Purple Handwoven Pattu Silk Chanderi Saree with Meenakari Butti and Nakshi Gold Border Silk blouses The goddess is rendered in

The goddess is rendered in a composed seated posture upon a fully articulated lotus pedestal

Shot colour silk is particularly light-sensitive — store away from direct sunlight to preserve the colour shift

becoming more fluid and comfortable against the body over time

The border and pallu shift into a deep purple-green ground carrying a petite peacock motif in gold zari

the intersecting zari threads sitting lightly over the silk

Purple Handwoven Pattu Silk Chanderi Saree with Meenakari Butti and Nakshi Gold Border Silk blouses The goddess is rendered inA saree built for the occasion where nothing is understated deep purple pure silk densely worked with jewel toned butti and finished in a wide, richly patterned gold border. This is a Pattu Silk Chanderi: woven entirely in pure mulberry silk with no cotton blend, the most luxurious of the four traditional Chanderi weaves, closest in feel to a Kanjeevaram but a fraction of the weight. Handwoven by the weavers' collective in Ashok Nagar, Chanderi,