real silk saree in Banarasi weave and give them an idea about it's price. I met some manufacturers and suppliers while exploring the market, who were kind enough to help us know more about this art. Most of the shops in Banaras have all three types of sarees: pure silk, art silk and fake. Once you learn to identify the difference, you can spot a fake one easily. Edit: I’ll try to go back to Varanasi again and film a Banarasi Saree shopping vlog. I'll also mention the shop's details in all my future videos.

Love how indepth your knowledge is and how you simplify it for people to understand.

Beautiful saree, and yes thank you for explaining the difference between real and fake fabric ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

Excellent work. Loved this video I'm not a sari person but mostly because I dont know how to tie it well but I love the way they look. Loved the video

Thankyou so much for sharing this knowledge....and your are preserving our authentic craft by making us aware regarding traditional Banarsi silk and Handloom❤️

I am glad I found your channel ma'am. Subscribed

Really liked your vlog..,soon you’ll reach to thousands/lakhs /million..

Hi Manisha please make more styling and travel videos. You provide so much information in your videos.... I really look forward to more of them...

Thanks a ton for creating this helpful video. ❤

Thank you so much for sharing this unique information and knowledge.❤

I am glad I found ur channel. Lovely videos and great concept. I would love to see if the contact details / addressees are added too so that people can become more aware and connect with the weavers. You look beautiful in the saree... Good day!

Very informative video. Please also post the contact details of these weavers so we can directly buy from them. With ever increasing population and demand for sarees in india, fake replicas will find their way in market. Its hightime handlooms get some level of automation, so we still get authentic, original pure silk sarees, more made in short time and preserve this art and help protect artisans financially.

Wow....I am going to buy a pure silk saree from local....to support and encourage their skills.

Loved your video. Very informative!

Loved this video. ❤ So much of information. 😇🙏

Awesome i really like the content thank u so much keep it up 😊

Loved ur hard work ...it cn be seen easily in blog 😍👍

I really liked this kind of content..please make more of this.

another great video Manisha. keep them coming. Hope you and your family are safe and well during this time.

Thanks for sharing. Would love if you recommended the weavers or shop you visited.

I loved the purple and blue saree 🥰, thanks Manisha for sharing videos

Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

Wow, I love this! So amazing craftsmanship.

Thankyou so much for the information about silk

Thank you so much Manisha to enlighten about these details. God bless you 👍

Thankyou for such an informative video

Thanks Manisha for sharing the information.

Absolutely loved this vlog. And loved the dress you were wearing in this entire video ( even though just saw upper part) and not to mention loved loved loved the pattern and color of the saree . Absolutely my kind. It would be nice if you share both of your dress and saree courtesy : )

thanks to you..for making us know about the real art and handloom of india

Thank you for the insightful video!

That’s a lovely Saree. I got conned by a seller in an exhibition he showed me the viscose silk blend saree and sold to me as 100% silk for like 15k. I only checked the threads by burning like a year later and realized.

Amazing coverage. Very enlightening.👍 You have taken lot of efforts. Thanks for the vedio. Benarsi Silk Sarees are legendary. My mother had some with real zar. But unfortunately the silk fabric was brittle. Bur the zar was real silver threads.

Thank you for sharing such amazing information.

Thank you for sharing this❤

its great if you can provide the shop name where you brought this from

Very nice description of natural Banarasi Sarees. Thank you. Need many more videos for shopping in Varanasi.

I am so glad that I accidentally found your channel. You are amazing. I love the way you explain details. Thank you. New subscriber ❤️

Love ur channel..u r saving a lot of trouble of indian women who likes to wear authentic. 😍

Thank you mam for visiting my city, and showing the authentic Banarasi Sarees 🙏

Educational video. Thank you. Where exactly in Varanasi is this shop?

Love your videos and you. Subscribed. Thank you.

Hey Manisha, your info is very helpful. I went to benaras and was trying really hard to find the authentic silk.. even after spending 21000 i am still unsure if it the original one.. if you could have shared some craftmen contact or details of shops that would be a real ease

Thank you Manisha for the information on how to recognize authentic Banarasi sarees 🙏

Jo red saree pehle dikhaya apne. Just wowww. Aisi saree mil jaye to avi sadi karlu.😍

I love saree, thanks for sharing valuable info, and you look beautiful in that saree, nice choice 👍👍

Hi Manisha. I just found your channel. This video was very informative. Please keep uploading such amazing content. Looking forward to it. And your beautiful. Stay blessed always.

