Katan silk · Shikargah
The Hunt Pallu
Indigo pure Katan silk Banarasi saree, full shikargah field and pallu
₹72,000Made to order — woven over 8–9 weeks
The most elaborate design this house weaves: a full hunting scene — deer, birds, forest — carried across the field and gathered into the pallu. One weaver, one loom, sixty days.
The hand that wove this
Abdul Rashid Ansari
"A shikargah tests everything you know. Every animal must stand correctly, or the whole forest looks wrong."
- Fabric
- Katan silk · कटान
- Craft
- Shikargah · शिकारगाह
- Zari
- Real silver-gilt (sona-rupa) zari
- Loom
- Pit loom (handloom)
- Motif
- Hunt scene — deer, birds, forest
- Time on the loom
- Woven over 60 days
- Weight
- 720 g
Certificate of AuthenticityBK-2026-0139
- Silk Mark
- SM-2026-0904
- GI tag
- Verified — Banaras handloom
- Loom
- Madanpura · Loom 1
- Purity
- 100% pure Katan silk, no blend
Care
Dry clean only. Rest the saree folded, and refold along fresh lines each season so the zari does not crease in one place.
Wrap in soft muslin, never plastic.
- Silk Mark certified
- GI-tagged Banaras handloom
- Worldwide shipping, duties prepaid
- Woven, not printed
