Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a day of lovers, celebrated on 14th February every year. This day is also called St. Valentine's Day. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards.

The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. Their are many stories associated behind this day but no one know the actually knows the story behind this day. Some believe he was a saint who helped young lovers in getting married secretly,

so the other story says that Valentine actually sent the first "valentine" greeting himself it is believed that While in prison, Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailer's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed "From your Valentine," an expression that is still in use today.

 Other story  says  that  some  believe  hat Valentine's  Day  is  celebrated  in  the  middle  of   February  to  commemorate  the    anniversary  of   Valentine's  death  or   burial  —  which  probably   occurred around  270 A.D — others  claim  that  the  Christian  church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of  February in an effort to "christianize"celebrations  of   the  pagan  Lupercalia   festival.  Valentines Day is  one  of  the  most  popular celebrations across the world. The reason is fairly simple.

This is an occasion that has gradually evolved into a day that observes one of the most beautiful of all human relationships, love. It asks us to discover all those universal feelings and emotions that are somewhere representative of love today this occasion has come to be recognized and accepted for this very quality.

Today the range of Valentines Day gifts includes chocolates in fancy heart shaped boxes, beautiful ready-made bouquets of flowers and cards of all kinds inscribed with poetry composed by professionals to convey their feelings of love and romance, and the most important jewelry, Choosing jewelry for your Valentine should be fun, not something you put off until the last minute because you don't know what to buy. Jewelry is a valentine gift that is always loved and appreciated by women. Jewelry has delighted women for ages. And if someone special gifts them with valentine jewelry on this special day, then it becomes all the more precious!

INDIAN ETHNIC JEWELRY

Over centuries, India has experienced several empires in its land. With the sovereignty of various dynasties, a broad spectrum of aesthetic designs emerged that reflected the cultural diversity, taste of denizens, fantastic splendour and artistry of primeval India.

Each distinct style contains its own characteristic that has deciphered and explained history of different dynasties. Available ornaments were made of gold, silver, ivory, beads, pottery and precious stones like rubies, corals, sapphires and crystals.

Types of ornaments were Crowns, Hansali (circular neck ornament), Rani-Haar (long necklace), Necklaces , Pendants , Earrings Earrings ,Finger rings , Tops, Nose-rings, Thumb rings, Bangles , Kadas, Toe rings, Bracelets , Kadandias, Armlets, Armbands, Chains, Tikas, Borlas, Dots, Nose pins, Nath chains (worn with nose ring), Waist-belts, Ear chains, Anklets. Gradually, with the progression of time, sophisticated approach emerged that enhanced various types of intricate and classic design.
Indian jewelry by far is not restricted to single metal or material; the extensive list has included different materials such as glass, white metals alloys with fabric, plastics, rice, Resin and many more.

From the ancient past, the penchant for comprehensive variety of precious jewelry and adorning the appearance has been the commonplace trait and dexterity of jewelry connoisseurs. Embellishing with luxurious jewelry in wedding as well as some special social ceremonies is an integral part of respectable Indian traditions

India is famous for traditional handcrafted ethnic jewelry.  There are different types of ethnic jewelrysuch as ‘Kundan’ (where gold foil is used in settings), ‘Jadoo’ (stone setting), ‘Meena’ (enamelling) and ‘Lac jewelry’ (wax filled jewelry).



A combination of one or more of these types can also be used to produce highly individual unusual pieces.