Kalamkari Mangalgiri Silk Cotton Saree Mustard Yellow

A warm mustard Mangalgiri silk cotton saree hand block printed with Kalamkari florals and a striped paisley pallu easy to drape dressy enough for a festive day Woven in light Mangalgiri silk cotton and hand block printed in Pedana coastal Andhra Pradesh from a natural earthy dye palette Carved teak blocks scatter a small floral buti in iron black and indigo across the mustard body while the pallu carries vertical bands of paisley mango buta and floral stripes in madder red black and ochre Pedana Machilipatnam Kalamkari is GI protected How to spot the real Kalamkari block print Look along the pallu stripes block joins leave faint overlaps and gaps and outlines don t sit perfectly inside their fills screen and digital prints are flawlessly aligned The black red and ochre are natural mineral and plant dyes iron ore madder myrobalan so colour penetrates to the reverse and varies subtly panel to panel powerloom prints stay flat and uniform on one face The mustard border is a real woven selvedge with a zari edge not a printed strip Wear it for office festivities pujas and daytime gatherings pair with a black or maroon blouse and gold jhumkas