Aaharya
Worn by dancers.
Offered to deities.
Made for you.
Temple jewellery handcrafted in 92.5 silver, gilded with 22ct gold leaf, and set with red kemp stones and pearls. Made to be worn, and handed down.
Tam namah satvikam shivam. From the Bharatanatyam invocation
Begin with the form
Angikam bhuvanam yasya,
Vachikam sarva vangmayam,
Aaharyam chandra taradi,
Tam namah satvikam shivam.
Aaharya means to adorn.
The word comes from a Bharatanatyam invocation that names four ways a dancer speaks: through the body, through the voice, through adornment, and through the stillness within. Aaharya is the third. We treat it as a language of its own, and we make jewellery that can speak it.
Angikam
The body
Vachikam
The voice
Aaharyam
Adornment
Satvikam
The inner state
Silver first. Then gold leaf.
Each piece begins as 92.5 silver shaped by hand. The silver is then gilded with 22ct gold leaf by hand in Tamil Nadu. Red kemp stones and pearls complete it.
- Metal
- 92.5 sterling silver
- Gilding
- 22ct gold leaf
- Stones
- Red kemp stones and pearls
- Gilded in
- Tamil Nadu
Read before you wear.
Every form, stone and technique has a history. The Archive keeps it, one entry at a time, so each piece arrives with its story.
Your story in silver
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