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Shafaq Blue and Pink Kota Saree

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Shailendri hand embroidered one stitch in Lucknow and worked nothing over it, so tepchi, normally the groundwork under a Chikankari drawing, is the whole embroidery, pink thread on a blue ground. Cotton makes up 77.4% of this Kota doria saree, silk 15.6% and lyocell 7%. Shafaq is the pink the sky turns at dusk, 5.5 metres in a single piece, blouse not included.

Cloth
kota doriaSquare checked open weave from Kota. Extremely light, and the weave’s own grid is part of the design.
Composition
77.4% cotton, 15.6% silk, 7% lyocell
Stitches
Tepchi
Length
5.5 metres
Cloth, as supplied
Kota Cotton Silk
Blouse
Not included
Thread colour
Pink
Weave
100-112 GSM, reed pick 58, warp 20/22 D, weft 20/22 D
Handwork
40 to 45 days
Embroidered by
Shailendri, Lucknow
Net quantity
1 piece, 5.5 metres
Made in
India. Hand embroidered in Lucknow.
Packed by
Shwet Heritage LLP, Prabhat Chauraha, E-1/282, Sector I, Janki Vihar Colony, Jankipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226021, India
Consumer care
+91 90055 17090support@shwetheritage.inMonday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM IST
Availability

The product is hand dyed, and colour variations may occur due to the handcrafted process

  • Craftmark is issued by the All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA) and certifies craft processes, not individual garments. Our licence covers Chikankari Embroidery. To verify, AIACA lists Shwet on its public member register for the craft process Chikankari Embroidery. Our license number, 278P060, and its term are on the certificate we publish.
  • Free delivery across India
  • 7-day exchange on unworn pieces
  • How this fits
  • Craft Care embroidery repair
  • Artisans paid ₹500 per kurta, against the trade’s ₹20–50

Embroidered by

Portrait of Shailendri, Ghaspatti Expert at Shwet Heritage, Lucknow
Shailendri

Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow

The stitches

  • Tepchi (running)The swift running stitch laid along the printed motif, the ground on which every other stitch is built.

How to wear it

  • Pink and blue are the only two colours here, so the blouse leads with one of them. Pink takes up the thread, blue lets the ground run on unbroken.
  • Tepchi is a flat running stitch and the only one worked here, so nothing in the embroidery is raised the way a knot or a wrapped cord would be.
  • Shafaq names an hour, not an occasion. Pink on blue belongs to a morning as much as to a festival, so the name is no reason to save the saree.

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Craftmark® certified

Certified by the All India Artisans & Craftworkers Welfare Association under Craftmark License 278P060.

Craftmark is issued by the All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA). It certifies craft processes, not individual garments. Our licence covers Chikankari Embroidery and runs to 13 February 2027. This piece was embroidered by Shailendri in Lucknow.

Our artisans earn ₹500 per kurta for their embroidery, where middlemen typically pay ₹20–50. Read how certification works.

Care instructions

Gentle hand wash only, in cold water with mild detergent Do not bleach Never wring the embroidered panels, roll them in a towel instead Dry in shade Iron inside out on low heat, over a cotton cloth Store in a muslin bag

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A lucknow based artisan named Babita doing the hand embroidered chikankari

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₹300 comes off a basket of ₹2,000, and ₹500 off ₹5,000. Each piece is embroidered by hand in Lucknow, and this is what we can take off without asking the artisan to take less.