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# Shwet Heritage

> Craftmark-certified hand-embroidered Chikankari: kurtas, sarees and heirloom pieces made by 1,000+ fairly-paid artisan women in Lucknow. Free delivery across India.

Slogan: "Wear Chikankari, Empower Lives."

Shwet Heritage (formerly Shwet Artistry) is an NGO-born, Craftmark-certified (License 278P060) hand-embroidery house from Lucknow, India. More than 1,000 artisan women across self-help groups embroider every piece and earn ₹500 per kurta — roughly ten times the historical middleman rate. All prices include tax; delivery across India is free.

## Collections

- [Sarees](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/sarees): Hand-embroidered Chikankari sarees from Lucknow across five cloths — cloud-soft mulmul, checkered Kota doria, luminous Chanderi, fluid georgette and viscose. Every drape carries named stitches worked by Craftmark-certified artisan hands, from everyday tepchi fields to five-stitch heirloom compositions, ₹3,850 to ₹25,999.
- [Chanderi Chikankari Sarees](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/sarees/chanderi): Chanderi’s glass-like sheen is the dressiest ground Chikankari inhabits. These 5.5-metre drapes carry up to five hand-worked stitches — phanda, pechni, keel, chana patti, bakhiya — from luminous white-on-white to reception-deep black, each with an unstitched blouse length included and a gentle dry clean as its only demand.
- [Kota Doria Chikankari Sarees](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/sarees/kota-doria): Kota doria’s square khat checks trap air, making these the lightest sarees India weaves — crisp pleats, sheer fall, all-day comfort. Rajasthan’s loom meets Lucknow’s needle: tepchi lines and keel points hand-worked across two-tone twilights, parrot greens and kite-season blues.
- [Mulmul Chikankari Sarees](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/sarees/mulmul): Mulmul is the featherweight cotton muslin that made Lucknow embroidery famous — soft enough to pull through a ring, light enough to wear through a June wedding. These sarees carry bakhiya, phanda, pechni and ghas-patti handwork on cloud-soft grounds from sindoor red to jamun purple, all under ₹4,000.
- [Georgette Chikankari Sarees](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/sarees/georgette): Georgette is a fine crepe cloth with a pebbled grain that falls rather than holds, so the pleats drop straight and the pallu hangs close to the body. Four Chikankari sarees are hand embroidered on it in Lucknow, from tepchi and keel kangan lines on black to six stitch all over work with jaali on yellow and turquoise, from ₹3,850.
- [Kurta Sets](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/kurta-sets): Complete hand-embroidered outfits — kurtas with matching or contrast pants, and the semi-stitched Anarkali sets of our Heritage atelier. One decision in the morning, genuine Lucknow needlework all day: chana patti, hathkati open-work, even true mukaish metal sparkle on the festive sets.
- [Kurtas & Kurtis](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/kurtis): Single kurtas built for real wardrobes: pintucked mandarin collars for work, flared kali cuts for movement, knee-length dresses for both. Each carries hand-embroidered Chikankari from Lucknow self-help groups — shadow bakhiya, knotted phanda, running tepchi — on breathable mulmul and cambric.
- [Kali Chikankari Kurtas](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/kurtis/kali-kurtas): A kali kurta is cut in panels, kalis, that are sewn into a flare below the yoke, so the hem swings wide while the shoulder stays fitted. Fourteen are hand embroidered here in Lucknow, from the pintuck front with five stitches to the 36 kali cut with a full button placket, in yellows, greens, pinks, lavender, sky blue, beige and black, from ₹2,360.
- [Mulmul Chikankari Kurtas](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/kurtis/mulmul): Mulmul is the fine cotton muslin that Lucknow embroidery was built on, light enough to pull through a ring and cool against the skin through June. The kurtas cut from it here run from a pintuck front to the 36 kali flare, hand embroidered in Lucknow with bakhiya shadow work, phanda, ghas patti and keel kangan, in yellows, greens, lavender, sky blue and black, from ₹2,720.
- [Tops & Shirts](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/tops): Chikankari in a modern register — angarkha wraps, embroidered shirts, sleeveless and cropped cuts, tiered swings. The silhouettes are contemporary; the needlework is uncompromised Lucknow handcraft, worked by the same hands that embroider our heirloom sarees, on breathable cottons that carry an Indian summer without complaint.
- [Dupattas & Stoles](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/dupattas-stoles): The fastest way to wear Lucknow: pastel cotton dupattas and sheer Chanderi stoles hand-embroidered with bakhiya, phanda and drawn-thread hathkati. One-size, all-occasion, endlessly giftable — this is the category where genuine hand-embroidered craft keeps its gentlest prices, and where a single throw upgrades whatever it lands on.
- [Chanderi Stoles](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/dupattas-stoles/chanderi-stoles): Sheer Chanderi stoles in five ceremony shades — the smallest objects in the catalogue that carry the full luxury signal. Hand-embroidered bakhiya, phanda and drawn-thread hathkati on translucent silk-cotton make these the definitive corporate gift, the easiest first Shwet purchase, and the quickest way to dress a plain outfit up.
- [Mulmul Chikankari Dupattas](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/dupattas-stoles/mulmul): A mulmul dupatta weighs almost nothing over a kurta, 2.5 metres of fine cotton muslin at 70 to 75 GSM that a shopper can pull through a ring. Six are hand embroidered in Lucknow, white bakhiya, phanda and tepchi on pastel purple, peach, pink and butter yellow, and tepchi in white, orange and green on a white ground, at ₹3,499.
- [Heritage Atelier](https://www.shwetheritage.in/collections/heritage-atelier): The atelier tier: semi-stitched Anarkali sets, bridal lehengas, all-over-worked georgettes and dense viscose drapes carrying the fullest stitch vocabularies our karkhana produces. These are finished by your own tailor to your exact measurements. Each carries the stitches named on its product page and our Craftmark licence, 278P060.

## Products

- [Jacaranda Lavender Mulmul Short Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-pastel-poise-lavendar-short-top) — ₹1,699 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Lavender sits so close to white that across a room the thread is a scatter of pale marks, and at arm's length the larger ones open into rings of phanda knots. In Lucknow, Madhu hand embroidered ghas patti into the leaves of each cuff band and bakhiya, the shadow work, from the reverse of the mulmul. Jacaranda flowers lavender, the cloth sheer at 70–75 GSM, 100% cotton.
- [Mishri Pastel Pink Mulmul Short Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-pastel-poise-pink-short-top) — ₹1,699 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Neelam spent her thread at the V, phanda knots packed into paisleys on this pastel pink mulmul short top, then spaced the rest as single sprays. Keel kangan flowers and ghas patti leaves carry white thread to the hem and to one buti at centre back, hand embroidered in Lucknow. Mishri is rock sugar, and those knots are its crystals, raised under a fingertip on 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM.
- [Shikanji Lemon Yellow Mulmul Shirt](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-lemon-yellow-shirt) — ₹1,899 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Manisha hand embroidered this lemon yellow shirt in Lucknow, filling the front panels and leaving the back plain. Tepchi keeps to the print in white thread, and keel kangan finishes the flowers with a point at the centre and a ring around that point, both worked on the face of the mulmul, 70–75 GSM, 60 denier warp and weft, 100% cotton. Shikanji is the lemon drink.
- [Gulaab Pink Mulmul Shirt](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-pink-shirt) — ₹1,899 — currently sold out (waitlist open): The white thread on the pink ground is Phoolmati's, tepchi and keel kangan hand embroidered in Lucknow, and the contrast hides no stitch: the tepchi runs the printed line dash by dash. Mulmul at 70–75 GSM, 60 denier in warp and weft, gathers into the cuff of a puffed sleeve without building bulk at the forearm. Gulaab, the rose, keeps its pink plain at the placket and back.
- [Sherbet Peach Mulmul Shirt](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-peach-shirt) — ₹1,899 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Sherbet is poured over ice through the hot months, and mulmul is the cloth those months ask for, 100% cotton at 70–75 GSM. Meena, in Lucknow, hand embroidered this shirt in white thread, tepchi following the printed motif, and at the flower centres keel sets a point that kangan then rings. White does the drawing up both front panels, peach stays inside it, and the back carries no work.
- [Sadaf Olive Green Chinnon Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/sadaf-olive-green-chinnon-saree) — ₹8,390: Olive green is the last colour a sea shell suggests, until you tilt one: Sadaf means shell and mother of pearl, and a gold sheen crosses this chinnon. In beige thread, hand embroidered in Lucknow by the maker, bakhiya shadow work lays the pallu's lattice, phanda knots each buti's rim and keel kangan sets its centre. A rose copper scallop edges the 5.5 metres, 80 cm blouse piece included.
