Navy White Kattam and Orange Handwoven Pure Silk Kancheepuram Saree with Kanchi Kattam Body and Pillayar Reku Korvai Border

At the Seattle Sankranthi Festival, where the harvest season is welcomed in the warmth of tradition and handloom, this navy and white kattam Kancheepuram silk saree arrives with the crisp energy of a fine check body and the ceremonial authority of a Pillayar Reku Korvai border — a saree that embodies the art of Kanchipuram weaving. Intersecting navy and white silk threads form a fine structured checkered grid across the body — the Kanchi Kattam weave — the precision of the check creating a surface of extraordinary crispness.

The body is woven in a fine navy and white kattam — intersecting navy and off-white silk threads forming a precise, small-scale checkered grid across the entire field. The Kanchi Kattam weave creates a surface of clean geometric rhythm, the navy and white checks reading as both contemporary and deeply traditional. The body drapes with the characteristic weight and lustre of genuine Kanchipuram mulberry silk.

The broad Korvai border is woven in a vibrant orange, carrying the Pillayar Reku — the sacred Ganesha motif border — rendered in antique gold zari, framing the saree with auspicious ceremonial authority. Body and border are structurally interlocked on the loom in the Korvai tradition. The orange pallu continues with the Pillayar Reku gold zari array cascading across its width. Explore our full range of handwoven Kanchi Kattam Kanchipuram silk sarees — each one a structured checkered grid woven by master weavers in Tamil Nadu.

❖ Handwoven by master weavers in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
❖ Pure mulberry silk, Silk Mark certified
❖ Kanchi Kattam weave — fine navy and white intersecting silk threads forming a structured checkered grid
❖ Pillayar Reku Korvai border — Ganesha motif in antique gold zari
❖ Contrast orange Korvai border and pallu — body and border structurally interlocked on the loom
❖ Saree length 6.3 metres including pallu
❖ Also handwoven in this family: Kanchi Kattam Kanchipuram silk sarees — intersecting silk threads forming a structured checkered grid