Marriages, for a long time, are required to have some form of jewelry as a marital symbol that the woman never removes during her married life, until widowhood. One such jewelry piece is the perman...

Beautiful and elaborate, Thewa is a 2–3 centuries-old gold jewelry-making art form that originated in the Partabgarh (also known as Pertabgarh or Pratapgarh) district in Rajasthan. Only the men bel...

The first fortnight of 2023 is almost over, and with it is going to be over the time of the winter. The Sun leaves the constellation of Sagittarius and prepares to enter the constellation of Capric...

The sun has set; people have started around the bonfire that has just been lit. Plates full of popcorn, peanuts, rewari, gajak, chikki, and jaggery are being passed around with people taking some t...

The configuration of the Navagrahas and the Navaratna attributed to them creates a symbolism for the universe. As such, the configuration has a profound significance because it is said to awaken th...

Elaborate designs painstakingly handcrafted out of thin sheets of gold fused on molten glass—these breathtakingly beautiful pieces of art arise from a gold jewelry-making technique known as Thewa. ...