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Magic beauty of Indian women

Magic beauty of Indian women

Painting. Magic beauty of Indian women

Magic beauty of Indian women
Long history of Indian culture can be traced in many things – including variety of jewelry. Every country has and boasts distinctive traditions and customs, the uniqueness of India manifested in everything – in peculiarities, diversity and beauty that mark Indian jewelry. The value of jewelry for the people of this wonderful country is extremely high. Indian Jewelry celebrates the human body, talks about its owner almost all: if she is married, belongs to any caste, whether she has any children. And it’s not the whole list. For the Indian woman jewelry is a kind of language communicated from the wearer to the viewer, along with speech and gestures. Such jewelry is a reserve of symbols, the meaning of some of them is forgotten.

Magic beauty of Indian women

In the culture of India all is symbolic, everything – a metaphor

Decorating the visible, material body, and the Indians have expressed a longing for its divine nature. For many Hindu nice clothes – a way to worship God. Elegantly dressed woman is the personification of the ideal of beauty and mystery inherent in the nature and music. Each part of the decoration is justified and consistently woven into the overall pattern of symbolic forms and images.

Magic beauty of Indian women

Sengara

Sengara – the complete decoration of women. It includes 16 attributes associated with the sixteen phases of the moon, which, in turn, are linked with the female lunar cycle. Thus, 16 – a special number. Sengara name associated with Sri Lakshmi – the goddess of female beauty, good luck, prosperity and fertility, the ideal wife of Vishnu. In the spiritual world demigods eternal 16. This is the most beautiful and vigorous human age. At 16, she has all the perfections it at the peak of physical development, her innocence attracts all.

The sixteen ornaments said to make up the standard repertoire of feminine adornment are: Bindi, Sindoor (Vermilion), Tika, Anjana (Kohl), Nath (Nose Ring), Necklace (Haar), Karn Phool (The Ear Flower), Henna (Mehndi), Bangles (Wrist Ornament), Armbands (Baajuband), Arsi (Thumb Ring with Mirror), Hair Style (Keshapasharachna), Kamarband (Ornament That Binds the Waist), Anklet (Payal) and Toe Rings, Perfume (Itra), The Bridal Dress

Magic beauty of Indian women

The Bindi

The Bindi is a small ornamental dot placed at the center of the forehead, between the eyes. The word is derived from the Sanskrit bindu, meaning dot, it is the dimensionless point of infinite potential from which has originated all manifested existence. It is the mystical third eye, an invisible organ of spiritual perception and second sight, situated at a point little above the place where the eyebrows meet. It is regarded as the channel of supreme wisdom and sublime intuition, and is said to confer divine knowledge. The third symbolic eye represents fire. The two eyes are capable of seeing only the past and the present, but the third eye sees the future.

Magic beauty of Indian women

Vermilion

Sindoor (Vermilion) – a deep, rich blood-red powder applied in the parting between the hair. Exclusively used by married women. A vital red is symbolic of fertility and the regenerative power inherent in women. At a practical level (especially in India where marriages are made in heaven), it proclaims the status of a woman committed irrevocably, and as passionately as the color of her sindoor, to a single individual, and thus being out of bounds for any other.

Magic beauty of Indian women

The tika

The tika is an ornament composed of a chain with a hook at one end and a pendant at the other. The hook holds the tika at the hair end, while the pendant falls on the exact center of the forehead. This place is believed to house the ‘ajna’ chakra. This chakra stands for preservation. Thus by adorning herself with this mark, a woman reiterates her status as the preservator of the order of the human race.

Anjana (Kohl)

Anjana (Kohl)

Anjana (Kohl) – wide black tench around the eyes, where the arrows are connected, emphasizing sharpness of view: “My eyes, not the eyes, beloved, but the arrows of light. My eyebrows, no eyebrows, but the swords of destruction. ”

Every feeling is transmitted through the eyes of the heart. They can express reverence, compassion, love, and lust. Indian poets usually want to drown “in the depths of the eyes of the beloved.”

