Handwoven Banarasi Katan Silk Ektara Rangkat Jangla Saree in Lilac Purple dusty lilac distinguished by a rath (chariot)

distinguished by a rath (chariot) border worked in gold zari along the pallu end

The border carries a dense jangla of flowers and birds in gold zari

Brocade is the woven pattern which is purely decorative and independent of the structure of the cloth which is achieved using extra pattern weft or extra warp

celebratory saree — the yellow ground and silver florals making a striking

A navy border of scrolling meenakari florals transitions into a deep wine border with large gold floral motifs

Handwoven Banarasi Katan Silk Ektara Rangkat Jangla Saree in Lilac Purple dusty lilac distinguished by a rath (chariot)A lilac purple katan silk saree handwoven in Varanasi in the Ektara weave, the body covered in a jangla a dense, all over jaal of floral vines in silver zari. The pallu and border are worked in the rangkat style, with vertical stripe bands shifting between lilac and periwinkle blue, divided by silver zari and touched with meena floral detailing. The Ektara weave gives the saree a fine, single thread crispness, while rangkat literally "colour cut"