The story of this piece
The elephant is the temple's own animal: it guards the gate, carries the deity, and appears on the border of a bridal saree as a wish for steadiness. The weaver drew this row from a stone relief in Kanchipuram and set it in zari, keeping the lotus between the animals so the border reads as a procession.
Anatomy of the saree
- Weave
- Korvai, pure zari
- Border
- 8 inch elephant border
- Length
- 6.3 m, with blouse piece
- Weight
- Approx. 800 g
- Woven in
- Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Border
Wide gold border, elephants and lotus between zari bands
Pallu
Teal pallu, a row of zari elephants
Blouse piece
Unstitched, teal silk
Care
Dry clean only. Refold along a new line every six months, wrap in muslin, and keep away from direct light.
Korvai, Pure Zari
Neelam
Teal, a gold border of elephants
Deep teal under a wide gold border of elephants and lotus — a processional saree, the kind a temple street would recognise.
- One piece only — never reordered
- Insured delivery across the UAE
- Fourteen day return window
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