01
ഒന്നാം നില
Ground · The silk room.
Kanjeevaram, Banarasi, Kerala kasavu, Mysore crepe, Patola, Chanderi. The heaviest room. Two hundred sarees on open shelves, sorted by weft.
- Kanjeevaram
- Kasavu & tissue
- Banarasi
- Mysore & Tussar
Mavoor Road · Kozhikode കോഴിക്കോട്
The soul of silk, draped in Calicut. പട്ടിന്റെ ആത്മാവ്
A three-floor house of silks on Mavoor Road, picked one weave at a time from forty looms across Kanchipuram, Banaras, Balaramapuram, Mysore and Pochampally. Every saree opened, draped and walked-in before it leaves the door.
30
Years on Mavoor Rd
വർഷങ്ങൾ
40
Looms · 9 regions
തറികൾ
1,600+
Brides styled
വധുമാർ
സ്വാഗതം · നമസ്കാരം
We don't sell sarees. We open boxes until one looks back at you. Then we drape it, photograph it, and let you walk five steps before you decide.
— The owner, on the floor since the morning bell
Chapter 01 · The House ഒന്നാം അദ്ധ്യായം · വീട്
Three floors,
one staircase,
forty looms.
The shop is shaped like a story. You enter through the silk room on the ground floor, walk up to the daily-wear floor, and end at the bridal trousseau on the third — where the boxes come out and the tea arrives.
A house, not a showroom. Open shelves, open boxes, open hours.
The first thing you'll notice is how much we leave out in the open. Silks aren't behind glass — they're on shelves, by weave, by region, by season. The bridal trunks are unpacked by hand the moment a bride sits down. The tailor's room stays open. The fall-and-pico table is right there.
Because a saree is not a packet. It's a six-yard conversation between hand and cloth, and you can't have it standing on the wrong side of a counter.
02
രണ്ടാം നില
Mezzanine · Daily & designer.
Anarkalis, kurti sets, mul cotton three-piece, designer party-wear. For Wednesdays, weekends, weddings-of-others.
- Anarkali sets
- Designer kurti
- Mul cotton
- Three-piece
03
മൂന്നാം നില
Top · The bridal trousseau room.
Where the trunks come out. Lehengas, second-day sarees, bridal Kanjeevarams, gift sarees by the dozen. Tea, water, and three afternoons if needed.
- Lehenga sets
- Bridal Kanjeevaram
- Christian gowns
- Trousseau ledger
Chapter 02 · The Edits രണ്ടാം അദ്ധ്യായം · എഡിറ്റുകൾ
Six rooms,
one house
of silks.
Every shelf has a story, and a price for every kind of week — from a Mysore crepe for a Saturday lunch to a Kanjeevaram heavy enough to be carried in by two.
Edit 01 · Bridal Trousseau വധു
Heirloom Kanjeevarams. Lehenga sets. The bride's first box, opened slowly.
For the muhurtham, the reception, the second-day photograph, and the trousseau by the dozen. The room where the tea stays warm and the trunks stay open as long as you need them.
Wedding·
Reception·
Trousseau ledger·
From ₹38,000
Enter the bridal atelier →
കസവ് · Onam '26
Edit 02 · Kerala Kasavu കസവ്
Cream cotton, gold border. The Sunday saree for the Kerala woman.
Woven in Balaramapuram and Chendamangalam — pure off-white cotton with a real kasavu gold-thread border. For Onam, Vishu, the morning at the temple, the family wedding-of-a-cousin.
Read about kasavu →
അനാർകലി · Chikan
Edit 03 · Designer Anarkali അനാർകലി
Zardozi, mirror, threadwork. For the receptions, engagements, and Eid lunches.
Long-line anarkalis with hand-embroidered yokes, chikankari panels, and dupatta sets in georgette and organza. The "I am the cousin, not the bride" piece.
See the lookbook →
Edit 04 · From ₹14,000
Lehengas & Half-sarees
ലഹംഗFor the sangeet, the sister-of-the-bride, and the long anniversary night.