- [Barkha French Blue Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/barkha-french-blue-kota-saree) — ₹4,490: Tepchi outlines a petal and leaves it unfilled, so the French blue Kota check shows inside the white flowers. The maker hand embroidered this cotton and silk in Lucknow, phanda knots at the flower centres and keel kangan ringing the widest, 5.5 metres with no blouse piece. Barkha is rain, and where the cloth doubles, the flowers underneath blur through like drops behind a window.
- [Pudina Light Green Organza Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/pudina-light-green-organza-dupatta) — ₹4,190: Bakhiya crosses its white thread on the back of the cloth, and this pale lime organza shows each crossing from the front, a herringbone inside every flower petal. Pudina is mint, whose leaves grow in pairs, and the sprays the maker hand embroidered in Lucknow down both long edges pair theirs too. The polyester organza, 2.5 metres by 95 cm, lies crisp over the wrist and holds a fold.
- [Kohra White Organza Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/kohra-white-organza-dupatta) — ₹4,190: A kurta already in the cupboard goes to a winter wedding under Kohra, which means fog, and its colour comes through a shade paler. The leaves are the maker's, hand embroidered in Lucknow, white on white in bakhiya shadow work, and in a fold, a lower leaf shows faintly through the upper. Polyester organza stands away from the shoulder instead of lying on it, 2.5 metres long, 95 cm wide.
- [Shabnam White Organza Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shabnam-white-organza-dupatta) — ₹4,190: White on white organza shows the colour of any kurta under it, as dew shows the green of its leaf, and Shabnam is dew. The maker hand embroidered a lattice in Lucknow, bakhiya shadow work in diagonal rows with a phanda knot set in each motif. The polyester cloth runs 2.5 metres by 95 cm, sheer enough to show the bangles at a wrist.
- [Kusum Red Organza Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/kusum-red-organza-dupatta) — ₹4,190: A hand behind one layer of this organza shows every finger, and the cloth reads coral there and red wherever it folds double. Named for safflower, the old red dye, Kusum is a polyester dupatta, 2.5 metres long and 95 cm wide. The maker hand embroidered it in Lucknow with white thread, bakhiya shadow work in the flower petals and a border of fern sprays along the edge.
- [Aparajita Ivory Rayon Short Kurta and Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/aparajita-ivory-rayon-short-kurta-and-pant-set) — ₹3,899 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Rayon that falls straight from the shoulder gives a climbing vine its line: Aparajita, the butterfly pea, in blue columns on ivory. Upari bakhiya packs flowers and leaves solid, with pechni, phanda and ghas patti on the vines and edges, all hand embroidered in Lucknow by the maker. The 36 inch pant repeats the cuff band at its hem, both pieces 100% rayon, bust 37.5 to 45.5 inches.
- [Phagun Fuchsia Pink Cotton Kurti and Mustard Palazzo Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/phagun-fuchsia-pink-cotton-kurti-and-mustard-palazzo-set) — ₹2,199 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Phagun is the Holi month, gulaal thrown over mustard in flower, and the set keeps that order, fuchsia pink cotton above a 36 inch mustard palazzo that flowers at the hem. The maker hand embroidered five stitches in Lucknow, bakhiya, phanda, pechni, keel kangan and ghas patti, mustard on pink at the kurti's neck and cuffs, then tone on tone on the palazzo's band, where flowers stand out by height.
- [Palash Rust Orange Cambric Yoke Kurta and White Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/palash-rust-orange-cambric-yoke-kurta-and-white-pant-set) — ₹2,699: Flame of the forest flowers on bare branches, yet Palash, the rust orange cambric kurta named for it, is worked in white rows of leaves. Four stitches, hand embroidered in Lucknow by the maker: ghas patti for the chevrons, upari bakhiya filling each leaf, pechni raising the lines between, phanda for the knots. The white pants run 36 inches to a rust hem band, the bust 38 to 46 inches.
- [Saunf Pesto Green Cambric Yoke Kurta and Yellow Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/saunf-pesto-green-cambric-yoke-kurta-and-yellow-pant-set) — ₹2,799: A lunch table sees a woman from the waist up, which is where Saunf, named for the green fennel passed round after meals, puts its densest work. The maker hand embroidered the yoke and cuffs in Lucknow, beige on pesto green cambric: upari bakhiya closes each petal, ghas patti pairs the leaves and phanda ties each flower's centre. The yellow pants run 36 inches, the kurta's bust 38 to 46.
- [Nilofar White Cambric Yoke Kurta and French Blue Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/nilofar-white-cambric-yoke-kurta-and-french-blue-pant-set) — ₹2,699: French blue thread opens on white cambric the way Nilofar, the blue water lily, opens on still water, and the pants turn it round, white leaves on French blue. Both were hand embroidered in Lucknow by the maker, upari bakhiya weighting the yoke leaves, pechni raising stems, phanda knotting flower centres, ghas patti banding cuffs and pant hems. Bust 38 to 46 inches, pants 36 inches, 2 pockets in each.
- [Syahi Black Cambric Short Kurta and Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/syahi-black-cambric-short-kurta-and-pant-set) — ₹3,599 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Black cambric is the page and beige thread the writing on Syahi, named for ink that has changed places with its paper. The maker hand embroidered the yoke in Lucknow, upari bakhiya closing each leaf in thread a thumb can find, phanda pinning each flower's centre, ghas patti edging neck and cuffs. Butis drop down the 36 inch pant, the short kurta 37.25 to 45.25 inches at the bust.
- [Zewar Burgundy Red Rayon Kurta and Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/zewar-burgundy-red-rayon-kurta-and-pant-set) — ₹4,490 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Zewar means jewellery, and the necklace on this burgundy red rayon kurta is beige thread, crescents and leaves hung from the neckline. The maker hand embroidered the set in Lucknow with four stitches, upari bakhiya filling the leaves, phanda knots ringing each crescent, ghas patti along the cuffs and pechni cording the pant hems. Both pieces are 100% rayon, the pant 36 inches long, the bust 37.5 to 45.5 inches.
- [Koyla Black Cambric Yoke Kurta and Grey Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/koyla-black-cambric-yoke-kurta-and-grey-pant-set) — ₹2,699: Upari bakhiya fills the broad leaves on this black cambric in grey thread, ash on the coal Koyla is named for. Yoke and cuffs are the maker's, hand embroidered in Lucknow, pechni winding the stems into a cord, ghas patti on the small leaves, phanda knots at the flower hearts. Garment bust runs 38 to 46 inches over grey pants 36 inches long, black leaves above each hem.
- [Surajmukhi Golden Yellow Chiffon Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/surajmukhi-golden-yellow-chiffon-saree) — ₹7,499 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Chiffon has no body of its own, so this saree takes the wearer's line rather than holding one, pleats falling narrow, pallu lying close. Rinki hand embroidered three stitches in green on the golden yellow in Lucknow, bakhiya shading each bud from the reverse, phanda knotted, pechni wound into a raised cord. Surajmukhi means sunflower, the ground's yellow, and the 5.5 metres come with an 80 cm blouse piece.
- [Jheel Blue Modal Jaipuri Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/jheel-blue-modal-jaipuri-kurta) — ₹4,990: Six stitches went into this blue kurta and the yoke shows every one: bakhiya from the reverse, phanda and murri knots, pechni cord, keel kangan points, chana patti leaves in threes. The maker hand embroidered all six in one pale pink thread in Lucknow, on modal satin at 75–80 GSM. Jheel is a lake, and Jaipuri names the cut, not the embroidery: knee length, two pockets, a button placket.
- [Mogra White and Green Mulmul Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/mogra-white-and-green-mulmul-dupatta) — ₹3,499: Tepchi goes over and under the mulmul, so its line is a row of dashes, and on this dupatta the dashes are the whole embroidery. The maker hand embroidered them in Lucknow, white dashes drawing the creeper, green ones run side by side until each bird has a body. Mogra is the Arabian jasmine, white buds among green leaves, and the 2.5 metres at 70–75 GSM end in green tassels.
- [Harsingar White Multicolour Mulmul Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/harsingar-white-multicolour-mulmul-dupatta) — ₹3,499 — currently sold out (waitlist open): White thread nearly vanishes on white mulmul, so the orange and green birds are read first on this dupatta. The maker hand embroidered the three colours in Lucknow with one stitch, tepchi, a running stitch that outlines each bird and fills it row by row. Harsingar is the night jasmine, white petals on an orange stalk, and the 2.5 metres at 70–75 GSM end in tassels of all three colours.
