Banaras Baluchari saree in purple with kalka on pallu and kairi booti on palluBanaras Baluchar sari in purple with kalka on pallu The History The weaving of Baluchari sareees stopped in Bengal with the passing away of Dubraj Das in 1903. He was a master Nakshaband. The traditional Baluchari saree used low twist malda silk for the warp and untwisted silk for the weft and the meenakari motifs were woven using untwisted silk The Benarasi Baluchar When the Baluchari was being revived in the 1950s, the jala could be made only at