A Contemporary Retelling of

The Traditional Cream and Gold Weaves of Kerala.

We experiment with texture and pattern to posit the timeless in a dynamic new market. Our muse - modern Kerala. At once serene and vibrant, Kerala has long been associated with a simple elegance that we have embraced in our design.

The Varnah Collection

The frost comes every year.
The air turns grey, icy. Branches shrivel, and trunks stoop. Leaves loosen their grip and fall to the earth. Seeds sleep beneath the hard ground, waiting patiently for the thaw.
The thaw which will certainly arrive,no matter how endless the winter seems.

And when it does, everything unfurls - slowly at first, but then all together at once. The first petals shake themselves out, the tendrils of the season reach towards the sky, the first notes of bird song splinter the long silence, and sunlight forgoes its wintry touch, inviting us into a warm embrace.

The ground explodes in colour.
As does ANKA.

We invite you to celebrate the hope and renewal of the season with ANKA's Varnah Collection, a reopening of the spirit to the vibrancy of life. We bring you vigour and gaiety, in pigment and tint; a promise that there will always be celebration and delight, no matter how endless the winter seems.

We give you mauves, mustards, indigos, teals, corals, crimson and more, in a tie-dyed collection.
Every single one of ANKA's creations is brought into existence on pit looms, at the hands of skilled artistes. Our master weavers give life to our designs without using jacquards or shuttles, so that your saris retain the exquisitely rustic characteristics of traditional weaving techniques.
For the Varnah Collection, we've borrowed colours from the abundant heart of the earth, and used it to joyfully create a collection of singular sarees. There's only one of each kind in the world.
s Each sari is as unique as a wildflower. Which one is yours?

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