- [Makhan Pastel Yellow Mulmul Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/makhan-pastel-yellow-mulmul-dupatta) — ₹3,499: Makhan is butter, and this mulmul dupatta is the pale yellow of it, a ground light enough that white thread still shows against it. The maker hand embroidered one stitch across its 2.5 metres in Lucknow, tepchi, the running line that draws every flower and leaf of the creeper in white. The cloth is 70–75 GSM and ends in a plain hem, no tassel.
- [Anar White and Magenta Mulmul Kurta and Garara Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/anar-white-and-magenta-mulmul-kurta-and-garara-set) — ₹5,550: Magenta on white is Anar's whole palette, pomegranate seed for the thread, five stitches on white mulmul, the dupatta the same magenta. The maker hand embroidered the kurta in Lucknow, bakhiya behind the cloth, chana patti, keel kangan, phanda and pechni on its face, mukaish badla metal alongside. Tissue organza at 250 x 100 cm makes the dupatta, an elastic waist holds the white garara, the kurta 70–75 GSM mulmul.
- [Zaitoon Mehendi Green Mulmul Kurta and Garara Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/zaitoon-mehendi-green-mulmul-kurta-and-garara-set) — ₹5,550: Zaitoon is the olive, and henna paste is olive green before it stains, the mehendi green of this mulmul kurta. The maker hand embroidered it in white thread in Lucknow, pechni twisting the vine into raised cord, ghas patti fanning its leaves, phanda knotting buds, mukaish badla metal alongside. The kurta is 70–75 GSM, the garara white on an elastic waist, the dupatta 250 x 100 cm tissue organza.
- [Pitambar Mustard Mulmul Kurta and Garara Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/pitambar-mustard-mulmul-kurta-and-garara-set) — ₹5,625: A haldi morning is dressed in yellow, and Pitambar, the yellow cloth Krishna wears, answers with a mustard mulmul kurta, white garara and tissue organza dupatta. The maker hand embroidered the kurta in Lucknow, white thread, keel kangan, a ring around each pointed centre, phanda knots, mukaish badla metal alongside. The mulmul weighs 70–75 GSM, the dupatta 250 x 100 cm, the garara elastic at the waist.
- [Geru Rust Orange Mulmul Kurta and Cambric Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/geru-rust-orange-mulmul-kurta-and-cambric-pant-set) — ₹4,890: Hathkati works by taking thread away, not adding it, so the white lines down this rust orange mulmul are openings, bound by hand. The maker hand embroidered a buti at the end of each line in Lucknow, phanda knots at its crown and chana patti leaves in threes at its foot. Geru is red ochre, and the kurta runs 70–75 GSM over cambric pants on an elastic waist.
- [Pista Light Green Mulmul Pintuck Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/pista-light-green-mulmul-pintuck-kurta) — ₹2,690: Mulmul at 70–75 GSM folds without thickening, so the pintucks on the yoke and cuffs of this light green kurta read as lines of shadow rather than ridges. The maker hand embroidered the body in Lucknow with tepchi, drawing paisleys and vines in white across the ground, and set phanda knots at the flower centres. Pista is pistachio, and the kurta falls calf length with one pocket.
- [Gehun Beige Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/gehun-beige-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹5,490 — currently sold out (waitlist open): The maker had two ways to close a flower centre on this wheat beige mulmul, a white phanda knot or a mukaish point, and chose motif by motif across the bodice. The petals, hand embroidered in Lucknow as bakhiya from the reverse, surface as shadow, and the mukaish badla, metal wire twisted through the cloth alongside, is what shines. Gehun is wheat, and the 36 kali panels are 70–75 GSM.
- [Amrood Salmon Pink Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/amrood-salmon-pink-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹5,490 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Amrood is the guava, green outside, and this mulmul's salmon pink is the fruit's flesh, not its skin. Phanda is knotted on the face and bakhiya laid behind it, hand embroidered in white by the maker in Lucknow, with mukaish badla alongside, metal wire flattened and pierced through the cloth. Dense above the waist, the work thins below it to scattered flowers and metal points, 36 kali panels, 70–75 GSM.
- [Banafsha Purple Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/banafsha-purple-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹3,990: 36 kali panels are cut into this purple mulmul, and the four stitches the maker hand embroidered on it in Lucknow share one white thread. Bakhiya, sewn from the reverse, surfaces each petal as a lilac shadow, ghas patti fans the leaves, keel points and kangan rings set the centres, phanda knots dot the skirt. Banafsha names the violet flower, 70–75 GSM, the button placket running down into the flare.
- [Aasmani Sky Blue Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/aasmani-sky-blue-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹3,990: Beige thread on sky blue is sand under a clear sky, and the creeper the maker hand embroidered across this mulmul in Lucknow is a second tone of the cloth before it is a pattern. Bakhiya fills the flowers from the reverse, ghas patti fans leaves along the vine, phanda knots the centres. Aasmani means sky blue, 70–75 GSM in 36 kali panels, buttoned the full length of the front.
- [Kaner Yellow Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/kaner-yellow-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹3,990: Mulmul lets light through instead of stopping it, so this yellow deepens where the flare folds double and pales where one layer hangs alone. The maker hand embroidered the beige in Lucknow, bakhiya lying on the reverse as shadow, ghas patti for the leaves, phanda at the flower centres. Kaner is the yellow oleander, the kurta calf length, 70–75 GSM, 36 kali panels, buttoned down the front.
- [Tulsi Sage Green Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/tulsi-sage-green-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹3,990: Ghas patti lays a leaf as two mirrored strokes, beige here on sage green mulmul, 70–75 GSM, so close in tone that the leaf is found at arm's length. The maker hand embroidered the vines with it in Lucknow, bakhiya beneath the flowers surfacing as shadow, phanda knotted at each centre. Named for holy basil, Tulsi is calf length in 36 kali panels, its placket buttoned to the hem.
- [Bakain Lilac Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/bakain-lilac-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹3,990: Bakain is the Persian lilac, the chinaberry whose flowers line Lucknow lanes in April, and the cloth here is that lilac, its thread white. The maker hand embroidered the white in Lucknow, densest at the yoke and sleeves, bakhiya behind the cloth so it arrives as shadow, ghas patti leaves down the vines, phanda knotting the centres. Calf length, buttoned neck to hem, 36 kali panels in 70–75 GSM mulmul.
- [Mehak Parrot Green Pintuck Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-green-pintex-kali-kurta) — ₹3,890: A hot afternoon is what Mehak is cut for: mulmul at 70–75 GSM in kali panels that swing clear of the legs to the calf, white embroidery at the yoke, cuffs and hem, butis scattered between. The maker hand embroidered five stitches there in Lucknow, bakhiya, phanda, pechni, chana patti and keel kangan, over pintucks that fan from a round buttoned neck. Mehak means fragrance, worn here in parrot green.
- [Kachnar Lavender Pintuck Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-lavendar-pintex-kali-kurti) — ₹3,890 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Kachnar is the orchid tree whose pink lavender blossom opens over Awadh in spring, and the mulmul here is dyed to that flower, 70–75 GSM, with white thread doing all the drawing. The maker hand embroidered five stitches across it in Lucknow, bakhiya, phanda, pechni, chana patti and keel kangan, over a pintucked yoke with a round buttoned neck. Kali panels flare from the yoke seam to the calf.
- [Santra Orange Pintuck Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-cream-pintex-kali-kurta) — ₹3,890: White on orange reads as pure contrast until bakhiya: worked from the reverse, it comes through 70–75 GSM mulmul as a paler orange, and only phanda knots and pechni cords stay white. The maker hand embroidered all five stitches in Lucknow, chana patti leaves and keel kangan points with them, over a pintucked yoke and a round buttoned neck. Santra is the orange, cut in kali panels to the calf.
- [Kamal Pink Pintuck Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-baby-pink-pintex-kali-kurta) — ₹3,890: White thread does two things against this pink: on the face it draws by contrast, and from the reverse it lightens the ground, bakhiya showing through 70–75 GSM mulmul as a paler pink. The maker hand embroidered five stitches in Lucknow, bakhiya, phanda, pechni, chana patti and keel kangan, over pintucks fanning from a round buttoned neck. Kamal is the lotus, cut in kali panels that flare to the calf.
- [Raat Black Mulmul Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/raat-black-mulmul-kali-kurta) — ₹3,990 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Raat is the night kurta, black sheer mulmul cut in flared kali panels. Sufiya hand embroidered four stitches across it in Lucknow, bakhiya shadow work laid from the reverse, chana patti and ghas patti leaves, and phanda knots between them. Knee length with a round buttoned neck, it is the line's darkest and most worked kurta.
