Katan Booti — Pure Katan Banarasi Handloom Saree with Meenakari Zari Booti Work

About the Katan Booti Saree

The Booti is the soul of Banarasi weaving — the individual motif, standing alone on the ground of the saree, placed with precision and intention, neither lost inside a continuous jaal nor absorbed into a border. In the Katan Booti tradition, each booti is a complete world — a single floral form woven in real gold zari and coloured Meenakari silk threads, scattered across the Katan Silk ground in a rhythm that gives the saree its distinctive, quietly magnificent character. Not crowded. Not sparse. Placed with the judgment that only master weavers who have spent their entire lives at the pit loom can bring to the work. The word booti itself means a small flowering plant form, and the Banarasi weavers have spent centuries perfecting how that form can be made to seem as though it has grown directly out of the silk beneath it — rooted, alive, and glowing with zari gold.

On pure Katan Silk, Meenakari Zari Booti work reaches a level of richness and refinement that no other base fabric can match. The weight and depth of the Katan ground holds each individual booti with a gravity and presence that lighter fabrics cannot achieve — the coloured Meenakari threads sitting inside the dense silk as though they belong there completely, the gold zari surrounding each form making every colour more vivid, more jewel-like, more alive. The body of this saree carries scattered Meenakari Zari Booti across the full Katan Silk ground — each booti a self-contained composition in colour and gold, the spacing between them giving the eye room to appreciate every single motif individually. Running along both sides is a wide layered gold zari border richly finished with Meenakari detail. The pallu is the Katan Booti at its most complete — a multi-colour Meenakari floral arrangement across the full pallu width, dense booti work building into the border frame, and a layered gold zari finish that makes the fall of this saree look like a field of jewels arranged in silk. Because every single one of those jewels was placed there, thread by thread, by hand.

Points:

• Weave: Traditional Banarasi pit-loom handweave — zero machine involvement

• Meenakari Zari Booti work: Coloured silk threads woven alongside real gold zari directly on the loom — not embroidered or printed

• Body motif: Scattered Meenakari Zari Booti across the full Katan Silk ground — individually distinct, precisely placed

• Border: Full-length wide layered gold zari border with Meenakari detail on both sides — richly finished

• Pallu: Magnificent multi-colour Meenakari Zari Booti Pallu with dense layered gold zari border frame

• Saree length: 5.5 metres + 0.8 m matching blouse piece = 6.3 m total

• Ideal for: Weddings, receptions, festive occasions, heirloom gifting, trousseau

SPECIFICATION Product Name / Katan Booti — Pure Katan Banarasi Handloom Saree Brand / Ekaasam SKU / EKA-KAT-BOT-001 Fabric / Pure Katan Silk Work Type / Meenakari Zari Booti Body Motif / Scattered Meenakari Zari Booti (Multi-colour + Gold Zari) Border Design / Wide Layered Gold Zari Border with Meenakari Detail Pallu / Multi-colour Meenakari Zari Booti Pallu with Dense Layered Gold Zari Border Frame Colour / Ivory Gold (also: Deep Ruby, Midnight Teal, Royal Purple) Saree Length / 5.5 Metres Blouse Piece / 0.8 Metres (included) Total Length / 6.3 Metres Weave Type / Banarasi Handloom — Pit Loom Occasion / Wedding, Reception, Festive, Heirloom, Trousseau Weight (approx.) / 830 grams Certification / Certified Handloom Product Origin / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh