Handmade in Auroville
Dresses grown from the earth,
stitched by hand.
Pure mul-mul cotton, dyed with roots and leaves. No synthetics, no shortcuts — only what grows around us.
Pure mul-mul cotton
Woven fine, breathes easy in Tamil Nadu heat.
Only natural dyes
Indigo, turmeric, madder, pomegranate rind.
Printed with real leaves
Every dress carries a slightly different pattern.
Best-sellers
The collection
Natural leaf printCo-ord Set · Ivory
Pure Mul-Mul Cotton
Pure as earth. Timeless in every thread.
Turmeric dye · leaf printCo-ord Set · Ochre
Pure Mul-Mul Cotton
Earthy by design. Timeless by soul.
Iron mordant · leaf printCo-ord Set · Slate
Pure Mul-Mul Cotton
Earthy by design. Timeless by soul.
Lac & indigo overdyeCo-ord Set · Plum
Pure Mul-Mul Cotton
Naturally elegant. Made by nature.
Our story
A small boutique.
A slower way of
dressing.
Shanti Boutique lives on Auroville Road, opposite the Tanto Pizza cross — a quiet room of hand-stitched dresses, folded fabrics, and jars of dye made from the plants that grow just outside the door.
Every piece we sell is made from pure mul-mul cotton — a whisper-light handloom weave — dyed with indigo, turmeric, madder root, and marigold, and printed with the pressed shapes of real leaves.
nothing synthetic ever touches the cloth.
Read our storyKind words
5.0 on Google — every one of them.
"The most beautiful indigo dress I own. You can feel the care in every stitch. And the shopkeeper made us chai."
"Been coming here for six years. Every visit to Auroville, I leave with one more of Shanti's mul-mul dresses."
"The turmeric kurta is my everyday summer piece. Softer after every wash. Highly recommend."
"Real, honest work. Watched the dyer show us the indigo vat. You walk out with a story, not just a dress."