- [Shab Black and Beige Chanderi Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-black-chanderi-saree) — ₹15,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): 95 ends and 62 picks to the inch make this Chanderi, semi sheer and black, the night Shab is named for. Beige is the only thread colour, and bakhiya, worked from behind, surfaces lighter than the ground while chana patti, keel kangan, pechni and phanda sit on the face at full beige. Meera hand embroidered it in Lucknow, a 5.5 metre drape and 80 cm for the blouse.
- [Sandal Beige Chanderi Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-beige-chikankari-saree) — ₹15,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Meena laid no bare running line under this saree's motifs and worked nothing from the reverse, so the drawing arrives on the face: pechni wrapped into a cord, chana patti in threes along a creeper, keel points inside kangan rings, phanda tying the buds. Sandal is sandalwood, beige in ground and thread, 5.5 metres of Chanderi, 115–120 GSM, hand embroidered in Lucknow, and the blouse piece measures 80 cm.
- [Moti Off White and Beige Chanderi Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-off-white-saree) — ₹15,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Shalendri had almost no contrast to judge by on this saree, the beige thread barely warmer than the off white Chanderi. Bakhiya on the back comes through the semi sheer weave a shade darker than the ground, and phanda knots the beige into the pearls Moti is named for, felt before seen. Hand embroidered in Lucknow, 5.5 metres, 95 ends to 62 picks an inch, blouse piece 80 cm.
- [Mehndi Green Anarkali and Dupatta, Semi Stitched](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-mehendi-green-hand-embroidered-chikankari-semi-stitched-anarkali-dupatta-set) — ₹25,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Mehndi is the atelier's green, an anarkali and dupatta set in viscose georgette left semi stitched so your tailor finishes it to your measurements. Savitri hand embroidered the flare in Lucknow with bakhiya shadow work, phanda knots, keel kangan points and pechni wraps. Cut for weddings and mehndi mornings, the colour its name promises.
- [Sarson Mustard Anarkali and Dupatta, Semi Stitched](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-mustard-hand-embroidered-chikankari-semi-stitched-anarkali-dupatta) — ₹25,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Sarson is mustard in flower, and this semi stitched anarkali set wears the field's own colour in viscose georgette. Reeta hand embroidered it in Lucknow with phanda knots, bakhiya shadow work, chana patti leaves and keel kangan points, and true mukaish metal work sparkles alongside the thread. The dupatta completes it, your tailor fits it.
- [Rani Magenta Lehenga Set, Semi Stitched](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-magenta-hand-embroidered-chikankari-semi-stitched-lehenga-set) — ₹35,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Rani is the queen's magenta, the boldest cloth in the atelier, a semi stitched lehenga set of kurti, lehenga and dupatta in viscose georgette. Phoolmati, a large motif specialist with more than 12 years at the frame, hand embroidered five stitches across it in Lucknow, jaali lattice among bakhiya, keel, phanda and pechni. Your tailor completes the fit.
- [Basant Yellow Anarkali and Dupatta, Semi Stitched](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-hand-embroidered-chikankari-semi-stitched-anarkali-dupatta) — ₹25,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Basant is spring in Awadh, when fields and festivals both turn basanti yellow. Hema Devi hand embroidered this semi stitched anarkali and dupatta in Lucknow with bakhiya, chana patti, phanda and keel kangan, then cut dana beads and mukaish metal work were added for a quiet shimmer. Viscose georgette, finished to your measurements by your tailor.
- [Aaru Peach Anarkali and Dupatta, Semi Stitched](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-peach-hand-embroidered-chikankari-semi-stitched-anarkali-dupatta) — ₹25,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Aaru is the peach it is named for, an anarkali and dupatta set in viscose georgette from the atelier line. Sashi hand embroidered it in Lucknow, layering bakhiya shadow work, phanda knots and keel kangan points, with mukaish metal work glinting through the flare. Semi stitched on purpose, so your own tailor closes the fit.
- [Amaltas Yellow Pintuck Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-yellow-pintex-kali-kurta) — ₹3,890: Amaltas is the laburnum that drips gold over Lucknow in May, the yellow this kali kurta borrows. Sashi hand embroidered five stitches across the mulmul in Lucknow, bakhiya, phanda, pechni, chana patti and keel kangan. Calf length with a swinging kali flare, pintuck detailing and a round buttoned neck, sunshine cut loose.
- [Sonjuhi Lemon Yellow Mulmul Tiered Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-yellow-chikankari-tier-top) — ₹1,395: Lemon yellow is the ground of this top, and Shailendri, in Lucknow, hand embroidered a yoke that meets it two ways. Bakhiya, laid from the reverse of 70–75 GSM mulmul, 100% cotton, brings the yoke's scallop repeat through the cloth, while inside each scallop a phanda flower is knotted on the face, raised above the arcs. Sonjuhi is the yellow jasmine.
- [Saanjh Peach Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-peach-kota-cotton-silk-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: 100–112 grams per square metre is what this Kota doria weighs, 15.6% of it silk, against 80–85 for the house's all cotton doria. Rajiya hand embroidered the peach ground in Lucknow, every stitch in white thread, tepchi first and flat along the outlines, phanda after it, tied one knot at a time. Saanjh is early evening, and its 5.5 metres arrive without a blouse piece.
- [Dhundh Grey and Pink Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-grey-pink-kota-cotton-silk-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Warp and weft are both 20/22 denier on this Kota doria, one fineness of thread through 5.5 metres. In Lucknow, Hema Devi hand embroidered two stitches, tepchi drawing every line and keel setting the point at each flower centre, pink thread warm on the cool grey ground. Dhundh means mist, no other saree the house makes has a grey ground, and this one ships with no blouse piece.
- [Naram Peach Pintuck Mandarin Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/s-shwet-women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-peach-pintex-kurta) — ₹2,720: Naram means soft, which is both the peach of this cambric kurta and the hand of the cloth itself. Shailendri hand embroidered it in Lucknow in crisp white thread, tepchi lines, phanda knots and keel points running between rows of pressed pintucks. A mandarin collar and button placket keep it sharp for work, knee length with side slits.
- [Champa Yellow and White Cambric Pintuck Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-white-hand-embroidered-chikankari-pintex-kurta) — ₹2,720: 92 ends and 88 picks in every inch of 70–75 GSM cambric leave almost no slack, and a pintuck row pressed into it will not ease out. White tepchi runs first along the printed line, phanda knots the flower centres, both hand embroidered in Lucknow by Shailendri, with mukaish badla, metal wire, alongside them. Champa is the frangipani, yellow and white, the kurta's ground and its thread.
- [Jhilmil White Cambric Pintuck Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-hand-embroidered-chikankari-pintex-kurta) — ₹2,720: Shailendri put this kurta's shine into metal and left the thread raised under a fingertip, white on white cambric. Tepchi runs the line along each motif and phanda ties the knots, the pair hand embroidered in Lucknow. The mukaish badla worked alongside them is Jhilmil's shimmer, and the kurta is 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM, with a mandarin collar and one pocket.
- [Neel Sea Blue Cambric Pintuck Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-sea-blue-hand-embroidered-chikankari-pintex-kurta) — ₹2,720 — currently sold out (waitlist open): White thread carries the drawing on Neel, sea blue named for indigo, and the pintuck rows rise under the fingers. In Lucknow, Chandrakanti hand embroidered it, tepchi laid first for the line, phanda tying the buds, and mukaish badla sits beside that Chikankari. Cambric puts 88 picks in the inch where the house mulmul puts 20, on the same 92 ends, dense enough to stand a mandarin collar up.
- [Dhoop Yellow Mulmul Pintuck Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-chikankari-kurta) — ₹2,720: Dhoop is warm afternoon sun, taken literally in this yellow mulmul kurta. Chandrakanti hand embroidered tepchi lines, keel points and phanda knots in Lucknow, and the soft mulmul keeps the colour breathing through summer. Collared neckline with a V cut and buttons, knee length, straight hem with side slits, an easy everyday yellow.
- [Aftaab Yellow Georgette Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-yellow-georgette-chikankari-saree) — ₹24,950: Meena hand embroidered six Chikankari stitches into this yellow georgette in Lucknow, a count only Feroza matches in the catalogue. Thread and ground share one yellow here, the sun that Aftaab means, so relief does the reading: jaali parts warp and weft into an uncut net, bakhiya on the reverse, phanda, chana patti, pechni and keel kangan. Georgette falls rather than holds, 5.5 metres with an 80 cm blouse piece.
