Sky Blue and Maroon Handwoven Pure Silk Kanchipuram Saree with Kamalam Butta and Grand Zari Border

For the Seattle Wedding Reception, this sky blue Kanchipuram silk arrives as the kind of saree that anchors a room. The body is woven in pale sky blue pure mulberry silk with scattered gold zari butta — Kamalam medallion and Kili bird motifs placed in alternating rhythm across the full breadth, each one precisely woven by hand. Butta refers to individually woven motifs placed across the body of the saree, each requiring precise shuttle work by the weaver.

The pale sky blue silk body carries a luminous softness — a colour that amplifies the gold of each butta with quiet contrast. The Kamalam and Kili butta scatter across the body with the unhurried precision of a weaver's count, each motif complete in itself.

The deep maroon border is a wide, dense Varisaipet construction layered with multiple gold zari bands and large Kamalam medallion and Kili bird motifs woven into the maroon ground. The pallu carries the same deep maroon with full-breadth gold zari motifs — a grand, weighty pallu that completes this saree with ceremonial authority.

❖ Weave: Butta — individually woven motifs placed across the body of the saree
❖ Body: Pale sky blue pure mulberry silk with scattered Kamalam and Kili butta in gold zari
❖ Border: Wide deep maroon Varisaipet with layered gold zari bands and Kamalam and Kili motifs
❖ Pallu: Deep maroon with grand full-breadth Kamalam and Kili gold zari motifs
❖ Zari: Pure gold zari
❖ Length: 6.3 metres including pallu