Shot Colour Green Teal Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Rettapet Weave Pavun Coin Butta and Vanasringaram Antique Gold Zari Border

At the Boston Tamil Sangam, where community gathers in the spirit of shared memory and handwoven pride, this shot colour green teal Kanjipuram silk saree arrives with the rare, living quality of silk that shifts between forest green and peacock teal depending on the angle of light — a saree that embodies the art of Kanchipuram weaving. Twin parallel border lines create a balanced layered edge — the Rettapet weave — framing the shot colour body with structured ceremonial elegance. Pavun coin butta motifs are scattered across the body in antique gold zari, each one a small woven jewel.

The body glows in a shot colour green teal — that extraordinary living quality of Kanchipuram mulberry silk where forest green and peacock teal coexist in the same weave, the colour shifting with light and movement in a surface that is never static. Pavun coin butta motifs in antique gold zari are placed at measured intervals across the field, the warm gold catching light against the shifting ground with quiet brilliance. The body drapes with the characteristic weight and sheen of genuine Kanchipuram silk.

The self-colour border carries an ornate Vanasringaram antique gold zari array — the Yaanai elephant in ceremonial procession rendered in dense gold zari, cascading across the border in a display of weaver devotion. The self-colour pallu continues with the full Vanasringaram Yaanai and Maanga gold zari array across its width, the shot colour silk and gold combination carrying the full weight of South Indian ceremonial tradition. Explore our full range of handwoven Rettapet Kanchipuram silk sarees — each one twin parallel border lines woven by master weavers in Tamil Nadu.

❖ Handwoven by master weavers in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
❖ Pure mulberry silk, Silk Mark certified
❖ Rettapet weave — twin parallel border lines creating a balanced layered edge
❖ Shot colour green teal body — colour shifts between forest green and peacock teal with light
❖ Pavun coin gold zari butta motifs across the body
❖ Ornate self-colour Vanasringaram border and pallu with Yaanai antique gold zari
❖ Saree length 6.3 metres including pallu
❖ Also handwoven in this family: Rettapet Kanchipuram silk sarees — twin parallel border lines creating a balanced layered edge