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Wedding Jewelry Biography

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An Indian bride is deemed incomplete without her sixteen adornments 
and jewellery forms an essential part of these adornments. On the main 
wedding day, every bride is expected to look her best. To achieve this 
goal, the bride pays special attention towards her wedding attire, 
jewellery, accessories, makeup and hair style. There are a number of 
items in the jewellery which cover, almost all the vital parts of the body. 
These items are specially prepared to compliment the bridal dress. The 
bridal jewellery consists of the following items. 

Maangtika 
It is worn on the forehead by the bride. This is a reason why most of the bridal hair styles bear centre parting. 
This is done in order to accommodate the maangtika. This can be in different shapes and studded with different 
precious and semi precious stones. It usually consists of a string a with a centre piece attached to one end. In 
varied cultures, the form of the maangtika varies. It is even seen as a crown in some regions. 

Necklace 
Necklace is the most eye catchy piece of jewellery, worn by the bride. It comes along with matching ear rings and 
nose piece. Moreover, attention is paid that it complements the colour of your attire and neck line. A choker is 
deemed perfect for such an occasion, coupled with a long necklace. 

Ear Rings 
The ear rings usually match the necklace. You can choose between varieties like long heavy ear rings or short 
loops, from antique ear rings to small studs, depending upon your wedding outfit's colour and design. 

Nose Ring 
This is another essential jewellery item to be worn by the bride. It is also chosen keeping in mind the colour and 
design of the ear rings. The traditional nose piece is known as 'Nath', which consists of a studded nose ring with 
a long chain hooked up in the hair. In case the nose is not pierced, there are nose studs available, which can be 
temporarily worn by the bride for the ceremony. 

Bangles 
Bangles are the symbol of the nuptial rituals. As a result, the bride wears both gold as well as glass bangles on 
her wedding day. The glass bangles are mostly of the colour of the wedding dress. However, the gold bangles 
are the ones gifted by the mother in law. 

Arm Bands 
Arm bands or armlets enhance the beauty of the bride, elating her grace and elegance. It is a traditional and 
regal jewellery item, which has become quite a fashion statement today. For a more stylish look, they are worn 
only on one arm. 

Rings 
Rings are also vital to the embellishment of the bride. Usually the bride wears a Hath phoolhar in her hands. This 
consists of five rings for all the fingers, connected with a central piece, further connected with a bracelet, to be 
worn in the hand. 

Waist Band 
Waist band is worn on the waist, over the saree or the lehenga. This is a heavy jewellery piece, which is quite 
traditional in look and design. This also serves as a support for the wedding dress and helps to keep in place. An 
artistic waist band can really add up to the grandeur of your wedding ensemble. 

Anklets and Toe Rings 
The bride also wears anklets and toe rings in her feet. These are usually made of silver as gold is not worn in the 
feet. They are available in intricate designs, decorated with works of meenakari, kundan and beads. 


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 more recently. In the following lines, we will tell you about the different 

kinds of jewellery in India. 
Jewels were always part of human culture. Even from the times when humans first started using clothes and tools some 100.000 years ago, jewels were produced from any kind of materials that were available - stones, animal skins, feathers, plants, bones, shells, wood, and natural made semi-precious materials such as obsidian. As the time went on, advancing technology enabled artisans to start taming metals and precious gems into works of art that influenced entire cultures and many modern jewelry styles. However, even with all advancements of metallurgy and gem processing, the purpose of wearing jewelry always remained the same - they enabled wearer to express himself non-verbally, showcase wealth, rank, political and religious affiliation or affections toward someone. This enabled jewelry to become timeless and a target for constant development and refinement.

Development of early jewelry can be roughly divided across three ancient civilizations - Egypt, India and China. Egypt and Mesopotamia set standards in metallurgy, gem collecting, and glass manufacture. Their several thousand year long tradition of jewelry production laid a solid foundation for all European civilizations that came after them, and their unique style affected fashion trends even four thousand years later.

India however managed to develop such a connection to jewelry that it became integral part of their daily life and religion. Since they were the first who managed to conquer the art of gold gathering and processing, they develop art of jewel making much earlier than anyone in their environment. This made them one of the most sought destinations for trade, which eventually became driving force for the incredible expansion of European civilization during the Age of Discovery. On the far side of the world, China managed to become driving force in developing of arts and their influence slowly spread their unique style across entire Asia. Chinese style that is focused on scenes of nature, animals and dragons is today still in high popularity, and continues to be developed with each passing year.

After the fall of Ancient Egypt and Roman Empire, Europe became driving force of jewelry innovation. However, it took a long time until they managed to claim that position. After almost thousand years of isolation, famine, plagues and wars, Western Europe finally came into contact with distant civilizations during Crusades which enabled flow of new knowledge an ideas that enabled birth of Renaissance. As transfer of wealth from nobility, royalty and church continued to flow to middle classes during Renaissance, Age of Discovery and Industrial Revolution, jewelry designs and fashion trends changed dramatically. During those times world saw the appearance and disappearance of many styles, some new and original and some based on older designs found in the ruins of long gone civilizations (mostly Egyptian, which became one of the inspirations of Romanticism and Art Deco).


After more than 100.000 years of use of decorative items, and more than 6 thousand years of metallurgy and gem processing, we can surely say that jewels will forever remain integral part of humanity and our entire civilization

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