Pure Katan Silk Shikargah Charkhana Animal Motif Banarasi Saree in Deep Magenta brocade pallu saree the soft neutral body scattered

the soft neutral body scattered with butis in sona-rupa gold and silver zari

Each thread is manually cut with precision to achieve the desired level of detail and artistry

A deep red brocade pallu and border

the spacing between them deliberate

The highlight of this saree is the intricate Kadwa weaving technique

Pure Katan Silk Shikargah Charkhana Animal Motif Banarasi Saree in Deep Magenta brocade pallu saree the soft neutral body scatteredThe shikargah tradition places the natural world across the full body of the saree. This Katan silk takes that tradition and gives it structure a charkhana grid of square panels outlined in green dotted lines covers the deep magenta ground from edge to border, each square enclosing a different creature from the shikargah vocabulary: elephants, horses, peacocks, roosters, deer, parrots. Every animal is kadwa woven in cream and gold zari with meenakari