Kalamkari Tussar Silk Saree Teal Blue Peacock Pallu

A hand painted Kalamkari saree on teal blue Tussar silk finished with a golden peacock pallu light enough to drape all day dressy enough for a wedding front row Every flower and leaf is drawn by hand with a kalam bamboo pen and filled with natural dyes in the Kalamkari tradition of coastal Andhra Pradesh Curling vines of ochre marigolds mauve lotus and olive leaves wander across the peacock blue body each petal traced in a fine charcoal outline The pallu opens into a golden panel of hand painted peacocks framed by a woven rose pink zari border and a row of temple pot motifs above the tasselled edge How to spot the real Kalamkari Every motif carries a fine hand drawn pen outline that wavers slightly from flower to flower screen prints and block prints leave a flat mechanically identical edge Colours stay in soft earthy tones madder pink myrobalan yellow iron black that shift a touch across the cloth the fingerprint of natural dyes not the uniform brightness of chemical printing The teal ground soaks through to the reverse and the rose pink border is woven zari with a real selvedge not a printed on strip Wear it for daytime weddings festive lunches and Sankranti gatherings let the peacock pallu lead with temple jewellery and a mustard or maroon blouse