This is a red & black tussar silk saree with Kantha work. The saree has a black body, red palla and Kantha embroidered motifs all over. It comes with an unstitched blouse pieceSize: 6.5 Meters Kantha is the traditional running stitch which originated from the way in which Bengali housewives mended old clothes by taking out a strand of thread from the colourful border of their sarees and making simple designs with them. The origin of Kantha traces its history to a period not less than a thousand years and is still practiced today by millions women in rural Indian districts.