Purple and Pink Handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram Saree with Lightweight Weave and Mayil Chakram Butta

For a grand wedding reception in New Jersey, this Kanjeevaram silk saree will command a striking and elegant presence. A pure silk Kanchipuram woven using finer 2-ply and 3-ply mulberry silk yarns, this purple and pink lightweight saree retains the craftsmanship, durability, and drape of traditional Kanchipuram silk while offering a lighter overall weight and easier movement — the kind of saree that carries full ceremony without fatigue.

The pure silk body moves between purple and pink in a lightweight construction, its surface scattered with Mayil Chakram buttas — the peacock wheel motif rendered in gold zari at measured intervals across the body. The Mayil Chakram is one of Kanchipuram's most celebrated butta designs, the circular peacock form precise and ornamental, each one a complete motif in gold against the vivid silk ground.

The border and pallu carry the saree's full ceremonial weight — a dense gold zari composition that arrives with the richness of a traditional Kanchipuram despite the body's lighter construction. The contrast between the lightweight silk body and the ornate zari border is one of the defining pleasures of a lightweight Kanchipuram — all the presence, none of the weight.

❖ Lightweight pure silk weave ❖
❖ Purple and pink pure silk body ❖
❖ Contrast border and pallu ❖
❖ Dense gold zari border ❖
❖ Mayil Chakram gold zari butta detailing ❖
❖ Handwoven in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu ❖