Some sparkle and shine from the land of backwaters!
My quest for traditional jewellery took me to the end of India – Kerala. People, to be specific tours and travel companies, call it the god’s own country and rightly so. You can’t help falling in love with the untouched beauty of this pristine land. The backwaters, the palms and the beaches, it feels they beckon you. But it is the cultural heritage of this place that brings you back again and again. The more you explore, the more you yearn to know. No wonder, I am still recovering from the mystic influence of its traditional beauty and figuring out, from where to begin talking about this enormous legacy. From head to toe, they have some stunning jewels to bedazzle you. Within necklace alone, they boast of countless varieties. Inspired by nature, Palakka Mala is hot favourite amongst Keralite women. It has a leaf pattern made of green coloured glass stones in a golden frame. Apart from green, now-a-days various other colour stones like red, blue… too are used. ...