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Various Forehead and Ear Ornaments for Women in Rajasthan

Oct 7

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The women of Rajasthan are great fond of wearing jewellery. There are different types of ornaments for every part of body. The ornaments are made of gold, silver, diamond, lac, bronze, pearl, emerald etc which looks attractive with the attire.

Jewellery of Rajasthan

FOREHEAD ORNAMENTS

SHISHPHOOL

It is ornament which worn on hairs. The intricate work is done artistically on this ornament.

SUMMANG

It is the cluster pf pearls which is worn in the middle of hair parting.

TIKA

It is in shape of  medal whose lower part is made of pearls. It is tied with summang and hang down the forehead. It is worn mostly by Oswal, Porwal and Agarwal class.

RAKDRI

It is rounded and heavy ornament.

Tika and Rakdri are symbolic ornament of married women in Rajasthan.

EAR ORNAMENTS

KARNPHOOL

It is in shape of flower in which pearls hangs downwards .

JHALE

It is ornament which sticks to ear and fixed in memandh which is a single jewellery.

JHOOTE

It is also known as tops.

The other popular ear ornaments are Bade, Tops, balliyaan, Jhoomake and earrings.

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Head, Neck, Forehead, Ear, Ankles and Waist Jewellery – The Glorious Jewellery of Rajasthan

Oct 5

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It is the custom of Rajasthani society that women should adorn herself with jewellery from head to toes. Thats why according to their economic status the jewels of silver, gold, gilt and bronze were worn. jewellery of rajasthan

Jewellery is a vital accessory to everyday attire. The jewellery from Rajasthan is much like costume which is manifestation of refined design responsiveness and skill that has evolved by a civilization over a millinery.

The relationship between ornament and religion is very strong in Rajasthan. The jewllery  is passed from one generation to another in Rajasthan.

The Soni community is the traditional jewellers of Rajasthan.  The craftsmanship of jewlellers of Rajasthan is renowned all over.

Silver is commonly worn by rural women which is certainly more affordable for a shopper.

Lac Bangles are quite admired which is common man”s gold.

Different Jewellery for head, neck, forehead, ear, arma,  ankles, feet and waist are -

  • Nose- Nathali, Long and Kanta
  • Ear-   Surliya, Long and Sankali
  • Neck-Noshar Necklace, Tevta, Timaiya, Ard, Hamel Necklace, Gulsari, Madalia
  • Arms-Bajubandh, Baju, Batta
  • Hands- Bagdi, Poonji, Gold bangles , Chuda
  • Palms -Hathphool
  • Fingers-Rings
  • Waist-Tagdi
  • Head-Rakdi, Borla, Tika, Tildi, Baser
  • Ankles- Takane Kanduji, Jhanzaria, Tule, Panjaniya, Jodh
  • Toes-Bichuvae, Chitki

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About Gemstones | Market and Specialised Centres of Jewellery in Rajasthan, India

Aug 27

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Gemstones

Rajasthan excels in wide range of precious and semi-precious jewellery. Exquisite ornaments are made in Jaipur and Jodhpur using emerald, diamond, pearl, garnet, agate and lapiz lazulli. As oposed to the modern equipments used by European lapidaries, Jaipur workers use simple tools, inspite of which their dexterity and skill is remarkable.

A piece of very popular jewellery in Rajasthan is the navratna, a collection of nine gems set together in a single piece of jewellery, either a pendant or a ring. Pearls were considered extremely lucky and emerors even ate ground pearls as medicine. Traditional designs are still popular in modern India, though the colored glass or semi-precious stones have taken place of precious stones as in traditional Rajasthan.

Market and Specialised Centres of Jewellery in Rajasthan

Famous Meenakari Jewellery in Rajasthan

Famous Meenakari Jewellery in Rajasthan

Jaipur

Centre for gold kundan work and also renowned for diamond and emrald cutting. Johari Bazar (jeweller’s market) offers the most varied collection of the region.

Nathdwara

Temple market in here is the best place to buy silver kundan and meenakari work.

Udaipur and Bikaner

A spillover of the kundan work can be purchased at Udaipur and exquisite pieces of gold and silver jewellery incorporated on lac for youngsters can be purchased at the Sunaron-ki-Suwad market in Bikaner.

Jaisalmer

Old silver jewellery can be bought at an affordable prices from the markets of jaisalmer.

Pratapgarh in Chittaurgarh

This district is famous for thewa jewellery, in which red, green or blue colored stones are beautifully crafted in the gold plated silver. Small boxes and jewel cases are also designed in this fashion.

Our jewellery chapter finishes here, we will start a serious of blogs about forts in Rajasthan from tommorrow. Do you know there are more than 1000 forts in Rajasthan, I know you wont believe it, but dont worry, we wont write about all, though we will write about many and many.

So friend stay tuned to find how the walls of forts served many kings and their kingdoms for centuries. These forts still serves as the most famous tourist attractions of rajasthan.

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