Hasmukh Patel at his loom in Udhna
Our weavers
The hands behind every pallu
Surat weaves more of India’s saree cloth than any other city. We buy ours from the people at the looms, a short drive from the shop.
Shop what they woveRangoli, the story so far
1979
Kokila Desai opens a two-room saree shop in Begumpura with 60 sarees bought on credit from her uncle’s loom.
1994
Her son Sunil starts buying direct from weaving families in Udhna. The first Rangoli Banarasi is woven there.
2008
The shop moves to Ghod Dod Road. Four floors: sarees, lehengas, menswear and a wedding floor.
2019
Imran Saiyed brings his tailors upstairs. Blouses are stitched in the building, in 48 hours.
2026
41 weaving families, 5,206 styles on the floor, and the same counter Kokila-ben bought in 1979.
How we buy
Straight from the loom to the shelf
Paid on delivery
A family is paid the day a saree reaches us, whether it sells in a week or a season.
Named on the tag
Every Banarasi and silk saree carries the weaver’s name and village on its tag.
Zari checked in-house
Jayaben Rana tests every silk zari border before it goes on the floor.
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A Banarasi takes me eleven days. Rangoli has never once asked me to make it in ten.
Hasmukh Patel · weaving for Rangoli since 1994