Indriya's Features
 
 
Description
The 'Annapakshi' motif holds special reverence in south indian handlooms. The white bird is the 'vehicle' or mount for goddess Saraswathi and considered to be an elegant graceful creature signifying wisdom and prosperity. A series of hamsas when woven in a textile is supposed to bring good fortune and blessings to the wearer. 
The pure handloom silk sareee is a striking one with a host of happy spring colors in a 'ganga jamuna', contrasting border design. The body of the saree is in pleasing pastel sky bue shot with white. The highlight of the saree are the twin borders. The border below starts with bands of purple,  pink, magenta and 2 bands of annampakshi motif in gold zari in a row. The border joins the body of the saree with a temple design in coral pink double ikat.
The border above is narrower than the one below and starts with bands of blue shot with green, followed by a band in parrot green and one annampakshi motif band in gold zaris in a row.  The border joins the body of the saree with a temple design in double ikat in green.
The other aesthetic highlight of the saree is the Pochampalli style double ikat aanchal with navratana design motifs. When the saree is draped, its wonderful color contrasts and artistic design elements make this a showstopper drape. 
Saree has a running blouse with ikat motifs same as aanchal.
 
About Ikat (meaning to bind - from the word Mengikat in Indonesian)
The origin of Ikat, a tie-dye and weaving technique, although credited to Indonesia, it is believed that the craft came up across various regions in Central and South Asia around the same time. 
Ikat's journey in India goes back thousands of years. The murals of the Ajanta caves, which are some thousand years old, offer some of the earliest references to the craft. The ikat fabric in India started as being used for religious activities and was considered sacred. One of the most intricate and elaborate methods, the art of ikat is a method that involves the resist-dye technique and weaving loose threads after the dyeing. 
The ikat pattern is firstly planned out onto the warp or weft or both by hand. Parts of the yarns for the warp and/or weft are bound and protected with a resist tie before dyeing to match the planned pattern.They are then dyed in the chosen colours. Once dry the ties are removed and the yarn is wound onto the loom. The pattern is woven and the true shapes of the ikat patterns appear often in a density that highlights the warp.
A characteristic of ikat textiles is an apparent “blurriness” or feathering to the design. The blurriness is a result of the extreme difficulty the weaver has lining up the dyed yarns so that the pattern comes out perfectly in the finished cloth.  Ikats with little blurriness, multiple colours and complicated patterns are more difficult to create and therefore often more expensive. The different types of Ikat are :
Warp Ikat: where only the warp threads are bound. This is the most common.
Weft Ikat: where only the weft threads are bound.
Compound Ikat: where both the warp and weft threads are bound, but their designs are independent of each other.
Double Ikat: where both the warp and weft threads are bound, but their designs work together to create the overall pattern. This technique is the most rare due to how complicated and difficult it is to create.
* This product has been woven on a handloom by the weaver and may have slight irregularities that are a natural outcome due to the human involvement in weaving a unique handcrafted product without any electrical power. The colours may fade or bleed due to the traditional dyeing method employed.
* There may be slight differences in color of the actual product due to lighting conditions during photography.