Your big day is around the corner, which in bridal parlance means a couple of months away, and whether you are choosing to wear a sari, a lehenga, or a gharara, one thing is for sure – your look is going to be incomplete without the right bridal jewellery. With so many bridal jewellery designs inundating the market, it must get difficult to choose the one that is right for you.

As a ground rule, it is important for most brides-to-be to invest in five pieces of bridal jewellery – a kundan choker or a collar necklace, a panchlada necklace that can be layered with the choker, a maangtikka (forehead jewellery), a round nosepin, and a pair of dangler earrings. Here’s a full list of the newest in bridal jewellery that women must know about. Whether you use it to navigate purchasing jewellery for yourself or are just being a hands-on bridesmaid, this will help you a little and then some.

Nose pins


There are myriad types of naths that a bride can choose to wear to her nuptials. However, for the sake of convenience, we can segregate them into three main types:

• Small round naths – Come in press-on versions and are perfect for women who want to wear a nath but want to keep it minimal.

• Round naths with simple ear chains – Can be a press-on nath and is also available in iterations with nose pins. They usually come with a single strand of pearl-embellished kaan chain or simple gold chain.

• Dramatic round naths with extravagant ear chains – These usually come with nose pins as they are heavy with the embellishments in pearl and kundan on the nath itself. The kaan chain is multi-strand and equally extravagant.

Pro Tip: No matter which size of nath you choose to wear, practice wearing it a few days before the big day. Even clip-on versions can feel heavy and inconvenient after wearing them for longer durations.

Bridal Earrings


For brides whose bridal looks or pre-wedding looks are traditional lehengas, saris and ghararas, they can look toward maximalist jhumkas or chandbalis. Jhumkas in uncut diamonds and enamel or chandbalis with original kundan and micro-pearls are great options for earrings.

For brides, they can attach multi-strand Kaan chains to their earrings to zhush up the look even further.

Pro Tip: If the blouse of your wedding outfit is a high-neck one and you are going sans necklace, then you need earrings that will be heavy and possess grandeur enough to make up for the lack of a necklace. Opt for heavy chandbalis in such cases as they are wide enough (unlike jhumkas that are mainly elongated) so they look grand.

Bridal Necklaces


Chokers are the most versatile piece of bijoux in a bride’s wedding jewellery arsenal. It can be worn alone or paired with longer necklaces (as shown in the picture above) to achieve a more royal look.

Chokers that feature precious stones like emeralds or rubies or simply jadau are also a great investment. Apart from this, chokers featuring pastel enamel work are wonderful for women who want to have confectionery hues in their wedding jewellery.

One of the latest trends in bridal chokers is wearing navratna chokers (featuring nine gemstones in the same necklace) that go with all Indian traditional wedding outfits. For brides who don’t like their necklaces to fit snugly, there are several collar necklaces available that sit on the clavicle and are available in heritage options, too.

Pro Tip: Chokers can be layered with long necklaces on blouses that feature deep plunging necklines. For blouses with high necks, pie-crust-inspired chokers are great.

Bridal Rani Haar

Long necklaces in jadau and kundan in single or multi-strand are loosely called rani haars in the Indian bridal jewellery terms. These can be worn with boat necks, or high-neck blouses and can be layered with chokers. In many traditions, when a rani haar has seven or five strands it is called a satlada or panchlada necklace which is usually a long necklace with strands of pearls that converge into one big teardrop pendant at the end.

Pro Tip: A rani haar looks best when layered with a choker for a grand bridal look. In South Indian long necklaces are also found with traditional temple work on them.

Tikka or Patti

Thanks to recent celebrity weddings, maang tikka and matha pattis have come back to the fore with these jewelleries, too, inundated with precious gems and diamonds. For brides who want a minimal headpiece, maang tikkas come in a bevy of options. Of late, the trending maang tikka designs feature a big pendant.

Matha pattis are the heritage headgears that have made a comeback in the bridal space, once again thanks to many celebrities who have made it a part of their wedding look. Wear the matha patti with the dupatta slightly pulled back.