Sunday, July 11, 2010

Traditional Indian Jewellery


In India marriages is synonymous to jewellery. Jewellery is a tradition of India and it gives a unique look to the marriage. You can resemble an Indian marriage with a fashion show as there you can see different type of fashion jewellery. There are different art works and exclusive designs available in Indian jewellery which gives a complete fashionable and traditional look to your jewellery. There is a trend in India that your jewellery is passed on generation to generation. This different jewellery includes pendants, anklets, bracelets armlets, bangles, earrings, toe rings, rings, waistbands and earrings.

Different cultures or regions follow the works and design of their own type. East is famous for the beaded work in jewellery, west is known for the stoned and mirrored work, south is considered as a region of experts in large designs which are extensive temple based and north is known for the beautiful carved designs. There are also many designs which are taken from the other regions like Middle East but the jewellery designing is unique.

There are different trends in the jewellery item for different regions and cultures like in some cultures women wear nose ring. In north, they wear large nose rings. Sometimes the bangles they wear is shorter than the nose ring. In different region and cultures, the larger nose ring denotes the wealth of the husband. In some regions nose rings are known as nath and they are made up of stones and pearls. Toe ring is usually considered as a symbol of married girl. The material used in these toe rings should be silver and they can be even studded with a semi-precious stone. Necklaces of the traditional temple Indian jewellery design are widely used by many. There is a jewellery item which is known as Panchangal, It is a jewellery item with five gold rings connected in order for all five fingers in hand. In India waistband is known as Kamarband, which is made by silver or gold and also precious stones are also involved in it. Indian jewellery contains earrings and they are traditionally known as Jhukams, which are bulky and long and have detailed designing. Anklet is available in it of two types. One is movable and the other one is immovable. Flexible anklets are made by joining metal rings. Normally silver metal is used. The immovable anklets are like bangles having gap to fit into leg. Indian jewellery is famed for its design and it is much more durable. These traditional look is popular in the worldwide.

There are different places traditional jewellery is available at but buying online makes sense. Online shopping saves time and get it to your favorite design very easily. There are different art works in Indian jewellery. some of them are Kundan, Mughal and filigree. Kundan work is very popular that it is made by oxidizing false stones and metals now-a-days. Filigree work is usually done in silver and involves minute designing and the Meena art work is actually filling the metallic designs with different colors.

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