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I have been a huge fan of Amrapali jewelry since 2006, when I first saw a silver lotus ring, with pink tourmaline buds growing out of a vine, at the gift shop of a hotel in Udaipur. It was love at first sight ( I have a huge thing for jewelry. Especially traditional Indian jewelry) and I have been in love with their art ever since.
While browsing their online shop ( I do this often), I found the most exquisite gold navaratna earrings with a pearl drop. Navaratna means “nine gems”. In India, these nine jewels represent the solar system. A ruby for the sun, pearl for the moon, red coral for Mars, emerald for the planet Mercury, yellow sapphire for Jupiter, a diamond for Venus, blue sapphire for Saturn, hessonite for the ascending moon and a cat’s eye for the descending moon. The ruby is at the center with the others surrounding it in a particular order. This is supposed to bring luck to the wearer. Traditionally, I suppose only royalty could afford it and maybe they needed a lot of luck, what with all the wars and stuff.
I need luck too, obvi. But also I need it because it’s so so pretty! The only trouble is, it’s frightfully expensive. So I figured having a drawing of it, tracing its curves and lines, will be kind of like having it 🙂
Gorgeous Sree, I checked out the site, the prices are quite high. I’ll enjoy your beautiful art.
They are 😦
But thanks for liking my art!
Your artwork is wonderful, as always, and I have to thank you for the link! This jewelry is great looking. Have you ordered any?
Oh yea! I have no clue how the shipping thing works though because I either have it delivered to my parents home or I’ve bought from the actual stores. But, they are super famous and everyone from
J-Lo to Anne Hathaway is wearing their jewelry, so I don’t think they’d mess up with orders and delivery