{"product_id":"rani-sa-paunchi","title":"Rani Sa Paunchi","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003epaunchi, \u003c\/em\u003ealso called \u003cem\u003epoonchi\u003c\/em\u003e in the hills, is one of those rare ornaments that belongs, with equal conviction, to two entirely distinct traditions separated by geography, climate, and culture, yet united by the same instinct: that the wrist is a sacred site, and what is tied there carries meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn Rajasthan, the paunchi is a festive ornamentation worn by women at weddings and celebrations as an assertion of identity and abundance. Rajasthani paunchis have historically been set with glass, kundan, and meenakari, their surfaces so worked with pattern and stone that the wrist beneath them becomes almost incidental — a canvas for something larger than adornment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn Garhwal, the paunchi descends from a different tradition. Here, the bracelet is tied rather than clasped, secured with thread in a gesture that echoes the \u003cem\u003eraksha bandhan\u003c\/em\u003e of the hills: protection, blessing, the act of binding something good to the body and asking it to stay. The Garhwali \u003cem\u003epoonchi\u003c\/em\u003e is worn at harvests, at \u003cem\u003ejaagar\u003c\/em\u003e ceremonies, at the moments when the community gathers, and the individual becomes part of something older than herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis piece holds both inheritances in a single wrist's width.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMultiple panels of clear quartz, each one floral-carved, the petals pressed into the stone's surface with patience, are set across the paunchi in a continuous band.  Simulated kundan stones in red, white, and green are set across the quartz in an alternating floral pattern; the red of festival and vermillion, the white of clarity and marble courtyards, the green of nature. Each stone is set in 92.5 gold-plated silver in the kundan tradition: metal pressed gently around the stone by hand, no prong, no claw, just gold embracing colour. The quartz beneath glows faintly through and around the stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe paunchi closes on a single red thread, the traditional closure, tied at the wrist the way it has always been tied, in both the desert and the hills. Not a clasp. Not a mechanism. A thread. The most ancient fastening there is, and still the most certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a festive piece in the fullest sense — not merely decorative for an occasion, but carrying the occasion within it. The harvest. The wedding. The ceremony that begins when the paunchi is tied and ends when it is carefully, reluctantly, removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOne of a kind. There will not be another exactly like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMetal\u003c\/strong\u003e: 92.5 silver with gold plating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStones\u003c\/strong\u003e: Simulated kundan — red, white, green; alternating floral pattern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBase\u003c\/strong\u003e: Multiple floral-carved clear quartz panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSetting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Kundan (hand-pressed gold-plated silver setting)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosure\u003c\/strong\u003e: Single red thread, traditional paunchi tie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rajasthani and Garhwali paunchi tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWear\u003c\/strong\u003e: Festive occasions, weddings, ceremonies, gifting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter\u003c\/strong\u003e: One of a kind, heirloom, museum-worthy, irreplaceable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrafted \u003c\/strong\u003eby artisans from Rajasthan, India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a one-of-a-kind piece. Once it sells, this exact piece is gone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sadabahaar Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51028706263287,"sku":null,"price":16500.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/5320\/8823\/files\/Rani_Sa_Paunchi.jpg?v=1786752626","url":"https:\/\/sadabahaarjewelry.com\/products\/rani-sa-paunchi","provider":"Sadabahaar Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}