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Neelam Cyan Kota Saree
SWT244
The check on Neelam is the Kota loom's work and not the needle's, 78 ends in the inch, 66 picks across. Cyan blue is that name's sapphire, the only cyan ground among the house's Kota doria. Rajiya hand embroidered it white in Lucknow, tepchi tracing the printed line, keel set inside its kangan ring, phanda knotted bud by bud, 100% cotton over 5.5 metres, no blouse cloth.
- Cloth
- kota doriaSquare checked open weave from Kota. Extremely light, and the weave’s own grid is part of the design.
- Composition
- 100% cotton
- Stitches
- Keel Kangan · Phanda · Tepchi
- Length
- 5.5 metres
- Blouse
- Not included
- Thread colour
- White
- Weave
- 80-85 GSM, 78 ends and 66 picks per inch
- Handwork
- 55 to 60 days
- Embroidered by
- Razia Sultana, 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
Also embroidered in
- 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
Razia Sultana is a shadow-work master in the Shwet Heritage self-help-group network in Lucknow, at the embroidery frame since 2010. Bakhiya, her specialty, is worked from the reverse of the cloth so the motif reads as a glow rather than a line — and her profile appears here exactly as she is credited in our workshop records.
Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
The stitches
- Keel KanganKeel sets the pointed flower centre. Kangan rings it like a bangle around the motif.
- Phanda (knot)Tight millet-seed knots placed one by one to build jasmine buds and flower centres.
- Tepchi (running)The swift running stitch laid along the printed motif, the ground on which every other stitch is built.
How to wear it
- Nothing arrives for the blouse, so the shoulder is yours to set. Choose white and the embroidery leads the drape, choose cyan and the ground does.
- The same check that patterns the cloth gives the pleats a line to follow, so they can be judged against the weave rather than by eye.
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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 Razia Sultana 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, with mild detergent Do not bleach Dry in shade Iron inside out on low heat Store in a muslin bag