View this sareeGudi Padwa picks are on the counter — kumkum and butter Paithani, held aside on request.
Pune, Maharashtra · Since 1993
Six and a half yards,
woven by name.
We buy from the loom, not the warehouse. Every saree in this house has a weaver, a town and a reason we chose it — and we will tell you all three before you decide.
Zari tested in front of you
Pure, tested or art — named plainly, before you pay.
Held for your muhurat
We keep a saree aside for six weeks. No advance.
Fall and pico
Finished in-house in three days, included.
Thirty-three years
A family house serving Pune since 1993.
The Weaves
Traditions, kept apart on purpose
A Paithani is not a Kanjeevaram with different colours. Each shelf in this shop holds one weave, one region, one way of putting thread through thread.
New this week
Just off the loom, just on the shelf
The Weaving Map
Where each saree in this house was made
Fourteen towns, fourteen looms, fourteen ways of doing the same impossible thing. Choose one.
Paithani
Yeola, Maharashtra
- History
- Woven since the Satavahana period, revived under the Peshwas of Pune.
- Technique
- Tapestry technique — the pallu is built weft by weft with no floats behind.
- Motifs
- Mor (peacock), asawali vine, muniya parrot, narali border.
On the counter this week
Pieces we are proud of
Tell us the day
We have dressed Pune for every occasion it has
“A saree is not bought. It is chosen, and then it chooses the day it will be worn.”
Mangal Barmecha
Our Story
Mangal and Anilkumar started it. Minal carries it forward.
What started as a humble dream by Mangal and Anilkumar Barmecha has grown, over 32 years, into a house built on trust, tradition and a deep love for Indian traditional sarees. Today their daughter Minal Bamb runs Mangalam Sarees, adding a modern touch without losing sight of our traditional roots.
Nothing here arrives through a distributor. That is the whole business, and it always has been.
In their words
Families who come back with their daughters
“My mother bought her wedding Paithani here in 1996. I bought mine at the same counter. Minal tai remembered the design.”
“They told me honestly which zari was pure and which was tested. Nobody else does that before you have paid.”
“Kept three Kanjeevarams aside for six weeks until our muhurat was fixed. No advance, no fuss.”
Before you buy
Six things we would tell you at the counter
Nothing here is a sales line. If the answer is inconvenient for us, it is still the answer we give.
Ask us to test it at the counter — we do it in front of you, before payment. Pure, tested and art zari are three different things and we name which one you are holding.
Come and feel the cloth
A saree is chosen with the hand, not the screen
Shop No. 7, 1101/1, Garud House, Model Colony Road, near Ambassador Hotel, Pune, Maharashtra 411004 · Thursday – Tuesday · 10:30 am – 8:30 pm · Closed on Wednesday