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Precious & Semi-Precious Stone
India
’s fame is precious semi-precious stones was well established before the
arrival of the British. The land that spells royalty is the home of nameless
precious and semi-precious stones like mother of pearl, diamonds, emeralds,
rubies, sapphires, lapis lazuli,
aquamarines, amethysts and others. The process of transforming a rough stone
into a shapely object of beauty and luster calls for a great degree of skill
in which Indian craftsmen are adept to the core.
IDEAL PLACES TO SHOP
Kashmir
, Rajasthan, Mumbai.
COSTUME JEW ELLERY
For the hi-fashion woman of
today there’s nothings quite like the offbeat style of self adornment…
pick the style that suits you most! For, with the passing of centuries, the
old appears offbeat today, having and irresistible lure for women the world
over.
India
is one of the most important countries for the manufacture and export of
costume jewellery.
| It has the largest production base for glass beads.
Varanasi
is famous for its glass beads made from fused glass rods, while Purdilpur is
famous for black glass beads.
Mathura
is noted for lovely glass beads, stringing glass and wooden beads in
necklaces together with rudraksha (sacred seeds associated to Lord
Shiva) and tulsi (basil) in a variety of interesting
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Ferozabad has a
rich selection of fragile and delicate lightweight beads. ‘German
silver’ jewellery crated to modern tastes ins made in
Agra
, while
Meerut
produces exquisite metal jewellery.
Silver ornaments are
especially popular in Rajasthan, while Karnal in Haryana produces hollow
silver beads. Rohtak has well made peasant jewellety and graceful head
ornaments are made in Maharshtra.
TRIBAL JEWELLERY
| India
has a large tribal population. Their jewellery is a major attraction within
the country as well as abroad. The adornment fashioned from flowers, leaves,
stones of creepers and fruits are unbelievably charming, shells, seeds and
berries-rudraksha being, the most celebrated. Shell bracelets of
W. Bengal
, specially filigreed gold bracelets will, for certain, capture your heart. |
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IDEAL PLACES TO SHOP
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra
Kerala
,
Assam
, Madhya Pradesh, and
West Bengal
So go ahead, shop to your
heart’s delight and take home an exquisite, piece made in
India , just for you.
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