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Ganesha is one of the most widely worshipped deities in India, regarded by millions with love and adoration. Ganesh Sculpture Ganesh Statue Ganesh Statues Ganesha Sculpture Ganesha Statue Ganesha Statues Garden Sculpture God Ganesh Hindu Sculpture Hindu Statues Lord Ganesh Lord Ganesha Religious Gifts Religious SculptureReligious Statues Simple everyday routines, a new business, a journey, [...]

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Hand painted Silk Scarf looks more beautiful than other styles of scarves. The silk is so soft and the colors and hand painted pattern make it exquisite. The method of hand painting of Silk Scarves is prevalent all over India. In India, Varanasi is one of the most famous silk weaving centers. Today no other [...]

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The Anklets and Feet The anklets and feet, like all other parts of the body are extensively decorated. A large variety of rings, usually known as angushtha are worn on the feet. One type, especially popular in Rajasthan, is made of hemispherical forms joined with globular bells. There are also rings for the big toe [...]

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For Centuries, the Hindu jati or caste systems and their occupations have been integrally interconnected. Even the Vedic Social classification  ased on the hierarchically organised four varnas (classes), i.e. Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra, placed th Brahmin, the ritual   technocrat, at the top of the social ladder while the craftspersons, including the goldsmiths, were included [...]

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RAMAYANA One of the great Epic poems of the Hindus, the other being the Mahabharata. It is perhaps impossible to fix the exact period at which either of them was composed; though it is evident from internal evidence that both are productions of a postvedic age. The Ramayana was the more ancient of the two [...]

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A belly chain, also referred to as a waist chain, is a piece of fun and sassy body jewelry that hangs around the waist much like a necklace hangs around the neck. Belly dancers have worn them for centuries, hence the name, although those chains have often been heavier in design, typically featuring metal discs [...]

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People wore three ornaments on the neck—a choker, one necklace descending down to the collar bone and the third one covering the breasts. All these ornaments were made of strips of metals and beads. Most of the necklaces recovered from the Indus Valley are made of beads. From Harappa, a necklace with thirteen pendants composed [...]

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Early Indian literature, speaks of the bhairnivasni, a skirt like garment, which evolved from the antariya, a simple tube shaped garment. This was stitched on one side, gathered and held at the waist by a girdle. Women wore it as a lower garment. It later evolved into a skirt with a drawstring called the ghaghri [...]

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