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Hara Bhara Parrot Green Kurta and Mustard Pants
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
- Sashi, 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@shwetartistry.comMonday 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
Parrot Green and Mustard
Black and Grey
Yellow
- 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
- A handmade gift from the artisans travels with every order
Embroidered by
Sashi learned Chikankari in Lucknow after her marriage. She moved to the city from outside it, saw the women in her neighbourhood working at the frame, and took up the craft there.
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.
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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 Sashi 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