Gifting Religious Pendant this Festival Season.

Religious jewelry have been worn by men, women and children for centuries. During those days, people believed wearing religious jewelry such as pendants, rings and charms protected the wearer from evil eyes and also to showcase their faith. Today, wearing religious jewelry is more of a fashion statement than for religious reasons. The reason could be there are different representation of religious jewelry and many wear it exhibit their fashion statement.

For a woman, religious pendants charm bracelets and finger rings are a part of her everyday jewelry. Keeping this in mind the jewelers are crafting the religious jewelry accordingly to meet the changing tastes and preferences of their customers. Indians are not only fond of wearing religious jewelry but also gifting them for the occasions such as naming ceremony, engagements, for religious festivals and weddings.   One of the most sought after gift for any occasions are the pendants. These are beautifully and intricately designed pendants for all festivals that are pocket friendly.

In India, festivals begin with the onset of Ganesh Chathurti.  This falls in the month of Bhadrapada as per the Hindu Lunar calendar and begins on the Shukla chaturthi, on the fourth day of the waxing of the Moon and the celebration continues till the Anant Chathurdas, fourteenth day of the  waxing of the Moon. This is followed by the Navarathri or Dussera and Diwali. It’s the time when Indians irrespective of caste, creed or religion indulge in buying jewelry and clothes.  Here are a few types of religious pendants you can gift your loved ones during this festival season.

Ganesh pendants- These pendants are available in various designs of 22kt gold. Some pendants are stone studded while designs of plain gold are also available. Ganesh pendants are loved by children and adults alike. With Ganesh Chathurti just around the corner, this would be an ideal pendant gift your loved one. The wearer would be protected from evil eyes and he would be able to cross the hurdles in the journey called life with ease.

Krishna pendants- Krishna pendants are ideal as gifts for those who are worshippers of Lord Krishna. Murli Manohar with flute and baby Krishna toddling are very popular among many people. Thirupati Balaji pendants are also available. Here the face of the lord is enameled in black while the conch has white enamel. Some pendants have diamond embedded on them.

MahaLakshmi pendants- Pendants of goddess of wealth, where she sits on a lotus are bought by those who are devotees of Goddess Mahalakshmi. These 22kt intricately designed gold pendants that have stones embedded on it.  It’s a belief that this pendant brings good luck and prosperity to the wearer.

The other pendants that are available in all the reputed jewelry shops including the online jewelry shops are that of Lord Shiva, Shridi baba, Trishul, Om, Shiv-ling and so on. Crosses and rosary beads are also available in many of the online jewelry stores. Crosses are made of plain solid gold, lockets with the fringes studded with the stone or have stones studded on it. During the festival season, many online jewelry stores give discounts on the making charges. So browse through the reputed online jewelry stores such as karatcraft to avail of the discounts.