New Delhi, India. Belly chain or the waist chain is worn around the waist to help create an ideal waistline considered so attractive in an Indian woman. Others are designed to hang loosely on the hips in the same manner which in the ancient times was supposed to add sensual beauty to a lady. Even today waist chain continues to be considered the best way to maintain a waistline. To gain the requisite flexibility, most waist chains are made by chaining or threading together a large number of fine links. Often fine wire work is employed to gain elasticity. The most popular system for fastening comprises of dovetailed hinges locked by piercing a pin through the two ends of the band in position.  (less)

Rajasthan. * Shipped in 24 hours from Gurgaon, suburb of Delhi in India. There is no part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

Rajasthan. * Shipped in 24 hours from Gurgaon, suburb of Delhi in India. There is no part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

Rajasthan * Shipped in 24 hours from Gurgaon, suburb of Delhi in India. There is no part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

Jaipur in Rajasthan * Shipped in 24 hours from Gurgaon, suburb of Delhi in India There is no part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

from Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi, India. Throughout India anklets, worn in pairs, one on each ankle, are common, though not all function as marriage ornaments. Among the poorer people and especially among more isolated communities it is common to find anklets of base metals like white metal, copper, and copper alloys such as brass and bronze. However, in most places, anklets are made in silver. Anklets are of two basic types, i.e. the stiff and the flexible. The stiff anklets are either cast or fabricated by hammering sheet metal into the requisite shape. Using the techniques of chiseling, engraving, repousse, granulation or threading and wire work, anklets are patterned. The flexible variety employs close interlocking of separately made links tied together either ...  (less)

part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

* Shipped in 24 hours from Gurgaon, suburb of Delhi in India There is no part of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)

Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi, India. Throughout India anklets, worn in pairs, one on each ankle, are common, though not all function as marriage ornaments. Among the poorer people and especially among more isolated communities it is common to find anklets of base metals like white metal, copper, and copper alloys such as brass and bronze. However, in most places, anklets are made in silver. Anklets are of two basic types, i.e. the stiff and the flexible. The stiff anklets are either cast or fabricated by hammering sheet metal into the requisite shape. Using the techniques of chiseling, engraving, repousse, granulation or threading and wire work, anklets are patterned. The flexible variety employs close interlocking of separately made links tied together either...  (less)

of India where women are not decked with jewelry set from head to toe. The minimum that a Hindu woman would routinely wear includes bangles, finger rings, a simple necklace, small earrings, and anklets. In more conventional pockets of Hindu society, even today, it would be possible to recognize a womans personal and social status from her dress and jewelry set. A bride would be proverbially decked up from head to toe and a newly married woman would wear noticeably more jewelry set while going out. On the occasion of attending a marriage ceremony or celebrating a festival too, women take out their best Indian jewellery set to adorn themselves.  (less)