Indriya's Features
 
 
Description
It is rare to find a saree as exclusive and fine as 'Neeli'. The saree is a tapestery of fine, intricate, double ikat motifs. Made in fine 5 ply of pure handloom mulberry silk woven in the Pochampally ikat style with design elements inspired from the Patola and Telia Ruma double ikat art forms. The saree is representative of all things royal , artistic and natural.
When the saree is draped, its wonderful color contrasts and artistic and divine design elements make this a showstopper drape. The inticate colorful motis appear in fine contrast against the navy blue background. The body of the saree has 10 motifs and the aanchal has 2. Each of the motifs and their significance is mentioned below.
Motifs
1. Swan - 'Swetha pakshi/Hansa', White swan is a mount of Goddess Saraswathi and a bearer of wisdom and propserity. 
2. Blue Heron bird - 'Konga pakshi',  Herons symbolize personal power, tranquility, serenity, elegance, and grace.
3. Royal Elephant - 'Raja enugu', Elephants is a sacred symbol of peace, mental strength, and power.
4. Lion - 'Sinham' A symbol of strength with gentleness, might, majesty, great memory, intelligence and royalty.
5. A human - 'Maniṣi', Depicted as a hunter although in a peaceful form amidst nature.
6. Parrot -  'Ciluka', the parrot associated with courtship and love, and is a messenger for lovers, a companion in the absence of a lover.
7. Butterfly - 'Sītākōkaciluka', Butterfly symbolizes transformation, metamorphosis, beauty, balance, and grace.
8. Tiger - 'Puli' Tigers symbolises great strength, ferocity, and grace. Tiger is also considered a guardian deity.
9. Flowering pot - 'Pūla kuṇḍi', symbol of life, the source of vegetation
10.The four petaled flower - '4 Rēkula puvvu',  is a symbol of all life, wholeness, beauty, fragrance bounty, harvest and union, with the energy of each petal imparting uniqueness, with each uniqueness coming together in the center.
11.  Diamond - 'Vajram', diamond is an emblem of purity and perfection, of invincible spiritual power.
12. Flower - 'Puvvu' - A symbol of the eternal order of the union of earth, water and sky, it represents the power of life.
The 10 motifs in the body of the saree have been woven in intricate diamond shaped checks and arranged diagonally.  The 2 motifs in the aanchal have been placed in the centre in contrasting colors.
It is believed in the world of saree weaving, that the wearer embraces the divinity and symbolisim of  each of these motifs when the saree is draped. The motifs come to life and speak their own language. 
Saree has a plain red blouse with thin stripes as the border.
 
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. 
The murals of the Ajanta caves, which are some thousand years old, offer some of the earliest references to the craft. 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. 
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.