Tissue Silk · Statement
Red Tissue Silk Saree — Kadwa Jaal
The most demanding piece in our collection — a full jaal over a metallic tissue base. Extraordinary presence, and far lighter than it looks.
₹132,000.00
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Delivering to Bengaluru, Karnataka
Buy Authentic Banarasi Saree in Bengaluru
Handwoven in Varanasi by fourth-generation karigars, sold direct from the loom. GI Certified, Silk Mark guaranteed, and at your door in Bengaluru within 3–4 working days.
3–4 Days
Dispatch to Bengaluru
GI Certified
Genuine Varanasi handloom
4th Generation
Karigars in Varanasi
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Across Bengaluru
Varanasi to Bengaluru
Closer to your looms than you might think
Bengaluru does not lack for places to buy silk. Chickpet, Avenue Road, Jayanagar and Malleswaram between them hold more silk retail than most states manage, and a Bengaluru buyer walks in already knowing what good fabric feels like. So we will not open by telling you that we are the only honest option in a city full of them. We are not.
What we can tell you is where our silk begins. Karnataka produces more raw silk than any other state in India, and the cocoon markets an hour outside this city are among the largest anywhere. A great deal of the mulberry yarn that reaches weaving towns in the north — including Varanasi — is reeled in this belt. Every Banarasi Saree we send back to Bengaluru is woven by hand on a pit loom by karigar families in Lallapura, Madanpura, Alaipura and Jaitpura, and carries three certifications: the GI tag for Varanasi origin, the Silk Mark for silk purity, and the Handloom Mark for genuine hand weaving.
We do not have a counter here. What we offer instead is a live video call from the workshop, where you can inspect the weave, the zari and the reverse of the fabric before anything is dispatched.
Chosen for Bengaluru
Six weaves across every register
A statement tissue for the reception, Shikargah and Meena jaal for the wedding, and lighter Kora, Tanchui and Organza for the functions on either side. Every piece below is live stock, photographed in daylight, ready to ship.
Katan Silk · Bridal
Red Katan Silk Saree — Kadwa Sikargha Jaal
The classic bridal red, with a Shikargah jaal woven motif by motif. Firm drape, deep sheen — made to be kept, not replaced.
₹84,000.00
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Katan Silk · Wedding
Magenta Katan Silk Saree — Meena Jaal
Meena work brings coloured silk into the zari jaal, so the pattern reads in colour as well as gold. The most worked piece on this page.
₹79,000.00
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Kora Silk · Daytime
Powder Blue Kora Silk Saree — Kadwa Meena Booti
Light body with coloured Meena booti worked into the zari. Holds its shape through a long morning without weighing on the shoulder.
₹40,000.00
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Katan Silk · Understated
Teal Blue Katan Silk Saree — Tanchui Booti
Tanchui weaving gives a satin-smooth surface with self-toned booti — rich without heavy zari. A quieter choice that still reads as silk.
₹35,000.00
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Organza Silk · Haldi
Yellow Organza Silk Saree — Kadwa Boota
Sheer, crisp and bright, holding its shape all day. A natural pick for haldi mornings and daytime celebrations.
₹21,000.00
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What you are actually buying
Power-loom copies are sold as "Banarasi" every day, in every city. Here is how ours differ — and how to check for yourself.
Three certifications, not a sticker
The GI tag confirms Varanasi origin, the Silk Mark confirms pure mulberry silk, and the Handloom Mark confirms hand weaving. We can show you the registration for any saree you are considering.
No middlemen between you and the karigar
We work with the same weaving families in Lallapura, Madanpura, Alaipura and Jaitpura across four generations. Ask which household wove your saree and we will tell you.
Handwoven, with the marks to prove it
One saree takes two weeks to a month and a half on a pit loom. Turn it over: slightly raised threads and small variations between motifs are the signature of hand weaving, and a machine copy has neither.
Zari that ages instead of shedding
Genuine zari feels faintly rough and metallic and darkens gently over years of wear. Plastic-coated imitation feels slippery and leaves a gold tint on your fingers.
A video call from the workshop
With no counter in Bengaluru, this is how we close the distance: the drape, the zari and the true colour shown in daylight over WhatsApp video, plus extra photographs of any detail you ask about.
Priced by the weave, not the postcode
You pay the same in Bengaluru as a buyer standing in our Varanasi showroom. Shipping across India is free, and the price reflects the silk, the zari and the hours on the loom — nothing else.
Where the thread comes from
The silk may have started an hour from your house
Most people picture a Banarasi saree as an entirely northern object. The raw material tells a different story — one that begins in the mulberry fields around this city and ends back here, woven.
Stage one
Mulberry fields
Smallholder farms across Ramanagara, Chikkaballapur, Kolar and Mandya raise silkworms on mulberry leaf. Karnataka produces more raw silk than any other state in India.
Stage two
The cocoon market
Ramanagara, roughly 50 km down the Mysuru road, runs Asia's largest cocoon market — tens of thousands of kilos auctioned to reelers every single day.
Stage three
Reeling
Reelers cook and unwind the cocoons into raw silk filament. It takes several kilos of cocoons to make one kilo of silk, which is a large part of why real silk costs what it does.
Stage four
North, to the looms
Much of that yarn travels to India's weaving centres, Varanasi among them, where it is dyed and mounted on pit looms in the mohallas our karigars have worked in for four generations.
Stage five
Back to Bengaluru
Two to six weeks later, a saree exists that did not before. Three or four days after that, it is at an address in Jayanagar, Whitefield or Indiranagar.
