Royal Purple Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Elephant and Peacock Zari Border

Radha Kalyanam, the divine wedding of Radha and Krishna celebrated at temples, calls for a saree of true ornate grandeur. This saturated royal purple Pure Kanchipuram Silk Butta saree lets colour be the immediate highlight, with this much-loved jewel tone given a completely different treatment through an unusually elaborate border and pallu. Each saree takes 40 days from dyeing to weaving, roughly 14 of them on the loom, and cannot be replicated by machine. Every thread passes through the hands of artisan families in Kunnam village in Kanchipuram district. Read our story

The body of this pure silk Kanchipuram saree is woven in deeply saturated royal purple pure mulberry silk, left restrained so the gold zari work at the border and pallu carries the drama.

Multiple traditional motifs — including elephants, peacocks, floral forms, geometric bands and densely worked zari panels — come together in an ornate border composition, continuing into a pallu with the same extraordinary gold zari density.

Temper the saturated purple with a quieter, softening blouse in dusty rose or soft ivory rather than matching the body directly. Antique-gold jewellery in a considered amount, echoing the elephant and peacock motifs, lets the border stay the focal point.

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