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Rajsi Grey Pochampally Ikat Saree

Curated by My Ehaat

Rs. 16500

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Product Details

Rajsi Grey is a saree for pattern lovers. Its Pochampally ikat field is dense and many-coloured, set in golden and grey tones, and each of those colours was mapped onto the yarn and fixed by tying and dyeing before the first thread reached the loom.

A crimson border frames the drape. The pallu carries the richest work of all. Keep the blouse plain and let the weave lead.

MaterialPure Silk

Art TypePochampally

Length5 Meter

Wash CareDry Clean Only

Packaging Dimension12x16"

Materials & Care

Slight colour and weave variations are natural, reflecting its handmade character. Dry clean only. Store folded in a muslin cloth and keep away from direct sunlight.

Product Disclosure

SKU: EH-HLSR-PC-MC-01Style Code: EH-HLSR-PC-MCHSN Code: 50072090Region: PochampallyState: Telangana

Curated by My Ehaat

Each piece is handcrafted, so slight variations in colour, texture and dimension are natural and celebrate its handmade origin.

Rajsi Grey is a pattern-first saree, so the rule is simple: let the weave lead and keep everything else calm. Pull your accents from the saree itself, either the crimson of the border or the gold running through the field.

Office and formal events: A charcoal or grey blouse with elbow sleeves quiets the pattern and keeps the look polished. Choose small gold studs and a slim bangle. Keep the pleats crisp and secure the pallu so it lies flat down the back.

Daytime gatherings: For a family lunch or a daytime puja, a mustard blouse picks up the golden tones and brightens the grey. Add embroidered juttis and a cloth potli. Drape the pallu loosely across the forearm.

Weddings and festive evenings: This is where the crimson border earns its place. Match a crimson or deep maroon blouse to the border, add antique gold temple jewellery, and wear the pallu open over the left arm so its dense patterning shows in full. Finish with a braid threaded with kanakambaram.

Body-frame notes: Dense all-over ikat reads as texture from a distance. Narrow, tightly stacked pleats keep the drape slim at the waist. Petite wearers do best with a solid blouse, which gives the eye somewhere to rest, while a taller frame can carry the pallu spread wide across the back and arm.

Care while wearing: Watch for anything that can snag the weave. Bangle edges, brooch pins and clutch clasps are the usual culprits. Pin the pallu at the shoulder so its weight does not drag on the pleats, and let the saree hang overnight before you fold it away.

Rajsi Grey's pattern was settled on the yarn long before any weaving began. In Pochampally ikat the loom only reveals a plan that already exists, and with a palette this full (golden tones, greys, several accent colours and a crimson border), that plan has a great many lines to follow.

What follows is the usual route for a dense multicolour ikat of this kind, as it is prepared and woven around Pochampally in Telangana.

Readying the yarn: Yarn is wound from loose hanks onto bobbins, and any thread that breaks is knotted back together. Small as it sounds, a weak thread here becomes a visible flaw later.

Asu, the winding frame: Next comes asu, the winding that lays the threads out in the exact order and length the design needs. Done by hand, it means passing yarn back and forth around a frame of pegs thousands of times, work traditionally done by the women of weaving households, and it could take five to six hours for a single saree. A motorised winding machine, developed by a young weaver from the region around 1999, now shortens that considerably.

Marking the colour map: With the threads laid out, the design is transferred onto them as ink marks, section by section. On a multicolour saree this is the moment every zone is assigned its colour: which stretches stay light for the golden tones, which take grey, which carry the accents, and which turn crimson for the border. One wrong mark means one wrong colour. The error then repeats down the drape.

Tying by the marks: The yarn is then tied strictly by those marks, wrapping each zone that must resist the next dye. Every colour round needs its own set of ties.

Opening the bundles: After the last dye bath, the bindings are removed. The yarn is checked for breaks and returned to its winding order, so that each coloured stretch lands exactly where the map placed it.

At the loom: The weaver sets this yarn on the loom, typically a pit loom, and builds the body, the crimson border and the densely patterned pallu together. Order matters here more than speed.

What to look for: Where two colours meet, handwoven ikat shows a soft overlap rather than a clean printed boundary. The border should read as woven cloth, not colour sitting on the surface. Fibre and certification questions are best settled through the specifications panel or a quick message to customer care.

What are Pochampally sarees famous for?

Pochampally sarees are famous for geometric ikat, where the pattern is resist-dyed onto bundles of yarn ahead of weaving and emerges on the loom with a gently blurred outline. The saree takes its name from Bhoodan Pochampally, a Telangana town at the centre of a large handloom weaving cluster, and is woven in silk, cotton and silk-cotton.

How much does an original Pochampally saree cost?

An original Pochampally saree costs far more than a printed look-alike, because every part of its pattern is resist-dyed by hand, bundle by bundle, before weaving starts. In current online listings, printed imitations often sell for under Rs 2,000, while handwoven silk pieces from established sellers commonly range from about Rs 8,000 to Rs 30,000. Colour count, pattern density and fibre all push the price up.

Is Pochampally silk or cotton?

Pochampally ikat is woven in both silk and cotton, as well as silk-cotton blends. Silk versions usually have a soft sheen and a fluid fall, while cotton ones feel matte and crisper. The exact fibre of this saree is given in its specifications.

What is asu in Pochampally ikat weaving?

Asu is the winding stage of Pochampally ikat, where yarn is passed back and forth around a frame of pegs so that the threads lie in the exact order the design needs. By hand it took thousands of arm movements and several hours for each saree, and motorised winding machines now do much of this work.

Where is the best place to buy Pochampally sarees in Hyderabad?

For Pochampally sarees in Hyderabad, state handloom emporiums and weaver cooperative outlets are the most reliable starting points. Bhoodan Pochampally itself lies roughly 40 km east of the city and has showrooms run by weaving families and cooperatives. Wherever you buy, ask about fibre and ask whether the saree carries a Silk Mark or Handloom Mark label.

How can I tell if a multicolour ikat saree is handwoven?

A handwoven multicolour ikat saree shows a slight blur or overlap wherever two colours meet, because each colour went onto the yarn in a separate tie-and-dye round. Printed versions have crisp, perfectly matched edges, and their colour sits on the surface. Small shifts between repeats are normal in hand-tied work and are not a defect.

What colour blouse goes with a grey saree?

A grey saree takes both quiet and bold blouses: charcoal or grey keeps it formal, while crimson, maroon or mustard brings out warmth. For Rajsi Grey, the easiest matches are the crimson of its border or the gold in its pattern.

Can a grey and red saree be worn to a wedding?

A grey and red saree works well for wedding functions, festive dinners and receptions, since the red border adds celebration to the cooler grey. Pair it with gold jewellery and a red or maroon blouse, and check any family customs about colours for the main ceremony.

How should I store a heavily patterned ikat saree?

A heavily patterned ikat saree should be dry cleaned, then folded loosely and wrapped in muslin or soft cotton, away from damp and direct light. Change the fold lines each season, and avoid leaving it on a thin hanger for long, since the weight of a rich pallu can pull the fabric.

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