- [Koyal Black Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-black-hand-embroidered-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: Only one ground in the house's Kota doria is black, and this saree is the one, on cloth weighing 80–85 grams a square metre. White thread carries two stitches, and Meena hand embroidered both in Lucknow, tepchi laying the drawing down flat, phanda raising a knot at each bud. Koyal is the black cuckoo, and the 5.5 metre drape is 100% cotton with no blouse cloth.
- [Kairi Light Green and Sea Blue Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-light-green-hand-embroidered-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: Nothing on this light green saree is embroidered in green. Sea blue does the drawing instead, Pushpa marking out each motif in tepchi, then knotting the buds in phanda, the only texture in the embroidery. Kairi, the raw mango, is hand embroidered in Lucknow on a 5.5 metre Kota doria in 100% cotton, 78 ends by 66 picks to the inch, no blouse piece.
- [Bel Lemon Yellow Mulmul Sleeveless Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-hand-embroidered-chikankari-sleeveless-top) — ₹1,403: Tepchi lays each stem as a single running line, and Rubina Khatoon hand embroidered every leaf and petal in Lucknow, working that same line back and forth in close passes until the shape fills. The white creeper runs across the front of this lemon yellow mulmul top, 100% cotton woven to 70–75 GSM. Bel is that creeper.
- [Doodhiya White Mulmul Sleeveless Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-hand-embroidered-chikankari-sleeveless-top) — ₹1,403: Bakhiya is the one stitch on this top, sewn in Lucknow on the side of the mulmul that lies against the wearer, so the motif sits in the cloth like a watermark in paper, by density and not colour. Shilpa hand embroidered a milk white ground in milk white thread at 70–75 GSM, nothing raised on the face. Doodhiya means milk white, its mulmul 100% cotton.
- [Patta Light Green Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-light-green-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Lyocell is 7% of this Kota doria, silk another 15.6% and cotton the remaining 77.4%. Sulekha hand embroidered this cloth in Lucknow, tepchi drawn as a running line and phanda knotted onto it, white thread on light green. Patta is the leaf, and that green is where a leaf starts before it darkens, 5.5 metres in one piece, no blouse cloth to cut.
- [Hamrang Magenta Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-magenta-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Kota cotton silk is woven open, so this magenta is a colour light passes through. Tepchi is what Malti is known for in Chowk, and she hand embroidered it along the vines in Lucknow, phanda tying the small flowers between them into raised knots. Thread and ground are one magenta, the meaning of Hamrang, 5.5 metres in 77.4% cotton and 15.6% silk, and no cloth for a blouse.
- [Gulaal Pink and Purple Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-pink-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: 5.5 metres of pink Kota doria carry one purple thread, and it runs so near the ground that the flowers arrive as a change of tone rather than of colour. Shailendri hand embroidered them in Lucknow, tepchi drawing the stems and petal edges, keel setting a point at each centre. Gulaal is the Holi powder that runs pink into purple, no blouse piece, 80–85 GSM and 100% cotton.
- [Seher Sky Blue and Peach Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-sky-blue-and-peach-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Peach draws the flowers along the border and the pallu, blue draws the vine that carries them, and both come out of the same tepchi. Rajiya hand embroidered the sky blue Kota doria in Lucknow, keel setting a blue point at each flower centre there. 5.5 metres, 77.4% cotton at 100–112 grams to the square metre, and Seher is daybreak, peach light on a pale blue sky.
- [Angoori Green Mulmul Angarkha Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-green-white-women-chikankari-angarkha-top) — ₹1,675: Lalti left the gathered skirt below the empire seam to the dot the weave repeats. Tepchi, keel and phanda run together in white across the crossed bodice, along the V and out over the sleeves into a band at each cuff, hand embroidered in Lucknow. A grape gives Angoori its name and this mulmul its green, 70–75 GSM of 100% cotton.
- [Noor Pink Viscose Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-pink-viscose-saree) — ₹25,999: White is the only other colour on this pink viscose saree, with 80 cm of blouse cloth included. Sheetal hand embroidered five stitches in Lucknow, bakhiya from the reverse, phanda tied knot by knot, pechni wound into a raised cord, chana patti scattering leaves in threes, keel setting each flower centre and kangan ringing it. Noor is light, and across 5.5 metres of matte viscose the light is thread.
- [Zamurrad Green Viscose Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-green-chikankari-viscose-saree) — ₹25,999 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Jaali pushes the weave apart into a lattice, nothing cut. Pinki hand embroidered this saree in Lucknow, bakhiya on the underside, phanda knotted, pechni twisted into a standing cord, kangan ringing the keel point. Zamurrad means emerald, green thread on a green ground, so the drawing goes down into openings and up onto knots over 5.5 metres of fluid viscose, and a blouse piece of 80 cm is included.
- [Kanak Yellow Viscose Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-yellow-viscose-saree) — ₹25,999 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Chana patti sets three leaves to a stem, and the thread is the cloth's exact yellow, so height separates leaf from ground. Mamta hand embroidered yellow into yellow in Lucknow, bakhiya from behind the cloth, phanda knotting the buds, keel kangan a point inside a ring, pechni spiralled into a cord the thumb follows. Kanak means gold, and the matte viscose runs 5.5 metres, 80 cm blouse piece included.
- [Haldi Mustard Viscose Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mustard-viscose-saree) — ₹25,999 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Haldi is turmeric, and mustard is the colour it leaves on a hand that grinds it. Two stitches in white carry 5.5 metres of mustard viscose, and nothing outlines them: bakhiya set in from the opposite side of the cloth so it lies flat, phanda tied into knots that stand off the ground. Soni hand embroidered the two in Lucknow, with 80 cm of cloth for the blouse.
- [Besan Yellow Mulmul Kurta and Cambric Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-embroidered-yellow-kurta-pant-set-2) — ₹2,788: The gram that is ground for besan gives chana patti its name, and the stitch lays its leaf in threes, white on this yellow mulmul. Roopmati hand embroidered three Chikankari stitches in Lucknow, pechni winding a line up into a cord that stands off the cloth, phanda tying its knots one at a time. The kurta is mulmul at 70–75 GSM, the pants cambric, both 100% cotton.
- [Dhuan Black and Grey Mulmul Kurta and Cambric Pant Set](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-yellow-kurta-pant-set) — ₹2,788: Dhuan, the Urdu for smoke, hangs grey, and grey is the thread Meenakshi hand embroidered over this black mulmul in Lucknow. Ghas patti fans its grass blades in mirrored strokes, phanda knots each flower centre, pechni spirals a laid line into a cord raised enough to trace. Warp and weft run 60 D through both cloths, the mulmul kurta at 70–75 GSM and the cambric pants under it.
- [Patang Blue and Yellow Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-blue-yellow-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Phanda ties one yellow knot at the centre of every blue flower on the body. Keel answers in blue on the same blue ground, and bakhiya carries both colours into herringbone bands across the pallu and border. Patang is the kite, and the Kota doria, an open check, runs 5.5 metres, cotton at 77.4% and silk at 15.6%, every band and knot hand embroidered by Savitri in Lucknow.
- [Roli Yellow and Maroon Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-yellow-maroon-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Tepchi runs maroon and yellow, the only stitch here the maroon reaches, while phanda is tied knot by knot and keel sets each pointed centre, both in the ground's yellow, raised under the hand. Pushpa hand embroidered all three in Lucknow, 5.5 metres of Kota doria, 77.4% cotton at 100–112 grams to the square metre, no blouse piece. Roli is that red, turmeric turned by slaked lime into tilak powder.
- [Shafaq Blue and Pink Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-blue-pink-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Shailendri hand embroidered one stitch in Lucknow and worked nothing over it, so tepchi, normally the groundwork under a Chikankari drawing, is the whole embroidery, pink thread on a blue ground. Cotton makes up 77.4% of this Kota doria saree, silk 15.6% and lyocell 7%. Shafaq is the pink the sky turns at dusk, 5.5 metres in a single piece, blouse not included.
- [Feroza Turquoise Georgette Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-cyan-blue-georgette-chikankari-saree) — ₹24,999 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Feroza takes its name from the turquoise stone, and both ground and thread are turquoise. Meera hand embroidered six stitches in Lucknow, and two open the cloth: jaali eases threads aside into a net, and hool, on no other saree we make, pierces an eyelet and binds it. Bakhiya worked underneath, phanda, pechni and chana patti leave the weave closed, 5.5 metres of crinkled georgette, no blouse piece.
- [Bela Pastel Peach Mulmul Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-pestal-hues-peach-chikankari-cotton-dupatta) — ₹3,499: Bela comes off indoors and goes back on at the door, and at 70–75 GSM its 2.5 metres costs nothing to carry. One 60 denier yarn runs both warp and weft, so neither direction of the mulmul feels coarser than the other. Aarti hand embroidered two stitches in Lucknow, white as the jasmine Bela is named for, phanda knotting seed by seed, bakhiya taken along the underside.
