Jewelry is the first love of almost all Indian women. In India, jewelry is much more than that of the fashion trend. The ornaments are not just a piece of metal for the purpose of adoration but this jewelry signifies or symbolizes the cultural tradition of India. There are total 16 adornments of Indian women and each of those has its own significance. These 16 adornments from Maang tikka to anklets, Bajuband to Kamar band, Mangalsutra to toe rings, and from bangles to earrings all are culturally important for the married women and considered as auspicious for them.
Today here we are going to tell you about one such jewelry which is not only adorned by Indian women but men have also worn them .i.e. Earrings. Earrings in India have been adorned by both men and women for spiritual reasons or as a fashion trend. Though unlike men, it is customary for the women to pierced their ear at an early age. Earrings are the accessory that most of us can’t even forget to wear because these small studs surely enhance the beauty of women.
Earrings (one of the solah shringaars) are the essential ornaments of a woman’s jewelry box. Every woman desires to wear earrings which are unique, trendy, glamorous and eye catching. In spite of enhancing the beauty of women earrings were meant to be talent care of our soul and mind as it was believed that spirits could enter our body through if ears. So these studs also are worn as a purpose to protect us from evil souls and keep off the evil eye away.
Jewelry and Indian women share a deep connection with each other as its value lies not only in traditions but also has great significance in scientific terms. women accomplish a state of complete well being by adorning beautiful earrings. As a scientific fact, an important nerve connects cervix, brain, and kidney and hence wearing these studs in ears revealed that ear is a microcosm of the entire body. Wearing earrings apply the right pressure in the ear and it is said that nerve of the right ear is directly connected with the kidney, and hence the health of the kidney and the bladder can be taken care by wearing these magnificent ornament i.e., earrings. This traditional ornament of Hindu culture actually allows the wearer to imbibe divine consciousness (Chaitanya) warding off all the negative energies.
Traditional jewelry in India is linked to the status and wealth of the family. These jewelry are also served the purpose of insurance for poor people. Earrings come in various shapes namely and sizes and one such shape which are quite popular among both the married and unmarried women is Karnaphool or ear flowers and jhumkas particularly considered as auspicious signifying the gentleness, youth, spiritual, perfection and innocence qualities of women which tell the attributes of feminine character.
Few males are also seen wearing small studs (earrings) influenced from Bollywood celebrities and in some parts of India, there is a special ceremony known as “karnbheda” where ears of the younger child are pierced and organized with great homp and pomp just like an extravagant traditional wedding ceremony.