What we will and will not claim
Karnataka produces over 40 percent of India's raw silk, and the sericulture belt around Bengaluru is central to the national supply chain that feeds weaving towns including Varanasi. That much is a matter of public record.
What we will not do is claim that a specific saree's yarn was reeled in a specific market. Silk is bought in lots and blended through the trade, and any seller who tells you they can trace one saree back to one cocoon auction is telling you a story. What we can trace, and will, is the loom and the family that wove it.
Bengaluru, specifically
Weddings that answer to four states at once
No other city we ship to has wedding guest lists like Bengaluru's. A single reception here routinely holds Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayali, Marathi, Bengali and North Indian families in the same hall, often within the same family. That has a practical consequence for what a bride and her mother choose: a saree that reads as unambiguously regional can quietly become a statement about which side of the family the wedding belongs to. A Banarasi sidesteps that entirely. It is recognised as fine everywhere in India and claimed by nobody, which is why it turns up so often at receptions in this city.
The second Bengaluru particular is that the occasions are not only traditional ones. Alongside Varamahalakshmi, Ugadi, Ganesh Chaturthi and Dasara, our Bengaluru orders cluster around engagement dinners, registered-marriage receptions, milestone anniversaries and the office Diwali party — occasions that want something beautiful but not bridal. That is exactly where a Tanchui, a Kora with fine booti or a lighter Banarasi Saree in an understated shade does its best work.
The climate helps too. Bengaluru is mild enough that a structured Katan is comfortable through most of the year rather than only in an air-conditioned hall, and the evenings are cool enough that heavy silk is a pleasure rather than an endurance test.
- Wedding & muhurtaShikargah, Meena Jaal or full Kadwa jaal Katan silk in red, magenta or deep green.
- ReceptionTissue silk and dense jaal weaves that hold their own under bright hall lighting.
- Engagement & anniversary dinnersTanchui and Kora — rich up close, understated across a room.
- Varamahalakshmi & festival daysCream, gold and powder shades with fine gold booti.
- Haldi & daytime celebrationsOrganza and lighter Kora — sheer, crisp and easy to carry.
In their words
What buyers tell us
★★★★★
“I was sceptical about buying a saree online and Panaya proved me wrong. The fabric and the finishing are bridal-level, and it arrived on time.”
★★★★★
“I ordered from the pictures and it looked better in person. The booti work is fine and neat — I'll be ordering again for my sisters.”
★★★★★
“I wasn't sure how tissue silk would drape and I was pleasantly surprised. Light on the body, rich in look — perfect for a summer wedding.”
Questions from Bengaluru
Before you order
Do you deliver Banarasi sarees to Bengaluru, and how long does it take?
Yes. We ship to every pin code in Bengaluru, including Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Basavanagudi, Malleswaram, Rajajinagar, Indiranagar, Koramangala, HSR Layout, Whitefield, Sarjapur Road, Yelahanka and Electronic City. Orders are dispatched from our Varanasi workshop and usually reach Bengaluru in 3–4 working days. Shipping is free across India.
Why buy online when Chickpet and Jayanagar are half an hour away?
For speed and for touching the fabric, a good Bengaluru silk house is hard to beat, and we would not pretend otherwise. Where buying direct helps is provenance and range. A retailer stocks what its buyer selected last season, usually sourced through one or more intermediaries, and often cannot tell you which loom or which weaving family made a particular saree. We can, because we work with those families directly in Varanasi — and because there is no shopfront in the chain, the price reflects silk, zari and loom hours rather than rent on a commercial street.
Is the silk in a Banarasi saree related to Karnataka silk?
More than most people realise. Karnataka produces over 40 percent of India's raw silk, and Ramanagara — about 50 km from Bengaluru — runs Asia's largest cocoon market, where tens of thousands of kilos of cocoons are auctioned to reelers every day. Reelers turn those cocoons into raw silk yarn, and a great deal of that yarn travels north to weaving centres including Varanasi. We cannot trace an individual saree back to a single cocoon lot, and we will not claim to. But the mulberry silk tradition that feeds our looms and the sericulture belt around Bengaluru are part of the same supply chain.
How do I check that a Banarasi saree is genuine handloom before ordering?
Every Panaya saree carries GI certification, the Silk Mark and the Handloom Mark, covering origin, silk purity and hand weaving. You can also check the weave yourself: on real handloom the reverse looks close to the front, with slightly raised threads and small variations between motifs, while a power-loom copy has a flat, printed-looking back with identical repeats. Real zari feels faintly rough and metallic; imitation zari feels slippery and can leave a gold tint on your fingers.
What does a genuine Banarasi saree cost in Bengaluru?
Georgette and Organza Banarasi sarees begin around ₹21,000, Kora silk sits between ₹35,000 and ₹45,000, and handwoven Katan silk with heavy zari runs from ₹50,000 upward depending on the weave and zari coverage. Anything sold as pure silk with real zari below ₹8,000 is almost certainly a power-loom copy. You pay the same price in Bengaluru as in our Varanasi showroom, and shipping is free.
How far ahead should I order for a Bengaluru wedding?
Six to eight weeks for a wedding date. A heavy Kadwa, Shikargah or full jaal saree takes between two weeks and a month and a half on the loom and cannot be rushed, and the best pieces in each lot are taken first. If your date is closer than that, message us on WhatsApp and we will tell you honestly what is finished and ready to dispatch rather than promising a weave that cannot be compressed.
Woven in Varanasi · Delivered in Bengaluru
Find the saree you will keep
Browse the full collection of handwoven Katan, Kora, Tissue, Organza and Georgette silk — or tell us the occasion and the date, and we will shortlist three pieces for you.