- [Yakrang Pink Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-pink-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree-1) — ₹5,290: Yakrang is of one colour, and the pink is the thread's as well as the ground's, so what tells the two stitches apart is how they are made. Neelam hand embroidered them at two speeds in Lucknow, tepchi carried along the line in one pass, phanda stopping at each knot to tie it. Kota doria at 100–112 GSM, 77.4% cotton, 5.5 metres, blouse cloth not included.
- [Chandni White Chanderi Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-white-hand-embroidered-chikankari-chanderi-saree) — ₹9,010 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Chandni is moonlight, the light that drains colour and leaves a shape to be read by its shadows. White thread on white Chanderi sets a hand the same problem: Malti hand embroidered bakhiya from the reverse of the semi sheer cloth in Lucknow so the motif surfaces as shadow, then knotted phanda and wrapped pechni, the raised work a fingertip finds. 5.5 metres, blouse piece included at 80 cm.
- [Jalebi Peach Lehenga Choli](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-peach-hand-embroidered-chikankari-jalebi-lehenga-choli) — ₹12,000 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Jalebi takes its name from the spiral cut of its panels, which swing exactly like the sweet coils in a Lucknow halwai's pan. Ram Devi hand embroidered the peach georgette in Lucknow with bakhiya shadow work and phanda knots. Fully lined, the set includes the choli with three quarter sleeves, the panelled lehenga and a light dupatta.
- [Sunehri Yellow Mulmul Sleeveless Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-chikankari-sleeveless-top) — ₹1,403: The face of this yellow top carries shading and nothing raised, because bakhiya is its one stitch and Malti Dadi worked it on the back of the cloth. Hand embroidered in Lucknow in white thread, the mulmul is 100% cotton at 70–75 GSM, 60 D in warp and weft, and no knot or cord stands above it. Sunehri is golden, and the gold is the ground.
- [Gulqand Pink Mulmul Sleeveless Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-pink-chikankari-sleevless-top) — ₹1,403: White thread and a pink ground are the two colours on this top's cloth, the blue of the printing blocks washed out in the last stage. Shilpa hand embroidered no stitch but bakhiya in Lucknow, on the far side of the mulmul so the pattern arrives through 100% cotton at 70–75 GSM. Gulqand is rose petals kept in sugar, gul the rose and qand the sugar.
- [Phulwari Pink Kali Kurta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-pink-hand-embroidered-chikankari-kali-kurti) — ₹2,360: Phulwari means a flower garden, planted here in pink cotton with three stitches. Rubi, who learned the craft from the women of her own family, hand embroidered the pechni wraps, phanda knots and chana patti leaves in Lucknow, motifs placed to elongate the kali line. Round buttoned neck, three quarter sleeves, and an easy weight for long days.
- [Genda Yellow Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-yellow-hand-embroidered-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: Genda is the marigold, and this Kota doria saree carries that yellow across 5.5 metres. Lalti hand embroidered tepchi running lines and keel points onto it in Lucknow, in white thread that lifts clean off the yellow ground. The khat weave runs 78 ends to 66 picks an inch, light enough to pleat in one pass, and a crochet edge closes the border.
- [Khubani Peach Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-peach-kota-cotton) — ₹7,890: The Kota doria here runs 80–85 grams to the square metre, its checked grid a pattern before any thread. Khubani is the apricot, and white thread on a peach this light has nowhere to hide. Rubina Khatoon hand embroidered 5.5 metres of 100% cotton in Lucknow, her clean tepchi laying the outline, keel kangan pointing and ringing each flower centre, crochet edging along the border, and no blouse piece.
- [Pukhraj Light Yellow and Sea Blue Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-yellow-women-hand-embroidered-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Sea blue thread on a light yellow ground puts the whole drawing on this Kota doria saree in a second colour, and Pukhraj is that yellow, the light clear sapphire rather than the deep. Tepchi runs the outline and keel kangan rings each pointed flower centre, all of it hand embroidered by Meena in Lucknow across 5.5 metres of 100% cotton. No blouse piece ships with the saree.
- [Nimbu Pastel Yellow Mulmul Crop Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-pastel-poise-yellow-short-top) — ₹1,510: Every mark is a leaf or a knot, white thread on yellow mulmul. Gudiya hand embroidered the front in Lucknow, phanda tying each knot and ghas patti raising a fan of blades for every leaf. Where mulmul is left bare it follows the body instead of holding a shape, and on this crop top that is mostly the three quarter sleeves, 70–75 GSM, the fibre 100% cotton.
- [Sindoor Red Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-red-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Five stitches, a number no other mulmul saree in the catalogue reaches, and Meera hand embroidered all five in Lucknow. White thread on the vermilion red of sindoor: bakhiya worked on the reverse, phanda knotted one at a time, chana patti in leaves of three, keel kangan ringing each centre, and pechni raising a cord off the ground. Sindoor runs 5.5 metres, 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM, no blouse piece.
- [Chukandar Magenta and Red Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-magenta-pink-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Mulmul moves a beat behind the wearer and takes its time settling, 70–75 grams to the square metre of 100% cotton. Shailendri hand embroidered the saree in Lucknow, red in every stitch, bakhiya laid on the back, pechni wrapping red over red, phanda tying knots that sit proud of the magenta. Chukandar is the beetroot, magenta right through, and the drape runs 5.5 metres without a blouse piece.
- [Tota Parrot Green and Yellow Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-parrot-green-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Against a parrot green ground, yellow is the embroidery colour and blue stays at the border and the tassels. Tota is the parrot, and Pushpa's four stitches are hand embroidered into the semi sheer mulmul in Lucknow: bakhiya worked from the back, chana patti leaves in threes, phanda in millet seed knots, pechni wound into a spiralled cord. 100% cotton at 70–75 GSM, 5.5 metres, no blouse piece.
- [Moonga Coral Pink Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-coral-pink-hand-embroidered-chikankari-saree) — ₹3,920: Bakhiya is worked from underneath the mulmul, and the coral pink it sends through to the face is the colour the cloth already is. Sashi hand embroidered this drape in Lucknow, pechni wrapping that thread over itself into a cord and phanda setting knots of its own. Moonga is coral, one piece of 5.5 metres and nothing for the blouse, 100% cotton and 70–75 GSM.
- [Neem Dark Green Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-dark-green-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Neem names the tree, ghas patti names the grass leaf, and the ground is the dark green of mature neem, the thread a shade off it. Shameem hand embroidered the mulmul in Lucknow, mirrored ghas patti strokes pointing the drawing where colour cannot, phanda knotting it up off the ground, pechni wrapping it into a cord. Nothing ships for the blouse, 70–75 GSM and 100% cotton over 5.5 metres.
- [Aabroo Peach Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-peach-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Savitri hand embroidered this peach mulmul from both faces in Lucknow, phanda knotting the white thread onto the front, bakhiya laying the same thread on the reverse, where she judged the stitch by the shadow it threw forward. Aabroo, honour in Urdu, is 100% cotton weighing 70–75 grams to the square metre, a single drape of 5.5 metres with no blouse piece.
- [Chaman White Multicolour Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Chaman is a garden, and the garden is in the thread, not the cloth: red, blue, green and yellow on white mulmul. In Lucknow, Sulekha hand embroidered the leaves in threes with chana patti, tied the buds one knot at a time with phanda, and wrapped the stems into a raised spiral with pechni. 5.5 metres of mulmul, 100% cotton, 70–75 grams per square metre, and no blouse piece.
- [Jamun Purple Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-purple-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Rukaiya Begum worked four stitches on this purple mulmul in one white thread, so she set them at different heights. Bakhiya on the reverse shows through as a shadow, chana patti leaves and phanda knots on the cloth, pechni above them in a cord. Jamun is the Indian blackberry, and the mulmul, 70–75 GSM in 100% cotton, runs 5.5 metres, hand embroidered in Lucknow, with no blouse piece.
- [Nanhi Baby Pink Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-baby-pink-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: White thread works three ways against this baby pink ground: tepchi lays the line, keel kangan points each flower centre and rings it, phanda ties the knots. Phanda is Babita's specialty, and in Lucknow she hand embroidered all three onto a Kota doria whose grid is 78 ends against 66 picks in the inch. Nanhi is the baby in baby pink, 5.5 metres, 100% cotton, no blouse piece.
