Mayil Kazhuthu Green-Blue Pure Silk Kanchipuram Zari Kattam Saree with Violet Pettu

A beautiful Mayil Kazhuthu irattai-niram gives this handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram saree its distinctive colour play. The silk moves between fresh peacock green, deep teal-blue and blue-green as the light changes, creating a shifting jewel-toned surface rather than a single flat colour.

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This is a confirmed Zari Kattam composition in pure mulberry silk, with fine intersecting thanga-zari lines forming the body’s checked grid, with petite Poo Buttas placed lightly through the checked field. A saree of this type typically represents approximately 16 active days on the loom, although individual weaving time varies. Woven for Idam Living by skilled artisan families in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. Read our story.

Body, Border and Pallu: Across the body, fine thanga-zari lines form a precise Zari Kattam lattice. Petite Poo Buttas are placed lightly through the checked field, creating small points of warm gold without interrupting the colour shift. The balance of fine geometry and open spacing gives the body a measured old-Kanchi rhythm. The contrast Pettu turns into a Deep Violet, where framed Floral-Chakram medallions form the principal ornamental register. Delicate leaf-form edging, neat Seer bands and fine geometric zari lines frame the medallions, allowing the violet and gold to sit richly against the changing green-blue body. The pallu becomes more opulent, deepening into a Violet-Magenta field woven with a dense Poo-Kodi zari Jaal. Minute floral geometry and curling vine forms create a closely worked gold surface, while a strong ornamental side register gives the pallu structure. The result is a jewel-toned Kanchipuram built around the dramatic interplay of Mayil Kazhuthu green-blue, violet and glowing thanga zari. Explore the Zari Kattam collection, or browse the wider pure silk Kanchipuram collection for more of this character.

Styling: Pair it with the Deep Violet running blouse to emphasize the contrast Pettu, or choose a teal-blue blouse to continue the Mayil Kazhuthu colour story. Antique temple gold works naturally with the thanga zari, while emeralds, amethysts or traditional Kemp stones can echo the saree’s shifting green-blue and violet palette.