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an age old lady with paambadam. Paambadam or Thandatti is an earring worn by elderly women in South Indian States such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala. [1]Designed in the shape of a snake hood, with two balls, two knobs, a square piece, and a tongue pieced together, the gold-coated earrings weigh about 50 g each.
The city is the hub of gold jewellery manufacturing in Kerala There are around 3,000 gold ornaments manufacturing units in Thrissur city and 40,000-odd artisans and others work in these units. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The industry provides direct and indirect employment to 200,000 people in Thrissur.
Jos Alukkas Jewellery is a jewellery brand based in Thrissur, Kerala, India. Founded in 1964, the company has expanded from a family-owned business to a significant participant in the gold, diamond, and platinum jewellery market throughout India.
Kunukku is an ancient Christian Keralite type of jewelry. Usually it is an earring made of gold. It consists of a circular thin chain with a small ball hanging from it. It is in the shape of an upside-down water droplet with a ball hanging at the end of it.
K. Lakshminarayana Bhattar (27 July 1904 – 16 December 1985), popularly known as Bhima Bhattar, was an Indian businessman and founder of Bhima Jewellers. [1] He pioneered the concept of ready made jewellery in Kerala with the establishment of Bhima Jewellers with his brothers at Mullakkal, Alleppey, the first of its kind in Kerala. [2]
Malabar Gold & Diamonds is an Indian jewellery group headquartered in Kozhikode, Kerala.The company was founded by M. P. Ahammed in 1993. [2] As of May 2023, it owns more than 330 showrooms across 11 countries, making it one of the largest chains of jewellery retailer in the world.
It is said to be the heartland of Kerala's business acumen and home to most every leading Malayali entrepreneurs. [1] The city which is famous for Bullion, Banking and its Business acumen, is the darling of investors in Kerala. Thrissur is also referred as the Golden city of India. It manufactures 70% of plain gold jewellery in Kerala per day.
It is an integral part of Kerala culture. The Legend has it that Lord Brahma was the first divinity to design a forehead embellishment for Lord Indra's white war elephant, the Airavata. [1] [2] Each bubble depicts pancha-bhoothas, thrimoorthies, navagrahas, ashta-vasus, saptarishis, moola-ganapathi etc.