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Vummidi Bangaru Chetty, a jeweller from Madras (currently Chennai), crafted the Sengol. [11] The Sengol is a handcrafted, gold-plated sceptre about five feet (1.5 m) long, and has a diameter of about three inches (76 mm) at the top and one inch (25 mm) at the bottom.
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 ...
Bhima Jewellers is a jewellery retail company based in India. It was established by Bhima Bhattar in the year 1925. [2] As of June 2023, the group has 116 jewellery shops [3] across South India and more than 2000 employees. Bhima Jewellers were the first jewellery store to introduce ready-made jewellery concept under the guidance of its founder ...
In the early 1990s, India's exchange crisis was resolved, and Titan Company shifted the focus of the brand to the Indian market. A pilot plant was set up in August 1992 and the production began in 1994, and Tanishq's first store opened in 1996. Tanishq was the first jewellery retail chain in India. [5]
Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian multinational jewellery company, headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. It was founded in 1993 by T. S. Kalyanaraman . [ 1 ] As of July 2024, Kalyan Jewellers operates 277 showrooms across India and the Middle East.
Khazana Jewellery is an organised jewellery retail house in South India. It was founded by Kishore Kumar Jain, and opened its first professionally managed retail showroom in Cathedral Road, Chennai , in 1993.
P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Limited, also known as Purshottam Narayan Gadgil Jewellers, is an Indian jewellery company founded by Ganesh Gadgil in Sangli in 1832. It is one of the oldest jewellery companies in India, known for its production of jewellery distinctive to the Maharashtra region.
An advertisement for a Birks-Ellis-Ryrie Jewellers in Toronto, c. 1920. Birks Group traces its origins to the opening by Henry Birks of a small jewellery shop in Montreal in 1879. [2] With an investment of CAD$3,000, Henry Birks opened in 1879 a small jewellery shop on Saint James Street in