Silk & Sandalwood
One District One Product · Mysuru
Mysuru is renowned for pure-silk sarees, sandalwood carving and rosewood inlay work.
- District
- Mysuru
- State
- Karnataka
- Region
- South
- Category
- Handicraft
Why source from Mysuru
Mysuru pairs two luxury crafts: pure-silk sarees with real gold zari under the royal-founded Mysore silk tradition, and fragrant sandalwood and rosewood carving and inlay. The city's artisans produce devotional figurines, boxes, fans and furniture alongside its celebrated textiles. This blend of fine silk and precious-wood craft makes Mysuru a premium cluster for textiles, gifting and decorative woodwork.
Sourcing Silk & Sandalwood from Karnataka
Silk & Sandalwood is Mysuru's designated One District One Product — India's programme to concentrate skill, infrastructure and branding behind a single flagship line per district. For a sourcing buyer that concentration is the advantage: a deep base of specialised makers, mature local supply of raw materials, and competitive pricing all sitting in one cluster.
Silk & Sandalwood is handmade, so expect characterful variation between pieces rather than machine uniformity — that is part of the appeal. Artisan clusters around Mysuru typically accommodate flexible order sizes but need realistic lead times for hand-finishing, plus careful, protective export packing for detailed or fragile work.
Silk & Sandalwood comes out of Mysuru in Karnataka, part of the South region's wider export base. MadeFromIndia maps the verified clusters behind it, benchmarks landed cost against rival origins, and handles introductions, sampling and quality oversight so you can move from shortlist to first order with confidence.
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