Jewelry helps in enhancing one’s beauty. It also symbolizes wealth, power, and status. The heavier the jewelry, the bigger role they play in the legacy of the family and the jewelry itself. People love jewelry they have loved to wear jewelry sets at Marriages and other occasions for ages. Jewelry plays a huge role in increasing our beauty and enhancing our looks. A Marriage jewelry set consists of various jewelry items and ornaments. A Marriage jewelry set mainly consists of mangalsutra, engagement ring, bangles, nose ring, etc. Here’s how jewelry sets not only play important roles in enhancing a person’s beauty but also in other matters.
The mangalsutra plays a very important role in an Indian Marriage and is one of the most important pieces of jewelry in the Indian Marriage jewelry set that a bride wears. The term Mangalsutra consists of two words mangal and sutra. The word mangal means auspicious and Sutra means a thread both together is called mangalsutra which means an auspicious thread uniting the souls. few people say it gives the instruction to the brain to release such hormones & it takes positive energy from the earth & circulates in the body of the bride it makes her energetic. The bridegroom ties the mangalsutra to the bride and Indians believe that the mangalsutra needs to be tied in 3 knots where each knot carries a significance, one to show loyalty towards the husband, the second knot for dedication to the family, and the third to show devotion to the lord.
The mangalsutra has black beads in it and it is believed that the black beads are blessed with divine powers to protect the married couple.
Wearing an engagement ring is not essential to Indian Marriage customs and rituals. Many couples these days have now adopted this culture and wear engagement rings as a sign of their marriage. The vein on the fourth finger of the left hand goes straight to the guts and is named Venna Amoris also referred to as the vein of affection. The gold engagement ring is worn on this finger for that reason.
An Indian bride’s “Chooda” bangles are an important part of the Marriage ceremony. The bangles worn by newlyweds and would-be brides must be made of a specific material, such as glass, gold, or some other metal as they suggest a long life for the husband.
Bangles hold a special meaning for married women as they represent their love for the man they married. Bangles are associated with rituals unique to each region.
Nose piercing is an important custom that is followed by Indian women. In the Hindu religion, there is no strict restriction on wearing the nose stud as in the case of a Mangalsutra. Therefore, both married and also unmarried women can wear a nose stud. Generally, wearing nose rings is seen as a symbol of being married in many cultures across India and also many women wear them just for fashion. In Hinduism, a woman stops wearing her nose ring after the death of her husband. It is also seen as a way of paying respect and honor to Goddess Parvati, who is the Goddess of marriage.
Most Indian jewelry sets consist of gold items and many Indians prefer to wear Gold ornaments over silver platinum or other metals because gold does not tarnish, rust, or corrode, and also gold is malleable, which means it can be beaten into very thin sheets. Due to gold’s wonderful qualities and its properties, gold is considered one of the most important metals in jewelry making in India. Pure gold is too soft and comfortable for everyday wear, it is alloyed with a mixture of metals in order to make the gold harder, so it can be used for jewelry. Its bright yellow color and its reflectiveness to light make it very attractive. Platinum is too expensive and is considered a dull metal when compared to gold.
These are the importance of jewelry in an Indian Marriage and jewelry sets play a very important role in an Indian couple’s Marriage.