Indian saree is one of the most successful evergreen dress of Indian sub-continent. One of the famous types is printed sarees. Different type of printing is done at fabrics. Printed saris look very pretty.

A number of printing technique have been developed in different centers. They are direct printing, resist printing, and screen printing. In certain cases, the cloth is painted by using by using a pen with dyes and mordants. This method is known as kalamkari, a pen work. In others, the techniques of printing and kalamkari are combined by printing the outline of the design and filling in the details with a kalam, a pen.