Vibrant Multicolour Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Kanchi Kattam Weave Patteda Anchu Kanchi Kattam: Intersecting silk threads

Kanchi Kattam: Intersecting silk threads form a structured checkered grid across the body

A thin gold zari stripe lines the lavender border field

The colour palette is feminine and vibrant

woven in a soft buttercream-yellow with gold zari elephant motifs

The Zari Kattam body is clean and unbroken

Vibrant Multicolour Handwoven Pure Silk Kanjipuram Saree with Kanchi Kattam Weave Patteda Anchu Kanchi Kattam: Intersecting silk threadsA daughter's first saree a rite of passage in six yards of silk. This handwoven pure silk Kanjipuram saree is woven in the traditional Kanchi Kattam technique intersecting silk threads form a structured checkered grid across the body. This intricate technique, forming each check by hand on the loom, cannot be replicated by machine, and takes 10 days on the loom. Our weaver families in Kunnam village in Kanchipuram district bring this saree to life on