Black and Gold Handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram Saree with Ettukol Temple Flame Border

For the Houston Griha Pravesam, this black Kanchipuram silk arrives with the quiet power of a saree meant for landmark moments. The body is woven in deep black pure mulberry silk, unadorned except for scattered fine magenta silk thread butta that appear like pinpoints of colour against the darkness. Ettukol refers to the eight-shuttle weave that creates layered interlacements with distinctive depth and texture — a construction that produces the dramatic temple-flame border for which it is known.

The deep black silk body carries a luminous satin depth, the sparse magenta silk butta offering the only interruption to its stillness. The body's restraint is deliberate — a foil for the border's dramatic architecture.

The Ettukol border explodes into a wide gold zari temple flame design — sharp, upward-rising flame motifs in bold gold against a maroon and gold dual-colour ground, with a thin blue inner edge completing the composition. The pallu carries the same gold flame architecture in full breadth, making this a saree of unmistakable ceremony.

❖ Weave: Ettukol — eight-shuttle weave creates layered interlacements with distinctive depth and texture
❖ Body: Deep black pure mulberry silk with sparse magenta silk thread butta
❖ Border: Wide gold zari temple flame Ettukol design on maroon and gold dual-colour ground with blue inner edge
❖ Pallu: Gold temple flame motifs in full breadth Ettukol construction
❖ Zari: Pure gold zari
❖ Length: 6.3 metres including pallu