Peacock Green and Magenta Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Zari Kattam Rettapet Border

There are sarees that hold two colours in tension — not competing, but completing each other across the loom. This Kanjipuram is one of those. The body is woven in Zari Kattam, where fine zari threads intersect across the silk body to form a luminous grid — here across a peacock green ground that deepens with a shot of violet purple as the light and angle shift, the body alive with the iridescent quality that only genuine shot-colour Kanchipuram silk achieves.

The body shifts between peacock green and deep violet as it moves — the Zari Kattam gold grid running across this colour-shifting ground and multiplying the visual depth at every fold. This is the kind of silk that looks different in every photograph and different again in person.

The magenta border is wide and ceremonially bold — woven in Rettapet with twin parallel border lines that create a balanced layered edge, with gold zari Kamalam medallions in a continuous band. The pallu carries the magenta forward with the same Rettapet gold zari structure, the contrast between peacock green and magenta in the true Kanchipuram tradition of unexpected colour pairings that work.

A magenta or deep violet blouse makes the body-border connection immediate. Gold temple jewellery — long chains, layered jhumkas, and broad bangles — anchors the ceremonial weight. For weddings, Navarathri, or any occasion that deserves a saree with presence.

❖ Weave: Zari Kattam body — fine zari threads intersecting to form a luminous grid; Rettapet border — twin parallel lines, balanced layered edge
❖ Body: Peacock green with shot violet Zari Kattam gold grid
❖ Border: Magenta with gold zari Kamalam Rettapet bands
❖ Pallu: Magenta with continuous gold Rettapet zari structure
❖ Silk Mark certified pure mulberry silk
❖ Length: 6.3 metres