PAITHANI SAREE - WEAVING A GOLDEN LEGACY : Among the most gorgeous of Indian paithani sarees, woven in Maharashtra. Even today Maharashtra is the home of the most celebrated textile—the gold embroidered pathani saris with its wonderful designs. Exemplifying the merger of the aesthetic with the symbolic, the saris today are a prized possession. paithani sari include enlarging an 18 inch to 25 inch pallu.