| Stone Type | Meenakari |
| Weight (g) | 0.00 |
| Colour | Red |
| Occasion | Wedding |
A crescent set with ruby and green stones around its curve carries a painted meenakari panel at its lower edge and a small gold flower at the top, finishing in a single pearl drop. Roughly 5.3 inches overall, in three colourways.
The crescent — chand — is among the oldest motifs in Indian ornament, and on a maang tikka it has a specific advantage: a crescent is wider than it is tall, so it spans the forehead without dropping low towards the brow. The ornament reads as broad rather than long, which suits a round face better than a vertical pendant does.
The painted enamel panel sits beneath the stone-set upper half, so the piece has two completely different surfaces — faceted colour above, flat painted colour below. Meenakari is laid into recesses bounded by raised metal walls, which is why the enamel finishes level with the gold rather than sitting on top of it.
These are the oldest meenakari colours, and they work because gold separates them. On their own red and green fight; divided by gold cell walls, each is isolated and the eye reads a pattern rather than a clash.
Red & Green, White, and Red. Availability is confirmed before payment.
A centre parting is needed. The hook slides into the hair and the crescent rests on the forehead with the chain lying flat.
Weddings, bridal wear, festivals, sangeets and receptions.
Type: Chand maang tikka. Metal: Brass base. Finish: Gold-tone plating with meenakari enamel. Stones: Monalisa and kundan. Size: approximately 5.3 inches overall. Available in 3 colourways.
This is brass with a gold-tone plating rather than solid gold, which keeps the price where it is and the weight low enough to wear comfortably. Plating is a surface rather than a bulk property, so how long it lasts depends almost entirely on what it meets — perfume, hairspray and sweat all shorten it, while a dry cloth after wearing and a closed pouch between wearings extend it considerably.
Put this on after perfume, hairspray and hand cream, and take it off before washing, swimming or sleeping. Wipe with a dry soft cloth and use a dry soft brush around the stone settings and between any pearls, where a cloth cannot reach. Store it in a zip-lock pouch — which is what the supplier themselves advise, and the single most effective thing for a plated piece, because it keeps humid air off the metal. Never use silver polish, dip cleaners or an ultrasonic cleaner.
A maang tikka hangs on the parting, with the hook pinned into the hair just back from the hairline. Setting the chain so the pendant falls exactly at the hairline is the whole trick: too low and it reads as costume, too high and it disappears into the hair. Make the parting first, pin the hook, then adjust the chain length.
Nothing here is hallmarked and none of it carries resale value, and both facts are stated plainly rather than buried. What you are buying is the design and the finish at a price that lets you match a piece to one outfit without weighing up the cost.
| Stone Type | Meenakari |
| Weight (grams) | 0.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Red |
| Occasion | Wedding |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA1911 |