Hi Manisha, thank you for such a lovely video. where did you buy the saree that you are wearing in the last frame of the video? It's beautiful!

hi thanks for sharing the knowledge to us...i really like your attitude and that banaras saree was looking aweee to me...we are fooled in kasi where in the seller sold us some cheap frabric saying its pure banaras and charging more...thanks for the vedio.

You are inspirational and the work that you are doing is of great help and learning to many...thank you for making me think life full of opportunities and keep working...

Hi Manisha, I just saw few of your videos and you are doing a great job. Keep going 👏

Very informative !

Its a treat to the eyes. Thank

It's so amazing 👏 to watch your videos. This video gave me real insight about identifying an authentic banarasi silk saree!

Hi I just watched ur video yesterday about dariba kalan and fashion village in delhi, loved ur videos and started watching it... beautiful saree u r wearing, can u tell us which shop u bought and do they deliver online as I am from south...

really good video and well explained.

Ur content is awesome... it will be great if u share the lane n shop details

Lovely and very informative video Please do a video on all types of authentic indian handloom work like paithani, chanderi, bandhani, kashida, kanchipuram and so many more Would love the way you will cover each of them with so much research and effort Hugs...

Ohh I love handmade stuff.. Every piece is unique.. If the seller shows 3 colors in same cloth thats a big no no for me.. I just stumbled on your channel and you are doing amazing work.. I love your voice its so soothing.. Thanks

Best video yet! Amazing cottage industry hand made Benares looms, and know how on real silk Sari. The one you bought is gorgeous 😍

I started following you straight away as soon as I relished that you hav RU-vid channel. I was wondering other day that Manisha is such a beautiful girl she should start her own RU-vid channel here you are. Watched all your videos twice thrice.

Very useful information 🙏

Thank you Manisha for your hard work and sending knowledge which is really unknown to us.

You look stunning! And happy birthday Manisha. Jug jug jiyo.

Very good effort.👏👏👏

Mam this video is so precious to me,thanku so much for ur hardworking to make such kind of difficult videos

U have a fine taste n ur videos cover the needed information,,👌

That’s gorgeous!

I also have authentic banarasi saree...and i love it... Yours are beautiful too ❤ Thanks for making and sharing this video ❤❤

Very informative video ma’am and shops names pls for pure Banarasi silk sarees and especially you are gorgeous in varanasi saree

Thanks for great information. Would love to know how did you came in contact of weavers

Extremely helpful vlog. Even I got cheated like many others on my varanasi trip. Ma'am I would request you to mention the adress or the colony of the weavers you visited. Thanks.

This is an incredible video. But by any chance you can share with us the name of the place or shop where the guy shows you red and blue sarees in the beginning? I am searching through whole of Banaras by showing them this video but not able to find it. Even if you remember the name of the area, i would be grateful 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Mam.🎉

One of the sensible videos i found online in my quest to buy pure silk sari from India.There are so many fake sellers who are selling artificial silk which is non-envioronment friendly.Sometimes we are scammed into buying semi-pure silk for the price of the real one.😢

Thanks thats v informative

Manisha amazing info

Love your content just start adding there contact and address will be helpfull

Thank you for sharing and supporting our art.

Iam a big fan of you and karl. Your vedios are good and valuable. Your pair is amazing. Congrats 🎉

Very interesting and informative video.

You are just superb, doing great 👍👍👍

Wow good information thanks for sharing

Hi Madam very informative video i gave always wanted buy a pure Banarasi saree . After seeing ur video got good inputa to select right one if u could ahare the store details could go to the same place

Can you add the vendors information in your link. So we can support and order from them.

Love it and love you content

Beautiful video manisha

Wow that saree looks beautiful✨

The saree u bought is beeeaaauuuutifullll 😍

Beautiful!!

thank you for the video ma'am. its really helpful

Love your choice of saree

Your style is mind-blowing

Super Manisha

Can’t agree with you better. Beautiful friend work machinery no computers absolute talent & skill. Let’s keep it going. Help our weavers not Amazon & China.

Very good content ❤️

Please mention the name of the city and the shop you visited to buy authentic silk saree in Varanasi.