Brown Butterfly Motif Pure Silk Handloom Banarasi Saree

A handwoven Banarasi Katan silk saree in warm brown, scattered with Kadhua butterfly motifs that lift across the body like a slow flutter of wings. The motifs, anchal and border are all woven in zari — an intricate Banarasi border frames the drape on every edge, with the butterflies carried into the pallu in the same rhythm. Handwoven in Varanasi on a traditional pit loom. A butterfly placed in Kadhua is woven thread by thread — wing, body and antennae all built into the cloth as the loom advances. The weaver carries dozens of small shuttles for the colour shifts, switching between them as each butti is set. That slow, hand-paced precision is why a Kadhua piece reads as one continuous textile rather than decoration laid on top. The drape carries a second weave: Ektara. Where Kadhua gives the piece its precision, Ektara gives it its hand — softer, flowier, with a deeper gloss and an easier hand to drape. Styling Note Drape Nivi-style with the pallu pleated narrow so the butterfly scatter reads in flight. Pair with antique-gold or polki and a tonal brown, ivory or contrast bottle-green raw silk blouse. Weave Kadhua & Ektara Motif Kadhua butterfly scatter across the