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9 Best Saree Shops in Singapore (2026)

Where to buy real sarees in Singapore, from Little India's silk emporiums and Kanchipuram specialists to Tekka Place boutiques for blouses and lehengas.

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Amir Wahab
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A shopkeeper unfolding a colourful silk saree over the counter of a bright Singapore Little India saree shopAI image by LocalRank

Singapore's saree and Indian-textile shops cluster tightly around Little India: Serangoon Road, Buffalo Road, Dunlop Street, Upper Dickson Road and Kerbau Road, plus a concentration of stalls inside Tekka Place and a couple of long runners on nearby Selegie Road. Some have traded since the 1960s; others started online and later opened a shopfront. Between them they cover Kanchipuram and Banarasi silk, handloom weaves, everyday cotton, ready-made and custom-fitted blouses, and lehengas or bridal wear for weddings and festive occasions. Each shop below was checked against its own website or an active social account, with what it's actually known for rather than a ranking, so you can match the shop to the saree you're after.

1. Nalli

Nalli is one of the best-known names in silk sarees, a Chennai-founded house with two outlets in Little India, on Buffalo Road and Serangoon Road. Its Singapore store listing spans Kanchipuram, Banarasi, tussar and crepe silks alongside chiffon, cotton and georgette sarees, plus an in-house line the brand describes as its own exclusive designs. The two shops sit a short walk apart in the sari district, and the online catalogue for the Singapore store alone runs into the hundreds of styles, from everyday cotton drapes to dressier silk weaves for weddings and other festive occasions through the year. It's a reasonable first stop for shoppers who want a broad, long-established selection before comparing the smaller specialists nearby.

2. Haniffa

Haniffa is a Little India institution that traces itself back to 1962, when founder O K Mohamed Haniffa opened a small shophouse trading in textiles. It now runs two Singapore outlets, on Serangoon Road and Dunlop Street, and its own website describes the business as a leading name in silk sarees, alongside a wider department-store-style range that now includes jewellery, electronics and household goods. The saree side remains the draw, with exclusive silk collections and a broad spread of colours and prints rather than a narrow curated edit. Haniffa also runs an online store, haniffaonline.com, for browsing before visiting. Given how far the shop has diversified beyond textiles, it suits a one-stop Little India visit rather than someone hunting a saree-only specialist.

3. Dakshaini Silks

Dakshaini Silks is a Little India saree house on Upper Dickson Road that its own social accounts say was founded in 1992 by Rani Kumar out of a love for Indian textile heritage. Its Instagram and Facebook pages describe a range spanning Kanchipuram and other silk sarees, cotton drapes and designer pieces, alongside churidars and juppa sets, and the shop lists hand-embroidery and tailoring for finishing a blouse or adjusting a fit. It has built a large, active social media following over more than three decades of trading, among shoppers looking specifically for silk. It's worth a stop for anyone comparing Kanchipuram weaves before a bigger purchase, and the in-house tailoring is useful if you're buying loose fabric rather than a ready-made piece.

Little India (Upper Dickson Road)
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4. The Pattu Kadai

The Pattu Kadai began as an online saree store before opening a physical shop in Tekka Place's basement level, and its site describes its mission as making the saree approachable for first-time wearers as well as regular drapers. The range runs from Kanchipuram silk and silk-cotton weaves such as Korvai and Mangalagiri to semi-silk, linen and linen-silk blends, with ready-made blouses, anarkalis and suit sets rounding out the rack. Its name is simply the Tamil term for a silk shop. Because the online catalogue came first, expect a shop practised at describing fabric and drape for buyers who can't feel the cloth in person, handy before or after browsing Tekka Place's other tenants.

5. ThePKM

ThePKM has focused on handwoven sarees since 2015, and its website describes each design as produced in limited quantities and certified with an official handloom mark. The catalogue runs through Kanchipuram, soft silk, organza, semi-silk, Benarasi Katan and khadi silk weaves, alongside georgette and tissue silk, plus salwar kameez and blouses. The brand also stocks a hijab-friendly line woven without animal motifs, aimed at customers who want handloom silk within those bounds. Its Little India shop sits on the second floor at 121A Serangoon Road, open daily with a shorter Sunday closing, and it also ships internationally rather than relying only on walk-ins. It's a good stop specifically for handloom authenticity and weaver-traceable pieces rather than the widest size or colour range.

