Burgundy and Antique Gold Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Floral Butta Rettapet Border Raw silk giving the saree a warm

giving the saree a warm

joined with a rich gold zari band carrying the Mayil (peacock) — the most celebrated bird in Kanchipuram iconography — rendered in elaborate detail in the pallu

Fine zari threads intersect across the silk body to form a luminous grid — this is the Zari Kattam weave

The body carries Bomkai Butta — an intricate figural weave tradition where elephants

and wearing this motif at a Kalyanam is considered deeply auspicious

Burgundy and Antique Gold Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Floral Butta Rettapet Border Raw silk giving the saree a warmFor a Karthigai Deepam celebration when the lamps are lit and every silk in the room catches the flame light this Kanjipuram in deep burgundy holds the colour of dusk and devotion. Twin parallel border lines create a balanced layered edge this is the Rettapet weave, and here it carries antique gold zari against a deep burgundy body that is sown with tiny Floral Butta glowing like embers. The body of this Kanjipuram saree is woven in deep burgundy