Mustard & Royal Blue Exclusive Kanchipuram Handloom Silk Saree

Mustard & Royal Blue Exclusive Kanchipuram Handloom Silk SareeAn exclusive kanchipuram pure silk saree in mustard with motifs of lions woven on the body. The pallu is in royal blue and is woven with zari motifs of a troupe of musicians playing musical instruments. The highlight is the harmonium which is woven in mustard.

The body is in a light mauve colour

The Kongu Cheras ruled in the Kongu area of what is now the northwestern Tamilnadu (Coimbatore) from the late 10th century to the rise of Vijayanagar at the end of the 14th century

Pallanguzhi is a popular game played with mini shells in rural households

These bhuttas obverse an altar of crossed swords flanked by lamps with varying number of dots above

The borders are checked with zari lines and embellished with small round buttis

The black coloured border carries silver zari in subtle zig zag patterns and the body carries original designs inspired from tribal adornments worn by both men and women

Threadwork on the body is inspired from floor tile patterns seen in rural India predominantly in mustard and red combination

embellished with floral motifs woven in zari

You can see three shades of colour in one butta

An eye-catching pure silk saree in a rich sky blue

This raises a question of whether Chola dynasty was widespread towards northern  India too

predominantly fell on the body as bhuttas