Choosing a silk saree for Deepavali and weddings

What actually changes between a festival morning and a wedding evening is the colour, the weight, and how much the design should say.

For Deepavali

Diyas and daylight both call for colour that reads well in a crowd. New arrivals and the clearance sale are both ready before the festival — Deepavali 2026 falls on Sunday, 8 November. A lighter weight (120 or 130 GSM) is easy to drape for a full day of visiting, while a Butta saree (small motifs scattered over the body — elephants, peacocks, flowers, mangoes) or a Checks saree brings in some pattern without being busy.

For a wedding

Richer, deeper shades suit a wedding best: kumkum, maroon and wine, a saree with a contrast border, or a Brocade, where the design is woven through the whole body rather than sitting on top of it. A heavier weight — 140 or 150 GSM — holds a pleat well through a long evening. Pure Kanjivaram silk sarees are also on sale, listed separately as Kanchipuram — they are a different silk from our own Mysore crepe, so ask us if you want to compare the two in person.

The six kinds, if you want to choose by design

• Self — the border is the same colour as the body.
• Contrast — the border is a different colour from the body.
• Butta — small motifs scattered over the body: elephants, peacocks, flowers, mangoes.
• Checks — a check woven into the body.
• Half & half — two body colours.
• Brocade — the design woven through the whole body.

Every saree includes GST in its price, and every one is Silk Mark certified, one piece of each design.