{"id":2233,"date":"2023-04-22T13:53:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T08:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defencewardsmatrimony.com\/blog\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2023-04-22T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T08:23:13","slug":"significance-of-wearing-bangles-in-indian-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defencewardsmatrimony.com\/blog\/significance-of-wearing-bangles-in-indian-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Significance of wearing Bangles in Indian culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bangle is one of the most important ornaments that an Indian woman wears. For married women, bangles hold a special significance as they are a sign of their suhaag.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nHistory of Bangles in India<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is strong evidence which shows that women have been adorning their arms with bangles since ancient times in India. One of the oldest art objects in India, the bronze figurine of a dancing girl excavated at Mohanjodaro epitomizes the antiquity and the universality of wrist ornaments in India. The figurine stands in the nude with one arm at her hip, the other arm completely weighed down with a collection of bangles. Even the Yakshinis are depicted wearing bangles. Banabhatt\u2019s Kadambari has a reference to Goddess Saraswati \u2013 Goddess of Learning, shown as wearing kangans. Ancient fragments testify that bangles were made from terracotta, stone, shell, copper, bronze, gold, silver, lac, glass and almost any material that lent itself to craftsmanship. From simple plain circlets of metal, to ones decorated with etched and exquisite designs of bird and animal-head terminals and studded with gems, bangles in various forms existed in ancient in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

The identity of every Indian bride<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangles are traditionally a part of the solah shringar of Indian brides. It is mandatory for newly wed brides and would-be-brides to wear bangles made of glass, gold or other metals as they signify the long life of the husband. They signify good fortune and prosperity. Traditionally breaking of the bridal glass or lac bangles is considered inauspicious. People in different states of the country call them by different names. But, they have equal importance in Indian wedding tradition, notwithstanding the geographical boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at what the various bangle colors mean:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n