Jewellery

Jewellery or jewelry (/ˈdʒuːᵊlᵊri/) consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes, and the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example. For many centuries metal, often combined with gemstones, has been the normal material for jewellery, but other materials such as shells and other plant materials may be used. It is one of the oldest type of archaeological artefact – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery. The basic forms of jewellery vary between cultures but are often extremely long-lived; in European cultures the most common forms of jewellery listed above have persisted since ancient times, while other forms such as adornments for the nose or ankle, important in other cultures, are much less common. Historically, the most widespread influence on jewellery in terms of design and style have come from Asia.

Wedding

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of wedding vows by the couple, presentation of a gift (offering, ring(s), symbolic item, flowers, money), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Music, poetry, prayers or readings from religious texts or literature are also commonly incorporated into the ceremony.

Common elements across cultures

A number of cultures have adopted the traditional Western custom of the white wedding, in which a bride wears a white wedding dress and veil. This tradition was popularized through the wedding of Queen Victoria. Some say Victoria's choice of a white gown may have simply been a sign of extravagance, but may have also been influenced by the values she held which emphasized sexual purity. Within the modern 'white wedding' tradition, a white dress and veil are unusual choices for a woman's second or subsequent wedding.

Kalyan Jewellers

Kalyan Jewellers is the largest jewellery chain in India. It is headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. T.S. Kalyanaraman is the Chairman and Managing Director. Kalyan Group is the holding company of Kalyan Jewellers. It employs around 8,000 people in India. T.S. Kalyanaraman started the first jewellery shop in 1993, named Kalyan Jewellers in Thrissur with a capital of ₹7.5 million (US$110,000). The chain has 79 showrooms across India and GCC. Bloomberg has valued Kalyan Jewellers at about $1 billion in January, 2013. Global Private Equity Fund Warburg Pincus made an investment of $200 Million (INR 1200 Cr) in Kalyan Jewellers in October, 2014.

Brand Ambassadors

Amitabh Bachchan & Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan (North India), Manju Warrier (Kerala), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (All Locations), Nagarjuna Akkineni (Telangana & Andhra Pradesh), Prabhu Ganesan (Tamil Nadu) and Shivaraj Kumar (Karnataka) are the brand ambassadors of the Kalyan Jewellers. Earlier Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen was the ambassador. According to media reports, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has charged ₹100 million (US$1.5 million) per year for a two-year deal with Kalyan. The advertising and marketing budget of Kalyan is around ₹900 million (US$13 million).

Handmade

Handmade may refer to:

See also

Kairali TV

Kairali TV is an Indian television channel broadcasting in Malayalam language. The channel, headquartered at Trivandrum, has studio facilities at Trivandrum as well as Kochi. Malayalam Communications Limited is the holding company which is chaired by Malayalam film actor Mammootty. John Brittas is the Managing Director.

Notable programming

Satellite

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