Nath (Nose Ring)

Nath (Nose Ring)

Nath (Nose Ring) – ring or other jewelry in the nose. Nate is the most seductive ornament. Nose ring takes many various forms, ranging from the precious studs to large gold hoops.

Necklace (Haar)

Long Necklace (Haar)

Necklace (Haar) – necklaces, beads, necklace. Neck – one of the important centers of the mystical. It is therefore considered that the necklace attracts and retains love, brings luck. Among other types of jewelry necklaces have always had a maximum magic spell. Probably, bright and rich necklace distracted ill-wisher on behalf of the owner, and thus protected from the danger of the evil eye, hypnotic effect.

Karn Phool (The Ear Flower)

Karn Phool (The Ear Flower)

Karn Phool (The Ear Flower) – literally, a flower in her ear. Since ancient times, the earlobe was seen as a sign of spiritual development and high social status.

Karn Phool (The Ear Flower)

The Ear Flower

According to legend earrings – comfort pain and suffering. The more decorative and expensive earrings, the more one receives consolation. The most popular from ancient times to the present day are the earrings in the shape of flowers and fruits. They reflect the soft, young, spiritual perfection, ingenuousness, innocence – the basic attributes of the female character.

Henna (Mehndi)

Temporary body decoration Mehndi

Henna (Mehndi). Unlike a tattoo, it is a temporary body decoration, and lasts about three weeks. Most common in the Arab countries, India, North Africa and Indonesia.

Mehndi appeared about 5,000 years ago. In Ancient Egypt Mehndi adorned body and nail pattern of ladies. In the XII century it was entrenched in India, becoming not only a decoration. For example, many Arab women believe that mehndi brings luck and protects against failures. Mehndi has a great significance in all Eastern wedding traditions, and no wedding is complete without the decoration of the bride’s hands and feet – in many cultures on both the front and back of the hands right up to the elbow, and on the bottom half of the legs.

Mehndi is carried out on a bride’s hands and feet the night before the marriage celebrations begin, often known as the ‘mehndi ki raat’ or night of henna, raat meaning night. Mehndi signifies the power of love in marriage. The darker the mehndi, the stronger the love. Red – the color of fertility and power.

Mehndi has floral designs, they symbolically link a woman with the nature, the concepts of birth, nutrition, growth and regeneration. Mehendi protects from evil spirits, misery, disease and even death. Poets call them shiny tokens of radiant life, a circle of light for a happy daughter and a happy wife.

Bangles (Wrist Ornament)

Bangles (Wrist Ornament)

Bangles (Wrist Ornament) Bracelets symbolize the powerful energy of the sun. Made of any material: Terra cotta, stone, shell, copper, bronze, gold, silver, etc.

Bracelets

Wrist ornaments. Bracelets

Bracelets – a sign of married women. They have a lot of romantic love and allusions. Ringing sound bracelet reporting that a woman needs attention, she is angry and wants to share her views.

A married woman would never allow herself to appear in public without bracelets. Tend to be 8, 12 or 24 bracelets on each wrist.

Armbands (Baajuband)

Armbands (Baajuband)

Armbands (Baajuband) – The upper arm is the place where amulets strung on a black or red thread are often tied to keep the evil eye away. Depending on the tradition, accepted in the community, and the status of women in marriage Baajuband can cover the entire upper part of the arm from the elbow to the shoulder. Baajuband should sit firmly on the arm. Made of different materials, richly decorated with ornaments. Serves Kawachi – protection from evil eye and is considered a symbol of perfect beauty.

Arsi (Thumb Ring with Mirror)

Arsi (Thumb Ring with Mirror)

Arsi (Thumb Ring with Mirror) – a ring with a mirror, worn on the thumb. According to legend, the first thing is to see a woman waking up – her face. To do this, you should always have mirror at hand …

On the other fingers are gold rings or jewelry, consisting of a central medallion, they are attached to eight chains – three of them are attached to the bracelet, five – to the rings worn on the fingers.

