Temple jewelry is considered to be auspicious and that’s why during festivals and occasions of worship of Gods, Indian females like to wear temple jewelry. They are supposed to bring good luck to the wearer.
There are 3 types of Indian Jewellery: Temple, Spiritual and Bridal. Temple jewellery is what was used in the earlier days to decorate the idols of gods and goddesses. The statues were festooned with chunky necklaces that were strung with beads or had intricate ornamental work.
These Temple Jewellery was worn by dancer and eventually became the part of the Indian woman’s bridal jewellery ensemble. The idols are adorned by the jewellery even today and the designs are available in women’s jewellery as well. The women don these jewellery pieces generally during the festivals and occasions as these are considered to be auspicious and offer good luck.
Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi Dance Jewelry.
The jewelry in this catagory are the inexpensive version of Temple Jewelry and known as imitation Temple Jewelry. Most of this jewelry are made of Copper or base metal and Gold plated. This is little heavier than real temple jewelry due to the weight of Copper or base metal. If maintained properly, the imitation temple jewelry lasts and stay as new for many years. Imitation temple jewelry must be stored in a dry / mosture free place wraped in cotton cloth or tissue paper. Even though Copper is not brittle, the base metal jewelry is highly brittle and may break if dropped.
In India, Gold is more than just a precious metal and gold jewellery beyond just a possession. Gold is an integral part of our religious and cultural beliefs, the acquisition of which is done over generations, it’s part of our heritage and is ancestral.
Buying gold on auspicious/special occasions is part of our custom and adorning gold jewellery is always the highlight of the festivities.
With the wedding season around the corner, it only reminds me how no Indian wedding is complete without gold. Gold signifies purity, prosperity and good fortune and so in each Indian wedding, gold jewellery is gifted to the bride as blessings from the family.
The intricate details on each piece really amazed me; all the work is hand-crafted. After spending a lot of time checking out all the pieces I possibly could, I picked up some gold jewellery with Nakshi Work, all hand-crafted, as my #FutureHeirlooms pieces.
Now the kind of gold indian jewellery I like is strongly influenced by my mother’s choice. Being the eldest daughter in my family, she would often take me along whenever she had to buy some gold and I’d always love what she’d pick.
So these jewellery pieces only reminded me of her and the jewellery she gifted me on my wedding day and so I’d love to pass on something like to this to my future generations.
Keeping the wedding season in mind I kept my outfit on the ethnic side. I paired a self designed Lehnga with a plain black crop top (from Koovs) to keep the look clutter free considering all the jewellery I wore plus gold only looks great with a dark backdrop.
Bharatanatyam Temple Jewellery – A Brief Overview
Bharatanatyam is one of the classical dance of the world .its origin was the Tamil Nadu, state of the India country. It is the very popular classical dance form in south India. Bharatanatyam is a range of natya yoga the spiritual by physical and emotional body. And the most historical of all the traditional Native Indian dancing designs in the entire Indian, which are all base on Natya Shastra, the Holy Scriptures of the traditional Native Indian dancing.