East Indian Jewelry Biography
Source(google.com.pk)India and jewellery, jewellery and Indian women - the terms are linked
inherently. At the time of wedding as well as numerous other
occasions, a woman is gifted jewellery by her parents and relatives.
Although the gift is meant to give her security in contingency,
ornamentation is an obvious purpose. All the cities across the length
and width of India have shops of jewellers - some traditional and some
modern jewellers, catering to the need of all kinds. Not that the affluent
class people wear ornaments, there are low cost jewellery items in
ample, which cater the demand of low income group as well.
India houses various kinds of jewellery arts, ranging from Meenakari
and Kundan to stone and bead work. The craft of cutting and polishing precious and semi-precious stones and
giving them glamorous face is something artistic. Emeralds, rubies, garnets, amethysts, corals, sapphires, and
turquoises are among the stones which are used for the enhancement of gold and silver jewellery. Gold jewellery
is the most popular among South Indian women. In southern part of India, gold is considered auspicious and a
status symbol. Talking about the art on gold jewellery, Kundan is something that comes into our mind.
It is a Mughal-inspired art of setting precious stones like diamonds, rubies, and emeralds in gold and silver
jewellery. In Meenakari, enameling is done to protect gold and floral pattern coloured in red, blue and green
attracts the attention. Silver jewellery is not far behind in popularity, particularly because of its affordability,
making it popular among low income group people. Jhumka, hansli, chokar, nath and bracelets made of silver are
quite popular among women in India. In short, the range of jewellery in India is wide as well as varied. Be it gold,
silver of diamond, you will find everything in the country.
Tradition of adoring oneself with jewellery is 5000 years old in India.
Indian women and jewellery have always formed a great combination.
The tradition is still alive and time has made it only more vigorous than
earlier. The art of making beautiful ornaments, with delicacy and
acumen, has been developed throughout the historical times. Rulers
and feudal gave patronage to art and artists, to develop the same to
optimum. There is jewellery for almost all the body parts, including
neck, ear, nose, arms, ankles, fingers, waist, hair parting, etc.
In India, jewellery is designed to match with the attire. The theme of its
design as well as the colour of the jewellery is taken into consideration
while adoring. To make jewellery more attractive, it is topped by diamonds and various types of gems.
Traditionally, Indian jewellery has been made of heavy and voluminous gold pieces, but recently jewellery made
of silver, platinum and other metals has become quite popular among people. The popularity of jewellery made of
stone, encrusted on metal, has grown
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