Hair Style (Keshapasharachna)

Hair Style (Keshapasharachna)

Hair Style (Keshapasharachna) Hair is regarded in occultism as one of the most extraordinary parts of the body. It belongs to the element of earth as it is solid and tangible; to the element of water since it is free and flowing, to the element of fire since it fed from the furnace of the brain; Bathing a Princessand to the element of air since it is light and can be blown by the wind. Hair is both living, since it grows, and dead since it is without sensibility.

Hair has its own life. Grow faster than other parts of the body. They represent the link between this world and the future. Hair – the source of life, and magical power. They form a crown around the head – the most sacred part of a person. Hair is considered the most auspicious symbol. According to mythology, the three strands of a woman’s plait are intended to symbolize the confluence of India’s three rivers – the Ganga, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati – or the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Yet another legend states that one strand represents the father’s house, one, the in-laws’, and the third is the woman herself who unites the two.

Kamarband (Ornament That Binds the Waist)

Kamarband (Ornament That Binds the Waist)

Kamarband (Ornament That Binds the Waist)
Designed to be held on the hip, it holds together the folds of the sari, especially in situations where women engage themselves in heavy movements like dancing. Its presence is evident in almost every female image throughout Indian history.

The waist ornament is always made up in a manner so as to conveniently hold a bunch of keys. These signify the keys to a fresh bride’s new home, and her assumption of a new position of authority, in a domain where her writ runs large. Often it is handed over by the mother in law to the daughter in law, symbolically delivering over the reins to the new generation.

Anklet (Payal) and Toe Rings

Anklet (Payal) and Toe Rings

Anklet (Payal) and Toe Rings. Feet are the support of the entire body and therefore accorded great significance. The foot is the human pedestal, in direct contact with Mother Earth, absorbing vigor from her powerful emanations. Humbling oneself by touching the feet of one’s elders or prostrating oneself before them or worshiping the feet or sandals of a deity or a holy man are expressions of respect. Toes are decorated with rings, simple or complicated design. Some rings are decorated with bells. Also, sometimes on foot wear jewelry locket with chain.

Sari

Illustration. Woman in Sari

Sari has not changed in centuries. Different peoples of India in time only contributed, using a variety of fabrics for saris, using new methods of draping. The word sari is derived from Sanskrit meaning strip of cloth

Sari – the pride of Indian women. It can be executed from the gleaming silk and finest cotton, with pastel colors and richly decorated with flowers. It is embroidered with gold thread, decorated border. Saris are romantic, smart, modest, bright, elegant and innocent.

Magic beauty of Indian women

symbols of Indian jewelry

symbols of Indian jewelry

The tika

Decorations called The tika

Magic beauty of Indian women

Stunning beauty of Indian women

Magic beauty of Indian women

Jewellery decorations. Magic beauty of Indian women

symbols of Indian jewelry

Meaning and symbols of Indian jewelry

symbols of Indian jewelry

Most poetic comparisons of the eyes are from nature. Eyes as the rose, almond, lily, as “fish, sparkling in the slip,” as the seas and oceans of the abyss, fire, etc

symbols of Indian jewelry

Most likely, the forerunner of beads was the usual floral garland. But the flavor of many colors, such as jasmine, rose has a clear erotic overtones

Mehndi

Body art – Henna Mehndi

Mehndi

Hands with Mehndi

Mehndi

Palms. Mehndi

Bracelets

Bracelets

symbols of Indian jewelry

symbols of Indian jewelry

Hair Style (Keshapasharachna)

Keshapasharachna, Hair Style

Kamarband (Ornament That Binds the Waist)

Ornament That Binds the Waist – Kamarband

Anklet (Payal) and Toe Rings

Payal and Toe Rings

Sari

Blue Sari

Magic beauty of Indian women

Green sari. Magic beauty of Indian women

Magic beauty of Indian women

Fragment of painting. Magic beauty of Indian women

Magic beauty of Indian women

Photo of Indian woman in sari

Magic beauty of Indian women

A couple in love. Magic beauty of Indian women

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