- [Lehar Sea Blue Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/women-hand-embroidered-sea-blue-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: Draped for an office morning, Lehar carries one white thread through three stitches on a sea blue ground, the wave its name means. Shabana Parveen hand embroidered the three in Lucknow, tepchi first, the line the other two follow, keel and kangan working each flower centre, the point set inside its ring, phanda tying millet seed knots. Kota doria, 100% cotton, 80–85 GSM, 5.5 metres and no blouse piece.
- [Kajal Black and White Georgette Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-hand-embroidered-black-georgette-chikankari-saree) — ₹3,875: Kajal is the kohl line, black against the white of the eye, and this saree draws it the other way, white on black. Shilpa hand embroidered this georgette in Lucknow, kangan closing a ring around each keel point, tepchi running the line those rings sit along. Two stitches are the whole of the embroidery across 5.5 metres, cloth that falls through the hand without holding a shape, no blouse piece.
- [Hariyali Light Green Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-green-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Knot and cord are all the embroidery on this drape, and the catalogue holds no other saree worked in those two alone. In Lucknow, Savita hand embroidered the light green mulmul, pechni wrapping the white thread into a cord, phanda tying it into knots, so every white mark stands off the ground. Hariyali means greenery, the cloth 100% cotton, 70–75 grams to the square metre.
- [Chhaya Yellow and Black Mulmul Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-hand-embroidered-chikankari-mulmul-saree) — ₹3,920: Shadow is what Chhaya means, and one black thread carries all the embroidery on this saree. Worked as bakhiya on the reverse, the same thread reads back through the yellow mulmul as a shadow, and wrapped as pechni it stands off the face in a cord. Sufiya hand embroidered the drape in Lucknow, 100% cotton at 70–75 grams to the square metre, 5.5 metres, no blouse piece.
- [Chameli White Mulmul Sleeveless Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-chikankari-sleevless-top) — ₹1,403: Rubina Khatoon, of Khadra in Lucknow, hand embroidered tepchi into this sleeveless top and added no second stitch, one running line white on a white ground, carrying the whole pattern. 60 denier runs both ways through the mulmul, so a cloth of 70–75 GSM is woven at a single fineness, its fibre 100% cotton. Chameli is the jasmine, the flower this white takes its name from.
- [Andhera Ujala Black Georgette Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-black-georgette-chikankari-saree) — ₹3,850 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Meena had two marks to draw this black saree with, tepchi running the line and keel sharpening each flower centre to a point. Alongside that Chikankari sits mukaish badla, flattened metal wire pierced through the cloth and twisted, the light in Andhera Ujala against its dark ground. Hand embroidered in Lucknow on georgette that follows the body rather than standing away from it, 5.5 metres, no blouse piece.
- [Kesar Kyari Yellow Mulmul Angarkha Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-yellow-white-women-chikankari-angarkha-top) — ₹1,675: White thread makes every mark on this yellow angarkha, and yellow is all that changes between it and the same top in black or green. Tepchi is laid before anything else, keel gives each flower its point, phanda stands the buds up in knots, hand embroidered by Manju in Lucknow. The mulmul is 70–75 GSM, 100% cotton, and Kesar Kyari is saffron and the bed it grows in.
- [Motiya White Mulmul Angarkha Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-white-women-chikankari-angarkha-top) — ₹1,675: Motiya, the jasmine bud, is what phanda ties here, each knot pulled tight and set beside the next. Shilpi hand embroidered two more stitches into this angarkha in Lucknow, bakhiya stitched from behind so its motif reads as a shadow in front, and pechni wrapping a running line into a raised cord. The white is the same in thread and cloth, 100% cotton mulmul, featherweight at 70–75 GSM.
- [Falsa Pastel Purple Mulmul Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-pestal-hues-purple-chikankari-cotton-dupatta) — ₹3,499 — currently sold out (waitlist open): A dupatta brings its own colour to whatever it is worn over, and Falsa's purple is in the cloth, not the thread. White thread is all Gudiya hand embroidered into it in Lucknow, bakhiya stitched behind the mulmul and phanda knotted on its face. Falsa is the small purple summer berry, and the dupatta is 100% cotton, 2.5 metres long, 70–75 GSM.
- [Amrai Yellow and Peach Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-yellow-peach-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹5,290: Every knot on this saree is peach, and a thumb counts them one by one. Madhu hand embroidered both stitches in Lucknow, the phanda in peach alone, the bakhiya worked from the reverse in peach and the ground's own yellow together. Amrai is the mango grove, yellow and peach in one ripening fruit, Kota doria at 5.5 metres, cotton with 15.6% silk and 7% lyocell, no blouse piece.
- [Elaichi Lime Green Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-parrot-green-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890: Shameem had one green for thread and cloth, so she judged each stitch by height, not colour. Tepchi lies flat and nearly disappears into the open check of an 80–85 GSM weave, while every phanda knot stands high enough to throw a shadow, like the ridges on the cardamom pod Elaichi names. 100% cotton Kota doria, 5.5 metres of it hand embroidered in Lucknow, no blouse cloth.
- [Neelam Cyan Kota Saree](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-cyan-blue-kota-cotton-chikankari-saree) — ₹7,890 — currently sold out (waitlist open): The check on Neelam is the Kota loom's work and not the needle's, 78 ends in the inch, 66 picks across. Cyan blue is that name's sapphire, the only cyan ground among the house's Kota doria. Rajiya hand embroidered it white in Lucknow, tepchi tracing the printed line, keel set inside its kangan ring, phanda knotted bud by bud, 100% cotton over 5.5 metres, no blouse cloth.
- [Alta Red Mulmul Angarkha Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-red-chikankari-angarkha-top) — ₹1,675: At 70–75 GSM, mulmul has no stiffness, so the angarkha's crossed front lies along the body and ties keep the V shut. Ram Devi hand embroidered white thread onto the red ground in Lucknow: ghas patti fanning mirrored strokes into leaves, keel pinning a centre for kangan to circle, phanda tied tight into buds. The name comes from alta, the red drawn along the edge of the feet.
- [Shama Black Mulmul Angarkha Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-black-chikankari-angarkha-top) — ₹1,675: Phanda pulls each bud tight into a knot and keel points the flower centres, the two marks that stand up off the cloth, while tepchi runs level along the motif. In Lucknow, where Shabana Parveen has stitched since 2002, she hand embroidered the white thread into black mulmul, 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM. Shama means the candle, and no other angarkha top in the house is black.
- [Gulnar Red Mulmul Sleeveless Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-red-chikankari-sleevless-top) — ₹1,403: Renu judged every white mark on this top from the reverse, because bakhiya is worked from behind and bakhiya is the only stitch she used. Red sits between the white thread and the eye, so the pattern reads softened rather than bright. Gulnar is the pomegranate blossom, red before the fruit, and the mulmul she hand embroidered in Lucknow runs 70–75 GSM, woven from 100% cotton.
- [Mehrab White Mulmul Yoke Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-chikankari-sleevless-yoke-top) — ₹1,399: Keel narrows to a point, bakhiya shades a whole motif from the reverse, and phanda swells into a knot. Three stitches, one colour: Reeta hand embroidered every one of them in Lucknow, the same white running through thread and cloth, on mulmul that weighs 70–75 GSM and is 100% cotton. Mehrab names the arched niche of Awadhi building.
- [Jharokha Purple Mulmul Yoke Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-purple-chikankari-sleevless-yoke-top) — ₹1,399: Hema Devi worked this top in Lucknow, moving between three stitches without pulling a 70–75 GSM cloth out of tension. White thread hand embroidered on the purple ground: bakhiya goes in from the back, keel puts a point at the middle of a flower, phanda knots the buds tight. The mulmul is 100% cotton, and a jharokha is the window an Awadhi house looks out from.
- [Roshandan Sea Blue Mulmul Yoke Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-sea-blue-chikankari-sleevless-yoke-top) — ₹1,399: 70–75 GSM puts no bulk in a gather, so this sea blue top's body meets its yoke on a flat seam. Four stitches, all white on 100% cotton mulmul, hand embroidered by Sashi in Lucknow: bakhiya crossing its herringbone underneath, ghas patti mirroring two strokes into a blade, keel pointing a flower centre, phanda knotting one the thumb finds. A roshandan lets light down from high in an Awadhi wall.
- [Chaukhat Yellow Mulmul Yoke Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-chikankari-sleevless-yoke-top) — ₹1,399: Chaukhat is a door frame, wood around an opening and nothing more, and the top is much the same: no sleeve seam, no collar, a yoke, a round neck. Yellow mulmul carries a single thread colour, white, hand embroidered by Suman Kumari in Lucknow, keel pointing the flower centres, phanda knotting each bud, ghas patti laying the leaves. The cloth runs 70–75 GSM, 100% of it cotton.
