How a bridal set is made in our karkhana
Six people, twelve weeks and one piece of gold: the making of a rani haar.
Polki or kundan: what you are buying
Two words often used together, and what they really mean on your bill.
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Notes from Nagina Polki House
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
How to store and clean kundan jewellery
Keep it dry, keep it separate and never soak it.
A worked example: pricing a pair of polki chandbalis
Gold weight, polki carats, beads, making charge and GST, line by line on a real-sized bill.
Matching bridal jewellery to your neckline
Choker, rani haar or both: how the cut of your blouse decides which necklaces will sit well.
Meenakari: the colour on the back of kundan
Why Jaipur kundan is enamelled on the reverse, and how our meenakar fires each colour in turn.
Exchanging old gold for new kundan
How we test, weigh and value your old jewellery, and what you can expect to receive for it.
Buying gold for Akshaya Tritiya and Dhanteras
Booking early, fixing the rate and choosing smaller pieces: how to plan festival gold in Jaipur.
Johari Bazaar for first-time visitors
How the jewellers’ street is laid out, when to come and what to ask in any shop you enter.
Ordering a piece to your own design
From a photo or sketch to a finished piece in six to twelve weeks: the steps, the costs and the fittings.
New pieces, once a month.
One message when a new set leaves the karkhana. Join 6,000 families.