6. Yajnaseni

Yajnaseni is a by-appointment saree studio on the second floor of a shophouse on Kerbau Road, with visits arranged through its Instagram account rather than casual walk-ins. Its own site lists pure Kanjivaram silk alongside semi-silk, cotton and georgette sarees, plus readymade blouses and saree shapewear for a cleaner drape, and a side range of bangles, chokers and earrings meant to complete an outfit. The appointment format gives more one-on-one attention than a typical Little India shopfront, which suits buyers who want help choosing a drape or accessories rather than browsing racks alone. It also lists island-wide delivery within Singapore. Book ahead if you're planning around a specific occasion, since the studio doesn't take unscheduled drop-ins the way its neighbours do.

Little India (Kerbau Road)
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7. Minora Centre

Minora Centre is a multi-level Indian fashion shop on Serangoon Road stocking designer sarees and silk sari dresses for festive and wedding wear alongside salwar suits, men's sherwani and Indo-Western outfits. Business listings also note a children's line — lehenga sets, kurtas for boys and salwar kameez — making it one of the few Little India saree shops outfitting a whole family, not women's wear alone. It reads as a full showroom rather than a narrow specialist, with stock organised by occasion as much as by fabric type. It keeps long daily trading hours, with contact details listed for checking stock before the trip out. It suits a family shopping together for a wedding or festive season rather than someone hunting one specific weave.

Little India (Serangoon Road)
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8. Harmaris

Harmaris began in 2017 as a small pop-up booth at the Zak Salaam India Expo before moving online and then into a permanent boutique at Tekka Place. Its site and the mall's own tenant listing describe it as specialising in pure silk Kanchipuram sarees and bridal jewellery, plus costume jewellery, blouses, handbags and home-décor pieces such as statues and Vaastu frames. Staff offer a complimentary styling service pairing a chosen saree with matching jewellery, useful for a complete look assembled in one visit rather than piecing it together across several shops. The location puts it within easy reach of the other saree and textile shops in the same building. It suits someone after Kanchipuram silk and bridal-occasion pieces specifically, rather than a broad everyday range.

9. Jinder's

Jinder's has traded on Selegie Road since 1996, when founder Kuljinder Kaur opened the original boutique, and fashion-design graduate Soniyah Sidhu later joined as CEO to grow the label into what it now calls one of Singapore's longest-running Indian fashion boutiques. The shop stocks sarees, including pre-draped versions, alongside lehengas, kurtis, anarkalis, kaftans and bridal couture, plus jewellery and footwear to complete an outfit. In-house tailoring fits blouses and adjusts bridal pieces rather than sending buyers to find their own tailor afterwards, and the shop offers an in-store saree draping service for customers heading straight to an event. Its long run makes it one of the more established Indian fashion houses in town, and it ships internationally to past customers who've since moved abroad.

How to choose

  • Start with the fabric and weave you want, since shops specialise unevenly: some focus on Kanchipuram and other silk classics, others on handloom or cotton, and a few stock the full spread. Knowing whether you want silk, cotton or a certified handloom piece narrows the list faster than browsing broadly.
  • Check whether the blouse is ready-made, needs alteration, or is cut to measure, since saree blouse sizing rarely fits perfectly off the rack. Shops offering in-house tailoring or draping services on the premises can save you a separate trip to a tailor before your event, and are worth asking about upfront.
  • Match the shop to the occasion you're actually dressing for. Everyday cotton and lightweight georgette sarees are a different hunt from bridal silk, lehengas or festive Indo-Western wear, and some shops lean heavily toward weddings and bridal parties while others stock more casual, everyday pieces year-round for regular wear.
  • Confirm opening hours or book ahead before travelling, since a few Little India saree specialists work by appointment only rather than as a standard walk-in shopfront, and mall-based units can keep different hours from standalone stores along the main road, especially in the run-up to festivals.
  • Little India's saree shops sit close enough to compare in person: Tekka Place alone holds several, and Serangoon Road, Buffalo Road and Upper Dickson Road are all walkable from each other, so visit more than one shop before committing to a silk or bridal purchase.
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Amir Wahab

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Amir Wahab is the founder and editor of LocalRank, an independent Singapore rankings and local guides publication.

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