Red Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjeevaram Saree with Zari Mayil Chakram Butta and Rettapet Border

The dance floor clears for the couple's first entrance at the reception and every phone in the room lifts at once — this is the saree for the sister or cousin dancing in the front row all night. Rettapet describes twin parallel border lines that create a balanced, layered edge, distinct from a single-band border. Each saree takes 9 days on the loom and cannot be replicated by machine. Woven by our family's artisan weaver families in Kunnam village near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu — read our story.

The body is woven in red pure mulberry silk, set all over with zari mayil chakram butta — bold peacock-wheel medallions and small bird motifs woven in gold zari across the drape. Explore more Mayil Chakram Butta Kanchipuram silks.

The bottle green rettapet border, built from twin parallel gold zari lines, rises into a grand pallu of processional elephants and peacocks in high-relief gold zari — a pallu built to move on the dance floor. See our full pure silk Kanchipuram edit.

Pair with a bottle green or black silk blouse and statement gold jewellery — well suited to a sangeet, reception, or festive family gathering.

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Care: Dry clean only. Store folded in a soft muslin cloth away from direct sunlight. Do not spray perfume directly on the silk or zari.

❖ Weave: Zari Mayil Chakram Butta — bold peacock-wheel medallions and bird motifs woven in gold zari across the body
❖ Body: Red pure mulberry silk with zari mayil chakram butta
❖ Border: Bottle green rettapet, twin parallel gold zari lines
❖ Pallu: Bottle green grand pallu with gold zari elephants and peacocks
❖ Blouse piece: 0.8m included, self-colour red silk
❖ Silk Mark certified | Handwoven in Kunnam village, Kanchipuram
❖ 6.3 metres including blouse piece