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Handloom Pure Mulberry Silk Gadwal in Lavender Kattam and Black with Meenakari
₹33,900₹37,66710% OFF
Inclusive of all taxes
or ₹5,650/mo. for 6 months with No Cost EMI* ·
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We don't mass-produce. Once this piece sells, we won't restock or remake it.
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Silk Mark certified pure silk
“Handloom sarees are woven entirely by hand on traditional looms. The minor variations in weave are the artisan's signature — proof that no other saree in the world is exactly this one.”
Color: lavender and Black
Silk Type: Mulberry
Loom Type: Handloom
Purity: Silk mark certified
Blouse Piece: Included
Motifs/Patterns: This Gadwal is built on a soft lavender with a silvery glow, crossed by fine black kattam and scattered with zari flower bootas, each with a small meenakari centre in magenta. Framing it are a bold magenta border edged in black and zari, and a deep black pallu covered in gold. Lavender, magenta, black and gold is a daring combination, and it works because each color has a clear job. The lavender keeps it soft, the magenta brings energy, the black adds drama and the gold makes it grand.
This is the definition of grand. When you want to make an entrance, this is the saree you pick. Pure four-ply mulberry silk gives it a rich lustre, and it still stays fluid and light enough to wear comfortably through a long celebration. It's perfect for weddings, receptions, parties and any occasion where you want to stand out and look flawless.
The body is soft lavender with fine black kattam, the classic checks woven straight into the fabric, making a neat, even grid from end to end. Large zari flower motifs sit across the kattam, big, bold and generously spaced, each with a magenta meenakari centre. These aren't tiny scattered dots. Each flower is large enough to read clearly from across the room, so the body looks rich rather than plain. Because the flowers are big, the fine kattam behind them does the balancing: the thin black lines keep the lavender structured and calm, while the large zari flowers bring the shine and the grandeur. The magenta centres tie the body back to the border, so the whole saree feels like one design. From a distance it looks elegant, and up close you can see the detail in every petal.
This is where the saree goes all in. The pallu switches to a deep black base and is filled with the signature Gadwal layout, done at its most extravagant. A row of large gold zari paisleys opens the section. After that come wide bands of brocade-style zari weaving in tight geometric patterns, fine zari floral borders, and rows of zari flower bootas with the same magenta meenakari centres as the body. Against the black, the tested gold zari glows like jewellery laid out on velvet. It's the grand finish the rest of the saree builds toward. The pallu ends in tassels, and the saree comes with a contrasting blouse piece.
Border Details: A contrasting maroon border runs along the top and bottom of the saree, from end to end. It's built in layers: a band of golden zari worked in a fine, textured pattern, and next to it a band of silver zari with a repeating row of small scroll and rosette motifs. On the inner edge of both borders, a row of olive-green temple spires rises from the maroon into the lime-yellow body. That green picks up the green tint in the body, so the border and body feel connected rather than just placed side by side. The maroon gives the whole saree a strong frame, like a dark picture mount around a bright painting.
Special Techniques: Gadwal sarees come from the town of Gadwal in Telangana. The tradition is known for contrast borders, temple spires and grand zari pallus. This saree is 100% handloom, woven in pure mulberry silk in a four-ply construction, with four fine silk threads twisted together into every strand before weaving. It works like twisting four thin strands into one rope: each thread is fine and light, but together they're strong. That's why the saree holds its shape and lasts for years.
Degumming: why Gadwals feel fluid and light. Raw silk straight from the cocoon is coated in a natural gum called sericin. The gum makes the thread stiff, dull and heavy, a bit like uncooked pasta. Before dyeing, the silk yarn is gently boiled in a mild soap solution, which washes the gum away. That step is called degumming, and it changes three things:
Softness: without the gum, the silk becomes supple and smooth.
Lustre: the natural shine of the silk comes through.
Lightness: the gum is a real share of raw silk's weight, so removing it leaves a finer, lighter thread that drapes and flows.
That's why a well-made pure silk Gadwal feels fluid on the body, even with this much zari.
Woven in one go. This saree wasn't made in parts and joined later. The lavender body, the magenta borders and the black pallu were all woven together on one loom as one continuous piece. The body and the borders are woven at the same time, each with its own thread. Where they meet, the weaver hooks the two threads around each other by hand on every single row. This interlocking method is known in Telangana as kupadam. The temple spires are built at that same meeting point: the weaver lets the border color step a little further into the body for a few rows, then steps it back, stacking the steps into a pointed peak the way bricks make a staircase. Because the border is woven into the body thread by thread, it can never come apart. This usually takes two weavers at the loom working in rhythm, one for the body and one for the border.
The kattam. The checks are part of the weave itself. The weaver places black threads at fixed intervals in the lengthwise threads (the warp) and passes black thread across (the weft) at the same spacing. Where they cross, a check forms. Keeping every square the same size across six yards takes careful counting on every row.
Zari and meenakari. Every paisley, flower and brocade band is woven in by hand. For each row, the weaver lifts exactly the right warp threads, passes the zari through only where the motif needs it, beats the row down and moves on. Meenakari adds one more step. Inside each zari flower, the weaver switches to a coloured silk thread (magenta or green) for the centre, then goes back to zari to finish the petals. That means extra thread changes inside a tiny area, repeated for every single flower on the saree. It's slow, careful work, and it's what gives the motifs their jewel-like finish.
The zari is tested zari: a silk core wrapped in metallic thread, checked for quality and consistency. It isn't real gold; "tested" refers to the verified quality of the zari. The silk core keeps it soft and flexible, so even this heavily worked pallu drapes smoothly instead of standing stiff, and it keeps its glow over the years instead of tarnishing the way imitation zari does.
Time. Degumming and dyeing the yarn, setting up the loom, interlocking the borders, building every temple spire, weaving the kattam, and placing every zari and meenakari motif by hand all add up. A Gadwal this rich takes several weeks of skilled work from yarn to finished saree.
Silk Mark. The saree carries the Silk Mark, the Government of India's certification that it's pure silk. It's independent confirmation of the fabric, not just the seller's word.
Season: All seasons
Care Instructions: Only dry cleaning. Never steam iron. If ironing at home, place a cotton/mulmul cloth on top of the saree and use your iron at the lowest heat setting. Our skilled artisans use natural dyes for all our handloom collection and this will protect the intricate zari work, fabric and wont harm your precious handloom.
Store in a cotton bag or a muslin cloth to protect against moisture.
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