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Gulaal Pink and Purple Kota Saree
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5.5 metres of pink Kota doria carry one purple thread, and it runs so near the ground that the flowers arrive as a change of tone rather than of colour. Shailendri hand embroidered them in Lucknow, tepchi drawing the stems and petal edges, keel setting a point at each centre. Gulaal is the Holi powder that runs pink into purple, no blouse piece, 80–85 GSM and 100% cotton.
- 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 · Tepchi
- Length
- 5.5 metres
- Blouse
- Not included
- Also worked
- Crochet edging
- Thread colour
- Purple
- Weave
- 80-85 GSM, 78 ends and 66 picks per inch
- Handwork
- 55 to 60 days
- Embroidered by
- Aarti Kashyap, 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
Aarti Kashyap is a fine embroiderer in the Shwet Heritage self-help-group network in Lucknow, at the frame since 2021 with tepchi and bakhiya as her stitches. Fine work is where every new hand in the network is proven, 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.
- Tepchi (running)The swift running stitch laid along the printed motif, the ground on which every other stitch is built.
How to wear it
- A blouse has to be made for this saree, and a strong colour can enter there, because the drape keeps its pink and its purple in one range.
- The embroidery gathers into a denser band at the pallu and along the border, so carry the pallu long enough for that band to fall past the shoulder.
- Gulaal is a Holi word, and dry colour does not leave cotton easily, so this saree belongs to the lunch after the playing rather than to the playing.
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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 Aarti Kashyap 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