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2. Sehra (headdress) - Wikipedia

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   They are intended to ward off the evil eye. Secondly, the bride and groom are not supposed to see each other before their wedding ceremony. Therefore, a sehra solved the purpose of hiding the groom’s face, whereas the bride covered her face with a ghunghat or pallu. [4] They are more prominently worn in North India than in other parts of the ...

3. Mangalasutra - Wikipedia

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   During a Hindu wedding, the mangalasutra is tied around the neck of the bride by the groom. The ceremony is known as the Mangalya Dharanam ( Sanskrit for 'wearing the auspicious'). Mangalasutra literally means "an auspicious thread" [ 1 ] that is knotted around the bride's neck and is worn by her for the remainder of her marriage.

4. Indian wedding clothes - Wikipedia

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   The bride is usually dressed up in auspicious colors. Many of the guests attending the wedding wear gold jewelry including the bride and sometimes the groom. The women are additionally adorned with henna patterns on their palms, hands, forearms, legs, and feet. Indian weddings generally tend to continue for several days and new attire is worn ...

5. Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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   In 2008, the Indian wedding market was estimated to be $31 billion a year. [2] Various sources estimate India celebrates about 10 million weddings per year, [50] [51] and over 80% of these are Hindu weddings. The average expenditures exceed US$3,000 per wedding. Another $30 billion per year is spent on jewelry in India, [52] with jewelry for ...

6. Amrapali Jewels - Wikipedia

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   Amrapali Jewels, is a jewellery house founded in 1978 by Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera in Jaipur. [2] Amrapali designs, produces and distributes tribal, fine and uncut gemstone jewellery. The brand has stores in India and London .

7. Jewellery of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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   Bharathanatyam dancer with antique temple jewellery. Tamil people have historically been connoisseurs of fine golden jewellery, which has a history predating the Sangam period in the Indian subcontinent. Ancient Tamil literature lists out the different types of jewellery worn by women historically from head to toe. Apart from gold, jewellery ...