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Hara Bhara Parrot Green Kurta and Mustard Pants

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Phanda knots white thread on the face of this parrot green mulmul, and bakhiya lays the same white on the reverse. Sashi hand embroidered both of those stitches in Lucknow, and mukaish badla is worked alongside the Chikankari. Mustard cambric carries the same white embroidery below, so Hara Bhara names the green kurta and not the pants, both of them 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM.

Cloth
mulmulFeatherweight cotton muslin, the cloth Lucknow embroidery was built on. It takes bakhiya because you can see through it.
Composition
100% cotton
Stitches
Bakhiya · Phanda
Allied work
Mukaish
Top length
Knee length
Neckline
Round Neck
Sleeve length
3/4th
Pockets
1
Slits
Side slits
Thread colour
White
Weave
70-75 GSM, warp 60 D, weft 60 D
Bottom
Cambric 92x88, 70-75 GSM, Spika elastic
Embroidered by
Kanyavati, Lucknow
Net quantity
1 set
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

As this product is handmade, slight variations may occur, and a tolerance of ±1 inch in garment measurements when worn is acceptable

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

Portrait of Kanyavati, Fine Lines Master at Shwet Heritage, Lucknow
Kanyavati

Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow

The stitches

  • Bakhiya (shadow work)Herringbone worked on the reverse of sheer cloth, so the motif glows through as a soft shadow, the signature of true Chikankari.
  • Phanda (knot)Tight millet-seed knots placed one by one to build jasmine buds and flower centres.

Allied Lucknow work

Worked alongside the Chikankari, not part of it.

  • Mukaish (metal sparkle)Flattened metal wire pierced through the cloth and twisted into points of sparkle, Lucknow’s badla work.

How to wear it

  • White is the only colour the two halves share, so a white dupatta or a white sandal ties them to each other where a third colour would pull them apart.
  • The pants carry white embroidery of their own, so what shows below the kurta is worked cloth rather than a plain bottom.

Size & fit

Measured garment chart

These are the measurements of the finished garment, laid flat, not body measurements. Compare them against a piece you already wear.

Units
Measured garment measurements in inches
SizeBustflat across the fullest part of the chest, doubledWaistflat at the narrowest point, doubledHipflat 8 inches below the waist, doubledShoulderseam to seam across the backLengthhigh point of the shoulder straight down to the hemSleeveshoulder seam to sleeve opening
S36343714.254317.5
M3836391543.518
L40384115.54418.5
XL4240431644.519
XXL44424516.54519

Each piece is embroidered and finished by hand, so a measurement may vary by up to 1 inch. That variation is the signature of handwork, not a defect.

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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 Kanyavati 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, and keep the iron off the mukaish badla and the elastic waist Keep perfume and deodorant sprays away from the metal work Store in a muslin bag

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A lucknow based artisan named Babita doing the hand embroidered chikankari

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A code towards your basket

₹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.