See the edit →
Edit 05 · From ₹2,200
Daily Kurti & Suits
ദിനചര്യMul cotton, muslin florals, breathable handprints — three-piece, ready-to-wear.
See the edit →
Christian Bridal · Reception
Edit 06 · Christian Bridal & Gowns വെള്ളവസ്ത്രം
Pearl-beaded gowns, cathedral trains, second-look reception pieces.
For Catholic, Syrian Christian and Latin Rite brides — engagement gowns, church gowns, the second-look reception piece, the floral-girl set, the bridesmaid lehenga.
See Christian bridal →Chapter 03 · The Weaves മൂന്നാം അദ്ധ്യായം · നെയ്ത്തുകൾ
Nine looms.
One family ledger,
kept since 1996.
We travel to the looms twice a year. The list below is the current stock, with the weaver region and the price-from. The full encyclopedia of weaves — what they mean, how to tell a real one from a power-loom copy — lives on the next page.
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KanjeevaramFrom₹18,000
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02
Kerala KasavuFrom₹3,400
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03
BanarasiFrom₹12,000
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Mysore CrepeFrom₹6,200
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PatolaFrom₹28,000
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ChanderiFrom₹4,800
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TussarFrom₹5,200
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PaithaniFrom₹16,000
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Pochampally IkatFrom₹4,400
Chapter 04 · The Bridal Atelier നാലാം അദ്ധ്യായം · വധു
We sit with brides
for three afternoons.
We pull thirty boxes
if we have to.
The trousseau is not a transaction — it is a ledger that stays open in your name until the wedding day. Here is the four-chapter walk we take with every bride who walks up the stairs.
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01
മുഹൂർത്ത സാരി
The first saree.
Muhurtham. A Kanjeevaram or Banarasi picked by the bride — not by the mother-in-law alone. We block the third floor for two hours, draped, photographed, family weighed in.
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02
ലഹംഗയും റിസെപ്ഷനും
The lehenga & the receptions.
Threadwork, mirror, French knots — paired with the right dupatta and a blouse stitched-and-fitted in one trial. The two reception pieces, one engagement set, the haldi anarkali.
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03
രണ്ടാം ദിന സാരി
The second-day saree.
Lighter silks — cotton-silk, Mysore crepe, kasavu tissue — for the after-wedding photographs and the long lunch with relatives who only just arrived.
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04
സമ്മാന സാരികൾ
The bride's gift sarees.
Twelve, twenty-one, or a hundred — set aside, billed once, packed in trousseau boxes. A ledger kept under your name until the day of the wedding.
Chapter 05 · The Voices അഞ്ചാം അദ്ധ്യായം · ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ
"They opened
box after box
until I cried — happy."
Notes left over the years — from brides, their mothers, the woman who just came in for a churidar and walked out with a Kanjeevaram for a niece.
"Got my engagement saree, muhurtham Kanjeevaram and three reception lehengas — all from here. Three afternoons, zero stress. The owner himself sat with my mother for two hours."— Ayisha, bride · Feroke · Jan 2026
"The kasavu collection here is the most honest one in Calicut. Real Balaramapuram weaves, with the family-name of the weaver on the label. You'll know what you bought."— Devika · stylist · Calicut
"Went in for a churidar. Walked out with two anarkali sets, a saree for my mother, and a long chat about which silk is right for kettukalyanam. That's the shop."— Lakshmi · regular · Mavoor Rd
Chapter 06 · Find Us ആറാം അദ്ധ്യായം · സ്ഥലം
Come up to Mavoor Road.
ചായ തയ്യാറാണ്-
Address
Silk Mandir, Madhu Arcade, 27/97, B-5, Mavoor Road,
Opposite Soubhagya Apartments, Arayidathupalam,
Kozhikode, Kerala 673016 -
Hours
Mon — Sat · 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Sunday · 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM - Phone +91 98953 29900 · WhatsApp
- Park at Soubhagya basement (across the road) or the side lane behind Madhu Arcade.
- By train 3.2 km from Kozhikode Railway Station · 7-minute auto via Mavoor Rd.
26 · Mavoor Rd · Calicut
Before you leave പോകുന്നതിന് മുമ്പ്