Banarasi Katan Silk Saree in Deep Wine deep wine The ektara technique uses a

The ektara technique uses a single shuttle to build the pattern

temple or polki jewellery

floral density underneath

Its specialty is the use of profuse gold or silver thread that sometimes the silk background is hardly visible

finely woven in gold and silver — the kind of figurative detail that gives a saree its character

Banarasi Katan Silk Saree in Deep Wine deep wine The ektara technique uses aA katan silk saree in deep wine, its body covered in a fine all over motif of small four point stars set in gold toned zari, repeating in tight rows across the ground. The border shifts register entirely, a bold geometric zigzag panel worked in a warmer bronze tone, with diamond forms nested inside triangular points, giving the saree a graphic, architectural edge quite different from its quiet body. The contrast between the delicate scatter on the