Indian Wedding Jewelry and Rings

Our world contains many diverse cultures. The people who practice each of those cultures have adopted a distinctive standard for judging the attractiveness of others. India wedding jewelry and rings gives the world a better feeling for the standards of attractiveness in India.

Some of the Indian wedding jewelry is designed to be worn in the nose. There are various names for that piece of jewelry: laung, nath and besar. While the nose piece worn by Indian women may seem odd to westerners, someone from India might fail to understand that appeal of the pointed nose piece worn by some residents of the South Pacific.

The Indian bride wears gold jewelry in many different places on her body. Relatives like to give gold to an Indian bride. They feel that it helps a couple to gain security. Indian wedding rings are therefore most often in 14 carat yellow gold. The new bride wants to show as many gold gifts as possible on the day of her wedding.

Indian jewelry for weddings reflects the eagerness of the bride to find as many ways as possible for displaying her golden wedding gifts. Golden jewelry intended for use on any region of the body might take-on a number of different characteristics. For that reason, a single type of Indian wedding jewelry can have more than one name.

Take, for example, the golden jewelry that encircles the head of an Indian bride. It can be called a tika or a banda. The golden comb that an Indian bride puts in her hair can be called a chapodia or a jhoomar.

An Indian bride generally has golden jewelry dangling from her ears. Such ear pieces can be called jhamka, bundey or kundal. She also has golden jewelry around her neck. It can be called a taali, a choker or a hansli.

The neck piece worn by an Indian bride seems to “grab” the neck. It is very different from the hanging necklace popular in more western cultures. At the same time, an Indian bride would no doubt shrink from wearing the choker-type of necklace that can be seen on many African women. Each culture has developed its own standard for attractiveness, and for adorning those who posses attractiveness.

Some of the Indian wedding jewelry is designed to be worn on the upper arm. It might be called a baaju band or a chooda. A bride who has received many such bands will show a lot less arm skin on her wedding day.

Jen Carter, owner of My Wedding Blog, offers free information on weddings.