Pure Katan Silk Rangkat Meenakari Parrot Buti Banarasi Saree in Lilac Ivory temple border saree opulent finish

opulent finish

Bold contrast wine stripes run across the length

Weave- Cutwork and Kadwa

Each buta is a rose cluster — petals layered over petals

A bottle green katan silk saree handwoven in Varanasi in the zari tanchoi technique

Pure Katan Silk Rangkat Meenakari Parrot Buti Banarasi Saree in Lilac Ivory temple border saree opulent finishRangkat is the Banarasi weaver's art of two colours in one fabric. The lilac warp and ivory tissue weft cross at every thread, creating a ground that shifts between the two depending on the light and the angle of the drape. Neither colour dominates entirely. The fabric is always both at once. Across this shifting ground, scattered kadwa woven meenakari parrot butis sit in pink, teal, orange, purple, and red silk. Each bird is distinct, placed at