“Syahi-Begar” is a technique of block printing. It is a kind of mordant (color binder) block printing in which two mordants alum is used to get red with alizarin or Indian madder and iron rust is used to get black color when printed on myrabalan (Harad fruit) dyed base. “Syahi” word is used for black color and “Begar” is used for red color.

For red color first alum as mordant is printed mixing with tamarind seed powder paste and then dyed with alizarin. Now a day synthetic alizarin is used unlike 50 years ago roots of morinda tinctoria or madder roots were used. To get black colour first iron rust mix with water and jiggery fermented for 15 to 20 days. Then it is mixed with tamarind seed powder and print using wooden block on myrabalan (Harad fruit) dyed base.

This Saree is 100% dyed with natural dyes using manjishtha roots/ Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia).