This Kurta is Made on Order only. Please choose your size, and we will prepare the same accordingly. 

Sonchiraiya, or the elusive Golden Bird, is a lovely Resham Chikankari & Mukaish kurta made on Eri/Ahimsa/Peace Silk fabric, for possibly the very first time! A true connoiseur’s delight!

Please note that Eri or Ahimsa Silk is one of the most premium fabrics of the World. Produced in weaving clusters of Assam, this silk is handspun & handwoven. It is also known as Wild Silk, as it is not obtained from farmed silkworms. This Silk is called Ahimsa or Peace Silk, because the silk extraction process here, allows the silkworms to leave their cocoon. Only after that, silk is extracted, making this a Cruelty Free Yarn. 

Eri Silk is thermostatic in nature, making it all weather compatible. It improves with age & use, making it one of the most sustainable & sought after fabrics.

Meiraas has gone one step further & brought alive the art of Chikankari on it, to make a Kurta. This is a rare & novel addition to the craft!

The Sustainability Quotient (TSQ):

1. Skilled Resham Hand Embroidery.
2. Mukaish Hand Embroidery
3. Novel motif art & layout created using hand carved motifs following all processes.
4. Handspun & Handloom Eri/Ahimsa/Peace Silk for Kurta – please read the note above.
5. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well-researched coffee table book.

KHAYAL (mood-board):

Sonchiraiya or the Common Sparrow bird, that is increasingly becoming uncommon & elusive.

The bird that used to titter in every home and bring untold joy of life, whose presence heards the beauty of seasons – summer, winters or monsoon! It is one of the most therapeutic signs to see these birds in nesting season, starting a new life.

It is for this reason, that the Sparrow or Sonchiraiya has been eulogised in many poems & works of Art!

POSHAAK (about the dress):

The Sonchiraiya Eri Silk Kurta is possibly the first Chikankari Kurta on Eri Silk fabric!

This Golden Peach beauty has an artful layout.

The front of the kurta has a branch coming down from one shoulder, with flowers & leaves on it. The Sonchiraiya are going in and out of the branch, carrying a twig in their beak, symbolising the nesting season.

The back of the Kurta has a statement motif, with the twig carrying Sonchiraiya drawn in art inside a miniature frame, by an artist.

It’s an Artful representation of a story of Nature inspiring Art, all represented on a Kurta, through the craft of Chikankari.

Mukaish dots add a touch of drama to this dress.

If you wish to add plain Flax Cotton pants in same shade to match, you can select the same from Cotton Plain White Pants and in Customer Note mention: Please make Pants to match the selected kurta. We will do the needful

If you wish to get a pair of Pure Handwoven Linen or Eri Silk pants made to complete this ensemble, then mail us at namaste@meiraas.com and we will take the conversation forward.

This post has Kurta (stitching is complimentary) that can be shopped. Pants can be added extra, as explained above.