Haunted Weaves: Ghost Folklore in India’s Textile Clusters

Handlooms in India are not simply threads on a loom—sweetser, they are legends, rituals, and even the disembodied whispers of the past. Imagine a fabric dyed not merely in indigo but in legend. 

From the love-doomed weaving machines of Kutch to the river-whitened sarees of Maheshwar immersed in sorrow, there are clusters where stories of lost loves, promises broken, and holy patterns clinge to warp and weft. Welcome to the world of Haunted Weaves—where haunting and inheritance go hand in hand.

1. Maheshwar's (Madhya Pradesh) Ghostly Threads