Banarasi Katan Silk Kadwa Pinecone Boota Fabric in Coral Orange kadwa saree Kadhua is an exclusive handloom

Kadhua is an exclusive handloom weaving technique in the Varanasi region

The endpiece is a masterwork: a dense meenakari Jangla in gold and red zari cascading floral and heart-shaped motifs woven continuously across the full pallu width with red thread worked into the gold zari

On a rich katan silk ground

Therefore two picks have to be inserted as two Pagias have to be lifted

From open body to layered pallu — the saree unfolds through registers of detail

Banarasi Katan Silk Kadwa Pinecone Boota Fabric in Coral Orange kadwa saree Kadhua is an exclusive handloomA katan silk fabric in solid coral orange, handwoven with a rounded pinecone boota scattered across the body. Each boota is woven individually in the kadwa technique, its layered scale like texture picked out entirely in silver against the plain ground. The dense, textured quality of the boota gives it real visual weight despite its compact size, reading almost like a brooch pinned across the fabric. Katan holds a smooth surface and a fall that