Indian Accessories

Though accepted as a universal jewel, the rings made in India have distinct features and fine qualities. Go inside a popular jewel show room and have a glance at the innumerable rings displayed in the glass cases.

These rings are exceptionally beautiful and glamorous in fabulous designs and sizes, embellished with colorful stones or beads. In India even a new born baby’s fingers will be decorated with very tiny golden rings.
Rings are usually worn on finger or thumb, but this small ornamental hoop could be attached to the ear or the nose. All the leading retailer of fine jewelry offer a huge selection of engagement rings, anniversary rings, wedding rings, gemstone and diamond rings, rings in gold, silver and platinum etc.
Diamond rings with Gemstones will make any occasion a long lasting memorable day. Whether the bride loves three stone diamond ring or a platinum diamond ring with gemstones, you are shown a wide range of exquisitely designed rings from which you can select one to please “the would be diamond” in your life. The diamond gemstone rings, in vibrant attractive designs, exemplify splendor and charm. There is also a vast collection of fancy and colorful casual diamond rings to be worn on any occasion.
In India way back during 2500-1500 BC finger rings made of bronze, gold, and silver have been found in the Indus valley whereas in Egypt rings from 1600 B.C. were considered as a symbol of status and were exchanged as a pledge or seal of faith.
Wedding Bands: For Europeans wearing a ring is a symbol of commitment and love and this culture has spread all over the world. Now wedding bands have become a tradition for marrying couple every where. Diamond, gold and titanium rings have all their own meaning. Both traditional and new designs of plain wedding bands are available and the selection of bands includes ornate designs cast in yellow or white gold.
Today rings are available in numerous designs and in any material like plastic, brass, iron, aluminum, stainless steel etc. Young people prefer rings made out of such materials and they are decorated with bright motifs, stones and funky designs making the rings a bold fashion statement. You also get rings with inlaid stones that provide an extra sparkle to this small jewelry. You find rings with very small thin pendants hanging loosely. This tiny piece of jewelry, though simple, looks very elegant on the wearer.

The people of Gujarat state in India are very much noted for their business skills. Broach, an ancient Gujarat port situated on the Cambay Gulf, was an important bisector of the business route to China, Greece,’ Portugal and Persia. Broach played a significant role in the trade and movement of Mughal jewelry, gold, silver, ivory,

pearl, textiles, gemstones and coral to these foreign countries. This advantage helped Broach gradually develop as a hub for stone cutters, artisans and carvers for nearly thousand years. Even today you can see a sizeable diamond cutting factories in some Gujarati cities like Surat, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar and Navasari. These small scale cutting houses have around 800,000 employees to cut and polish 80—90% of world’s whole diamond production.
As a gesture of gratitude to tribal jewelry and accessories many Gujarati ladies wear key-ring holder an their waist usually made of silver. Jewelry like mangal sutra (a chain tied around the neck by the husband on the wedding day), earrings, necklace, rings and bangles are also very popular among Gujarati women.
Modern jewelry designers have revived the age-old popular tribal jewelry, known as Pachchikam, mostly crafted in Kutch and Gujarat and made this one of the latest fashion statements. The artistic tribal jewelry Pachchikam is slowly replacing gold jewelries. The craftsmen in Gujarat and Kutch prepare this form of jewelry buy cutting semi-precious stones. Some sort of glasswork also is needed in the preparation. Only the few families, who have attained specialization in this type of artwork through their ancestors, can do the fabrication of this jewelry. In the normal course each piece requires 1-2 months to prepare due to the typical climatic constraints.
Other type of traditional jewelry made in Gujarat out of agate, bead and silver are very famous as the exquisite tribal jewelry. Ornaments like ear rings, bangles, nose rings, necklaces etc. are crafted locally and sold out all over the state. Silver-bars are locally procured and later transformed into sheets and wires from which various enchanting silver ornaments are made.
Bhuj, Anjar and Mundra in Kutch district are the main hub of silver jewelry work and Porbandar, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad and Jamnagar in Gujarat also bears a long tradition of supplying excellent silversmiths, who show great skill in creating stunning silver jewelry,. As Tribal Jewelry is a part of Gujarat’s traditional jewelry this work is still done with great care and in styles centuries after centuries using beads, zari, lac etc and this age old tribal ornaments are in great demand among women.