15 Maharashtrian Bridal Jewelleries to Keep On Your Checklist

Gold is the most valued jewellery material when it comes to Indian weddings. Gold jewellery in Indian communities inherits emotion and sentimentality. Each community in this country has its way of expressing art and culture. Jewellery and its design are considered as the expressions of diversity and uniqueness.

When it comes to wedding jewellery Maharashtra has an elegant taste in its tradition. Gold is one of the primary elements that are used in the making of wedding or bridal jewellery, accompanied by pearl, rubies and emeralds and motifs of deities like Lord Vishnu, Ganesh or Lakshmi.

The quintessential Bridal Jewelleries in Maharashtra are –

Nath is nose jewellery primarily made with gold having a variety of designs, beaded with pearl and can have a ruby or emerald at its centre. This is an essential ornament for a Maharashtrian bride.
Thushi is a choker neckpiece that comes with an adjustable string.
Mohan Mala or Bakuli Haar is a long beaded golden necklace that can have 2 to 8 layers.
Lakshmi Haar or coin/temple necklace is another golden neckpiece that has motifs of Lakshmi or Ganesh on the coins.
Kohlapuri Saaj is as special as a Mangalsutra in Marathi culture. A kohlapuri saaj has 21 leaves shape pendants and golden beads.
Ambada is the next essential for a traditional Marathi bride to put an accessory at the head bun that comes in a round shape and is tucked with a bun pin.
Kaan or ear cuff is generally made with gold complemented with pearl, rubies, and emeralds.
Putli Haar has gold coins in the neckpiece with Lakshmi motifs. A putli haar has a silk braid and a patwa cord.
Kudya is an earring, specifically an ear stud made with gold and pearl.
Choodah(s) are green glass bangles symbolic to red bangles (profoundly wore in northern India) as an accessory that symbolises married women.
Mundavlya is also a piece of jewellery that is specifically seen in Marathi weddings tied across the forehead of both the bride and the groom. A Mundavlya is made with pearl or gold beads.
Tanmani is a choker neckpiece that has one middle pendant embossed with valuable stones and attached with 3 layers of pearl strings.
Jodvi is the only silver jewellery to spot in Marathi bridal jewellery that is worn on the toe rings of a married woman.
Bugadi is another set or ear ornament that is worn on the helix part of the ear. A bugadi is traditionally made with pearls.
Mangalsutra is the last but one of the most essential jewellery for a bride. Usually made of gold with black beads, a mangalsutra is one of the certain symbols of a married woman that is not only wore on the day of the wedding but also later on it is expected of the bride to wear the mangalsutra as a symbol for the wellbeing of her husband.