Kalamkari Mangalgiri Silk Cotton Saree Mehendi Green

A mehendi green Mangalgiri silk cotton saree hand block printed with multicoloured Kalamkari florals and a peacock pallu light to drape festive enough for a function Woven in light Mangalgiri silk cotton and block printed by hand in Pedana coastal Andhra Pradesh Carved teak blocks stamp a dense field of red and ochre floral buti across the olive green body set against a deep earthy red contrast border and a single large peacock framed on the pallu Pedana Machilipatnam Kalamkari is GI protected How to spot the real Kalamkari block print Look where the carved blocks meet you ll find tiny overlaps and small gaps in the repeat and the outline rarely sits perfectly inside its colour fill screen and digital printed copies are flawlessly aligned The red ochre and black come from natural dyes madder myrobalan iron ore so the colour soaks through to the reverse and shifts subtly across the cloth powerloom prints sit only on the surface and stay uniformly bright The earthy red border carries a real woven zari edge and selvedge not a printed on strip Wear it for festive lunches Sankranti and daytime functions let the peacock pallu fall open with oxidised silver jewellery and the contrast blouse