You can imagine historical characters without internet, smartphones, shopping malls and a lot other technologies, but you can never imagine a lady from the history without jewelry. Can you? I believe the history of Indian jewelry is as old as the history of India itself. The great queens of ancient age, or for that matter even the women slaves, used to carry jewelry from head to toe. The importance of jewelries among women would never fade and with time, the love for it would only amplify. You can never bind the number of ornaments that women wear in a list, but history had some of the main sets of jewelry that almost all women used to wear.
So now when you watch some epic historical series like Mahabharata and Ramayana on television, don’t forget to notice the following ornaments of women.
Maangtika: This piece of jewelry is worn on the forehead by women. You would recall the women from history often bearing central parting of hair to accommodate this maangtika, which usually consists of a string with a center piece attached at one end. Modern women don’t even need a central parting for it. With great hanging techniques, maangtika is somehow attached to the head no matter what hairstyle you’re carrying.
Earrings: Heavy earrings of exquisite traditional designs used to be worn by women. Today, depending upon the style and design of the outfit, women wear everything from long loops to small studs. Diamond solitaire earrings are big hit amongst the women getting dressed for wedding and other grand occasions.
Necklace: Neckpieces generally used to match with the earrings often making a complete set. A large number of jewelry shops showcase traditional jewelry for wedding purposes. Hazoorilal jewellers gk is one such showroom which offers earrings-neckpiece sets of multiple designs.
Nose ring: Traditional nose pieces called “nath” were common among women. Nose rings still are essential part of jewelry among Indian brides. Nose studs can even be worn temporarily by women with nose not pierced.
Then there are bangles, anklets, rings and the list goes on. As I mentioned above, we cannot restrict the ornaments into a list!
Maangtika: This piece of jewelry is worn on the forehead by women. You would recall the women from history often bearing central parting of hair to accommodate this maangtika, which usually consists of a string with a center piece attached at one end. Modern women don’t even need a central parting for it. With great hanging techniques, maangtika is somehow attached to the head no matter what hairstyle you’re carrying.
Earrings: Heavy earrings of exquisite traditional designs used to be worn by women. Today, depending upon the style and design of the outfit, women wear everything from long loops to small studs. Diamond solitaire earrings are big hit amongst the women getting dressed for wedding and other grand occasions.
Necklace: Neckpieces generally used to match with the earrings often making a complete set. A large number of jewelry shops showcase traditional jewelry for wedding purposes. Hazoorilal jewellers gk is one such showroom which offers earrings-neckpiece sets of multiple designs.
Nose ring: Traditional nose pieces called “nath” were common among women. Nose rings still are essential part of jewelry among Indian brides. Nose studs can even be worn temporarily by women with nose not pierced.
Then there are bangles, anklets, rings and the list goes on. As I mentioned above, we cannot restrict the ornaments into a list!