- [Kapas White Mulmul Tiered Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-chikankari-sleevless-tier-top) — ₹1,395: Colour does no work on this top, thread and ground a single white, so relief and shadow carry the pattern instead. Manisha hand embroidered both stitches into the mulmul in Lucknow, bakhiya worked underneath until each motif reads as a shade of the cloth itself, phanda tying raised knots on the face. Kapas names the boll the cotton is picked from, 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM.
- [Shehad Yellow Mulmul Tiered Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-chikankari-sleevless-tier-top) — ₹1,395: Mulmul runs 70–75 GSM and gives a tier nothing to stand on, so this top falls in soft steps close to the body. In Lucknow, Phoolmati hand embroidered blue and peach thread into the 100% cotton, bakhiya herringboned behind the cloth, keel bringing a flower to its point. Neither colour repeats the yellow it sits on, so Shehad, honey, names the ground and not the work.
- [Baradari Sky Blue Yoke Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-sky-blue-chikankari-sleevless-yoke-top) — ₹1,399: Baradari is the twelve door pavilion built to catch every breeze, and this sky blue mulmul yoke top is cut with the same idea. Rani hand embroidered bakhiya, phanda and ghas patti into the yoke in Lucknow. Sleeveless A line, tie up knots at the neck, hip length, made for hot afternoons.
- [Dhaan Sea Green Short Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-sea-green-chikankari-cotton-short-top) — ₹1,399: Dhaan is young rice, the sea green of a paddy field before harvest. Renu hand embroidered four stitches on this soft cotton top in Lucknow, ghas patti, keel, phanda and bakhiya. Half sleeves, open placket, straight hem with side slits, a hip length cut for jeans, culottes and trousers alike.
- [Aadu Bahar Peach Short Top](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-peach-chikankari-cotton-short-top) — ₹1,399: Aadu Bahar is peach blossom season, worn as a soft cotton top with half sleeves and an open placket. Reeta hand embroidered the ghas patti leaves and phanda knots in Lucknow. Hip length with side slits, it splits its time between indigo denim and standing in as a saree blouse for festive fusion.
- [Hara Bhara Parrot Green Kurta and Mustard Pants](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-parrot-green-chikankari-kurta-pants) — ₹2,607: Phanda knots white thread on the face of this parrot green mulmul, and bakhiya lays the same white on the reverse. Sashi hand embroidered both of those stitches in Lucknow, and mukaish badla is worked alongside the Chikankari. Mustard cambric carries the same white embroidery below, so Hara Bhara names the green kurta and not the pants, both of them 100% cotton, 70–75 GSM.
- [Gulabi Bhor Pastel Pink Mulmul Dupatta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-pestal-huespink-chikankari-cotton-dupatta) — ₹3,499: Drawing is all the white thread does on this dupatta, because the only embroidery on it is tepchi, a line stitch, so nothing on the pink is filled, knotted or shaded. Suman Kumari hand embroidered its 2.5 metre length in Lucknow, mulmul of 70–75 GSM, 100% cotton. Gulabi Bhor is the pink light before sunrise, lying along the horizon as a line with nothing above it filled in yet.
- [Kiran Gulabi Pink Chanderi Stole](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-pink-chikankari-chanderi-stole) — ₹1,803 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Suman Kumari worked one stitch into this Chanderi stole and the other onto it, thread and ground both recorded pink. Bakhiya goes in from behind the semi sheer weave, darkening a motif through the cloth, and phanda ties the flower centres into knots on the face. Hand embroidered in Lucknow, 190 cm, 82.6% cotton with 17.4% silk, the pink Gulabi names.
- [Kiran Sabz Green Chanderi Stole](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-green-chikankari-chanderi-stole) — ₹1,803 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Light goes through this Chanderi, 70–75 GSM on a warp of 20.5 denier, so both faces of the cloth are available to a needle. Sashi hand embroidered the stole in Lucknow using both, bakhiya keeping its thread on the reverse and phanda tying knots on the front, green thread on the green ground Sabz names. 190 cm, one piece, nothing folded in beside it.
- [Kiran Aaru Peach and Sea Blue Chanderi Stole](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-peach-chikankari-chanderi-stole) — ₹1,803 — currently sold out (waitlist open): Sea blue is the thread on this peach Chanderi stole, a colour the ground does not carry anywhere. Phanda ties the sea blue into knots that sit on top of the peach, and bakhiya works the same thread along the reverse, where the cloth over it takes the colour down. Hema Devi hand embroidered its 1.90 metres in Lucknow, Chanderi weighing 70–75 GSM.
- [Kiran White Chanderi Stole](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-white-chikankari-chanderi-stole) — ₹1,803: Hathkati draws threads out of this white Chanderi and re-binds them by hand into open bands that need no contrast at all. Reeta hand embroidered the 190 cm stole in Lucknow: bakhiya shadows from the reverse and keel kangan points and rings each flower centre, both in white thread and both read by light alone. 82.6% cotton and 17.4% silk, and raking light is the ray Kiran names.
- [Kiran Zard Yellow Chanderi Stole](https://www.shwetheritage.in/products/shwet-women-yellow-chikankari-chanderi-stole) — ₹1,803: Kiran Zard carries the yellow of winter mustard fields into a Chanderi stole. Sulekha hand embroidered the 1.90 metre length in Lucknow, laying bakhiya shadow work under phanda knots so the motifs hold their shape against the sheen. Semi sheer and festive by nature, it glows over green, pink or a plain dark dress.

## The craft & the people

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- [Chikankari: The Complete Guide to Lucknow's Hand Embroidery](https://www.shwetheritage.in/chikankari): Chikankari is Lucknow's two-century-old art of hand embroidery on fine cloth — more than thirty named stitches from tepchi running work to knotted phanda and open jaali lattice. This guide covers its history, technique, how to identify genuine handwork, and how to care for it.
- [Our Craftmark Certification](https://www.shwetheritage.in/craftmark): Craftmark is India’s certification for genuine handmade crafts, issued by the All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association since 2006. Shwet Heritage holds license 278P060 for Chikankari Embroidery, valid 14 February 2025 to 13 February 2027. The mark certifies an audited hand process and fair, direct pay to the women who embroider, and we publish the certificate itself so any buyer can read it.
- [About the House](https://www.shwetheritage.in/about): Shwet Heritage is an NGO-born Chikankari house from Lucknow, operated by Shwet Heritage LLP. More than 1,000 artisan women across self-help groups embroider every piece, earn ₹500 per kurta against the ₹20–50 middlemen pay, and sign work made under Craftmark License 278P060.
- [The Artisans](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans): Named artisan profiles with their stitch specialties and stories.
- [Aarti](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/aarti) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Aarti Kashyap](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/aarti-kashyap) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Babita](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/babita) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Chandrakanti](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/chandrakanti) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Gudiya](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/gudiya) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Hema Devi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/hema-devi) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Kanyavati](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/kanyavati) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Lalti](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/lalti) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Madhu](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/madhu) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Malti Dadi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/malti) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Mamta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/mamta) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Manisha](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/manisha) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Manju](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/manju) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Meena](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/meena) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Meenakshi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/meenakshi) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Meera](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/meera) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Neelam](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/neelam) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Phoolmati](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/phoolmati) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Pinki](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/pinki) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Pushpa](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/pushpa) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Ram Devi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/ram-devi) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Rani](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/rani) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Razia Sultana](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/razia-sultana) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Reeta](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/reeta) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Rekha](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/rekha) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Renu](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/renu) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Rinki](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/rinki) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Roopmati](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/roopmati) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Rubi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/rubi) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Rubina Khatoon](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/rubina-khatoon) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Rukaiya Begum](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/rukaiya-begum) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Sashi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/sashi) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Savita](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/savita) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Savitri](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/savitri) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Shabana Parveen](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/shabana-parveen) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Shailendri](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/shailendri) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Shameem](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/shameem) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Sheetal](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/sheetal) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Shilpa](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/shilpa) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Shilpi](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/shilpi) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Soni](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/soni) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Sufiya](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/sufiya) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Sulekha](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/sulekha) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow
- [Suman Kumari](https://www.shwetheritage.in/artisans/suman-kumari) — Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow

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## Buying

- Payments: UPI, cards, netbanking (Razorpay) and verified cash on delivery.
- Delivery: free across India. In-stock pieces are dispatched the next day, except Sundays.
- Returns: unworn pieces with tags intact can be exchanged within 7 days of delivery. Request by email to support@shwetheritage.in or WhatsApp; prepaid orders can instead be refunded to the original payment method after quality check. There is no self-serve returns control.
- Contact: support@shwetheritage.in

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