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Dhakeswari Bastralaya

Kolkata · India

Dhakai-muslin and Banarasi sarees at accessible prices

What you’ll find

What Dhakeswari Bastralaya is known for

Kshetra Mohan Saha established this saree shop in Dhaka in 1925; the family reopened it on Rash Behari Avenue in Gariahat after relocating to Kolkata in 1946-47. Now run by the fourth generation, it deals in Banarasi, silk, and Dhakai-muslin sarees along with blouses and shawls.