Lime Green and Red Handwoven Pure Silk Kancheepuram Saree with Floral Butta and Vairaoosi Weave

The colour of new leaves after the first rain — bright, certain, unapologetically alive — this is the saree she reaches for when she wants to walk into the room and mean it. This is a handwoven pure silk Kancheepuram saree in vivid lime green, woven on the traditional looms of Kanchipuram by artisan weaver families with generations of craft in their hands, as explored in our guide to the Vairaoosi Kanchipuram silk saree weave.

The body is a vivid, saturated lime green with the luminous clarity that only pure mulberry silk can hold. Across the body, fine needle-like zari lines are woven continuously across the silk — the Vairaoosi weave, where fine needle-like zari lines are woven continuously across the body, creating a delicate linear shimmer that shifts beautifully with movement — over which Floral Butta in fine gold zari sit with precise, ornamental grace.

The border is a structured red band with dense gold zari temple and peacock motifs — the red and lime green meeting at the border in one of Kanchipuram's most beloved classic colour combinations, each throwing the other into full radiance. The pallu continues the red ground with large-scale gold zari figurative motifs, completing the saree with a finish of exuberant traditional ceremony. Explore more at Pure Silk Kanchipuram Sarees, and discover the structured elegance of our Rettapet Kanchipuram Silk Sarees and the luminous geometry of our Zari Kattam Kanchipuram Silk Sarees.

❖ Traditional Vairaoosi weave ❖
❖ Lime green pure silk body ❖
❖ Red contrast border and pallu ❖
❖ Fine needle-like zari lines across the body ❖
❖ Floral Butta gold zari detailing ❖
❖ Handwoven in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu ❖