hyderabadi bridal jewellery | traditional jewelry
Hyderabad is well known for its pearls and jewelry , back from the times of mughals. Have a look at stunning jewelry designs.
The traditional jewelry are:
• Tika (a medallion of uncut diamonds worn on the forehead and suspended by a string of pearls)
• Jhoomar (a fan shaped ornament worn on the side of the head)
• Nath (a nose ring with a large ruby bead flanked by two pearls)
• Chintaak also known as Jadaoo Zevar (a choker studded with uncut diamonds and precious stones)
• Kan phool (earrings that match the Chintaak and consist of a flower motif covering the ear lobe and a bell shaped ornament that is suspended from the flower. The weight of precious stones and gold in the Karan phool is held up by sahare or supports made of strands of pearls that are fastened into the wearers hair.)
• Satlada (neck ornament of seven strands of pearls set with emeralds, diamonds and rubies)
• Ranihaar (neck ornament of pearls with a wide pendant)
• Jugni (neck ornament of several strands of pearls with a central pendant)
• Gote (Shellac bangles studded with rhinestones and worn with gold coloured glass bangles called sonabai)
• Payal (ankle bracelets)
• Gintiyan (toe rings)