JEWELRY AND ORNAMENTS!

TMDs or Dakshini Marathis as we call ourselves nowadays,  have our own unique names for pieces of jewellery. There were especially some ornaments that would be always worn by TMD married women. Here I have described some of the ornaments with their typical Marathi names...as we have always called them.

Jewellery is called "Nugh".

Let us begin with....

KAANKAN...... BANGLES

MOTHECHA KANKAN

Pearl Bangles

KUDAKA... EARSTUDS worn by men.

                             

NAAGBANDH ..... ARM-BAND shaped like a snake                       

BAAJUBANDH..... ARM-BAND

                                         NATH ... NOSE JEWEL

PAAINJAN ..... ANKLETS

                                                                                         

PHIRIVACH PHULA is a HAIR ORNAMENT circled into the hair

JODVI ....TOERINGS

MUKHRA .... NOSE RING

BULAAK... NOSE JEWELRY worn on the bridge of the nose

MUDHI ... RING

VANKI MUDHI -- CURVED RING

RAAKHDI... HAIR ORNAMENT

VENICHA NUGH ....Hair ornament for Plait.

Veni is for plait

This is used to adorn the plait.

Lolaak
Hanging earrings

THOD.... EARRINGS

GONDE

Was a decoration worn at the end of a plait. 

BICCHODA-- not a hair ornament, but was a hair style ( a bun like thing) fixed to the hair.