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Banaras Brocade Sarees are made of finely woven silk and decorated with intricate designs using zari; this ornamentation is what makes the sarees heavy. Their special characteristics are Mughal-inspired designs/elements such as intricate floral and foliate motifs, such as kalga and bel.A Banarasi saree is a saree made in Varanasi, an ancient city which is also called Benaras/Kashi/Banaras. During the Mughal period around the 14th century, the artisans from banaras started making their presense by developing unique and complicated silk brocades using the gold and silver zari threads.