Malabar Gold & Diamonds publishes India’s 2000 year old jewellery tradition
Malabar Gold & Diamonds has brought out the 5th Edition of Brides of India Coffee Table Book.
Bangalore: Malabar Gold & Diamonds has brought out the 5th Edition of Brides of India Coffee Table Book. The latest edition of the Brides of India Coffee Table Book takes the connoisseurs of ornaments through a visual experience of country’s rich jewellery tradition since first century to 20th century.
The book brings the jewellery making traditions of various royal eras of the country through vivid depiction of varied cultures.
The 5th Edition of Brides of India Collection Coffee Table Book was launched by Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia at a function organized at JW Marriott Hotel in Bangalore. It was jointly unveiled by Tamannah Bhatia, Malabar Group Chairman MP Ahammed, MD India Operation Asher.O.Zonel Head Mr Iflu Rahman, Head-Corporate Media and PR Mr Narayanan KP and other management official were also seen along.
The salient feature of Brides of India collection is that it brings the intricacies and sophisticated secrets behind the jewellery making craft of the country pertaining to different regions and cultures under one roof. “The `Brides of India’ series takes jewellery lovers back in time to re-discover the historic Indian jewellery craft and reinvent and recreate them that fit the current trend. The binary of the campaign is that it brings the exquisite ornaments that existed during five regal ages of India – Gupta, Vijayanagara, Mughal, Colonial Era and the early 20th Century in a single platform.”, Malabar Group Chairman M. P. Ahammed said.
The campaign rolls the architecture of traditional craft of jewellery making and what is trending in the market place now into one, thus making a niche market for the products giving the brides a Royal Wedding. The latest bridal collection under the `Brides of India’ banner is inspired by Indian ornament tradition spanning over 2000 years. The collection has been crafted after years of diligent research of ancient jewellery making art and craft with the aid of historians, experts and artisans. The collection comes in a variety of gold, diamonds, gemstones and pearls and covers design styles of each era in its variations.
The Brides of India Collection Coffee Table Book introduces jewellery tradition of five different eras to the new generation and future generation alike. Through its five editions, the Coffee Table Book showcases 28 different wedding traditions and its ornament cultures. The 5th edition of Brides of India Coffee Table Book was inspired by the overwhelming and ebullient response the previous four editions of the Brides of India Coffee Table Book received from jewellery lovers.
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SIR in Gujarat: More than 17 lakh deceased voters found on electoral rolls
Ahmedabad (PTI): The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Gujarat has revealed that more than 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the existing voter list across the state, a release by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has stated.
According to the release issued on Thursday, the SIR exercise started in Gujarat on November 4 with booth-level officers (BLOs) distributing enumeration forms in their designated areas.
The campaign will continue till December 11.
"In the last one month, enumeration forms have been distributed to more than five crore voters registered in the 2025 electoral roll. In most of the 33 districts, 100 per cent of the distribution has been completed. Work on digitising the returned forms is currently underway. So far, the digitisation work has been completed in 12 out of 182 assembly constituencies," it said.
These include Dhanera and Tharad of Banaskantha district, Limkheda and Dahod (ST) of Dahod district, Bayad of Aravalli district, Dhoraji, Jasdan and Gondal of Rajkot district, Keshod of Junagadh district, Mehmadabad of Kheda district, Khambhat of Anand district and Jalalpore of Navsari district.
Dang district is at the forefront in this work with 94.35 per cent digitisation of the counting forms, said the release.
"During this exercise, it was revealed that 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the electoral roll across the state. More than 6.14 lakh voters were found absent from their addresses. It has been noticed that more than 30 lakh voters have permanently migrated," the release said.
BLOs found more than 3.25 lakh voters in the "repeated" category, which means that their names figured at more than one place, the release stated.
