Olive Green Handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram Saree with Ettukol Antique Copper Zari Border

For a temple festival in New Jersey, this Kancheepuram silk saree will carry a warm and deeply traditional presence. This handwoven pure silk saree in olive green arrives as a saree of earthy richness and extraordinary border craftsmanship — a clean, unadorned body of luminous olive silk anchored by one of the most dramatic border traditions in Kanchipuram weaving.

The body is woven in a deep, warm olive green with muted golden-earth undertones that carry a grounded, ceremonial quality distinctive to this tone of pure mulberry silk. The plain body is entirely unadorned — no butta, no weave pattern — allowing the richness of the olive and the extraordinary quality of the silk to speak entirely on their own terms.

The border is woven in the ettukol tradition — eight dramatic flame and arrow motifs in dense antique copper zari rising upward from the border edge in bold, sweeping forms. The ettukol flames rise with commanding intensity against the olive green ground, the antique copper zari carrying a warm, oxidised depth that complements the earthy tones of the body beautifully. The self-colour olive border maintains the unified colour story of the saree, with the antique copper ettukol doing all the ornamental work. The pallu continues the same olive green with dense ettukol antique copper zari motifs, completing the saree with classical grandeur.

❖ Olive green pure silk body ❖
❖ Plain unadorned silk body ❖
❖ Ettukol eight-flame antique copper zari border ❖
❖ Self olive green border and pallu ❖
❖ Handwoven in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu ❖