Kancheepuram Silk

Kancheepuram Silk saree is known for its distinct heavy weight, bright colours and zari borders.Today, Kancheepuram, famous for its silk sarees, especially its attractive borders,variegated designs and colours is also well known for its zari work, made of silver wire, red silk, silver thread and gold. This enhances the beauty of this saree. The silk fabric attracts due to its lustre and fine quality of raw silk. The exquisite silk sarees are woven from pure mulberry silk in contrasting colours which reflect a hundred-year-old weaving and dyeing tradition.