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Silk Mandir · Bridal Atelier

The Bridal Atelier വധു അലങ്കാരം

Three afternoons. Thirty boxes. One trousseau.

മൂന്ന് ഉച്ച · മുപ്പത് പെട്ടികൾ

The third floor is reserved for brides. Here is the four-chapter walk we take with every bride, the timeline from first visit to wedding day, and the trousseau ledger we keep in your name — billed once, packed in trunks, opened only on the morning of the wedding.

A bride in deep crimson velvet bridal dupatta with gold embroidery

The Timeline സമയക്രമം

From first visit
to wedding day
— four weeks.

Most brides finish their trousseau across three sittings spread over four weeks. We block the third-floor room for two-hour afternoons, draped, photographed, family weighed in. Below is the typical rhythm — but we go faster or slower as the family needs.

W·1

ആദ്യ കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച

First sitting · discovery.

Two hours. We open boxes from all nine looms — Kanjeevaram, Banarasi, Kasavu, Mysore. You shortlist 3–5. We hold them aside.

W·2

ലഹംഗ ദിനം

Second sitting · lehenga & reception.

Three hours. The reception lehengas come out. Blouse fittings start. Threadwork, mirror, French knot — paired with dupatta.

W·3

തിരുത്തലുകൾ

Third sitting · trials & gifts.

Three hours. Final blouse trials. Second-day saree. Gift sarees for relatives — twelve, twenty-one or a hundred, packed in trunks.

W·4

പേർ കല്യാണ ദിനം

Wedding week · delivery.

We deliver to the wedding hall the morning-of, ironed and folded by hand. Or you carry them home in trousseau trunks. Choose what you like.

Twin bridal mannequins in red and ivory beaded sarees
01

മുഹൂർത്ത സാരി

The first saree. The one you'll be tied in.

Muhurtham. The saree the groom ties around you at the moment the priest finishes the mantra. It must be silk — for the gods. It must be wearable for three hours of standing, sitting, photographing, hugging-aunties. And it must look like the saree you'll show your daughter, decades from now.

We help you pick from Kanjeevaram (heavy, structural, gold borders), Banarasi (lighter, Mughal motifs), Kasavu kettu (Kerala tradition, cream and gold), or a Paithani if your family has Marathi roots. The mother is welcome. The mother-in-law is welcome. The grandmother is given the soft chair.

Weaves
Kanjeevaram · Banarasi · Kasavu · Paithani
Weight range
650 g to 1,100 g
Price band
₹38,000 to ₹2,40,000
Sittings
One · two if uncertain
Bride-to-be in blue tulle gown against teal door
02

ലഹംഗയും റിസെപ്ഷനും

The lehenga & the receptions.

For the engagement, the haldi, the sangeet, the reception, the second-reception, the after-party. We don't believe in one lehenga — most brides leave with three: a haldi-friendly light piece (mustard or marigold), a sangeet stunner (mirror, sequin), and the reception centrepiece (zardozi, French knot, dabka).

Blouse stitching is in-house — your measurements stay on file, the blouse arrives in 6–8 days, and the first trial is by the second visit. Dupatta drape is your choice — Mumbai-style, Kerala kasavu-pleat, or Banarasi free-fall.

Pieces
3 lehengas average · 1–6 range
Workmanship
Zardozi · mirror · French knot · dabka · sequin
Price band
₹22,000 to ₹1,80,000 each
Blouse fitting
Free, in-house, two trials
Cream pearl-embroidered saree on a model
03

രണ്ടാം ദിന സാരി

The second-day saree. Lighter on the body, heavy on the photographs.

The morning after the wedding — the long lunch with relatives who only just arrived, the visit to the bride's home, the temple in the evening. You can't wear another 900-gram Kanjeevaram. We give you a Mysore crepe in a deep jewel tone, a Banarasi organza with pearl-work, or a Kasavu tissue with a small gold border.

This is the saree you'll wear in the family group photograph. Choose something the children won't pull strings out of. Choose something photographable in a 60-watt bulb. Choose something the relatives will remember.

Weaves
Mysore crepe · Banarasi organza · Kasavu tissue
Weight
320 g to 500 g
Price band
₹14,000 to ₹52,000
Pieces
1–2, usually one
A woman in pearl-embroidered cream Anarkali on a Kerala heritage home balcony
04

സമ്മാന സാരികൾ

The trousseau ledger. Twelve, twenty-one, or a hundred sarees.

For the bride's gift-list — the mother-in-law, the sister-in-law, every aunt by name. We open a ledger in your name on the day of the first visit. Each saree gets a tag with the recipient written on it. We bill once, at the end. We pack everything in trousseau trunks — wooden, lined with muslin and dried sandalwood — on the morning of delivery.

The ledger stays open until the wedding. You can change your mind. You can return any saree we haven't billed for. You can add ten more in the last week. This is what we mean by a trousseau room.

Typical count
12 · 21 · 51 · 101
Price per piece
₹3,400 to ₹38,000
Packing
Muslin-lined trousseau trunks
Ledger
Open until wedding morning

For Christian Brides ക്രിസ്ത്യൻ വധുമാർ

Pearl-beaded gowns,
cathedral trains,
second-look
reception pieces.

For Catholic, Syrian Christian, Latin Rite and Marthoma brides — the church gown, the second-look reception piece, the engagement set, the floral-girl dress, the bridesmaid lehenga. We work with two ateliers in Mumbai and Bangalore for couture and stock a curated shelf year-round.

Bride in pearl-beaded white wedding gown

Engagement & Church

The white gown

വെള്ളവസ്ത്രം

Pearl, lace, organza. Cathedral train optional. Veil included. From ₹38,000.

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Bride in black tulle ball gown

Reception · Second-look

The reception gown

സ്വീകരണ വസ്ത്രം

Onyx, burgundy, jewel-tone tulle. Long-train or A-line. Indo-western options. From ₹26,000.

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Crimson sequin ball-gown

Sangeet · Engagement

The colour gown

വർണ്ണ വസ്ത്രം

Crimson, emerald, midnight blue. Sequin or velvet. For the sangeet, the engagement, the rehearsal dinner. From ₹22,000.

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Before your visit സന്ദർശനത്തിന് മുമ്പ്

A few small things
to bring.

None of these are required. They help us help you faster — that's all. The trousseau room is air-conditioned, has soft seating for the family, and the tea arrives within ten minutes of you sitting down.

  • BringPhotographs of pieces you've liked online — Pinterest, Instagram, family weddings.
  • BringYour colour preferences — and one or two you definitely don't want.
  • BringThe mother / mother-in-law / sister — and at least one woman who'll be honest with you.
  • BringA measuring tape for blouse and waist — we have one too, but it speeds things up.
  • We provideTwo hours per sitting · three for second visits.
  • We provideSoft seating for up to five family members.
  • We provideTea, water, coffee · within ten minutes.
  • We provideA trousseau ledger in your name · open until wedding day.

The trousseau ledger പെട്ടി തുറക്കാം

Block two hours with us. Bring the mother. The tea will be ready.