Pongal/ Makarsankranti

Gold amidst the festive glitter

Gold amidst the festive glitter

Read about the various ways in which gold forms an integral part of our festivities and the significance behind each.  

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Gold Glossary

Guloband

Tied around the neck like a choker, a galobandh is made of gold and worn by the married women of Kumaon, Garhwal, Bhotiya, and Jaunsar regions of Uttarakhand. It is designed on a red belt with square gold blocks arranged on it with the help of a thread.

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Gold has the ability to be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high can contain as many as 200,000 separate sheets.