All You Need To Know About Polki Jewellery

It’s true, there is something special about Diamonds, that’ll never fail to amaze you. Even if they are uncut, unpolished, they still seem to carry some undefinable magic in them.  And I’m sure this magic, attracts every single women on this planet to it.

Polki Jewellery, on the other hand, redefine the existence of Diamonds in a more colorful, and natural fashion. They are made up of Raw, Uncut Diamonds (commonly referred as, Polkis) fused with precious metal such as Gold, Silver and Platinum.
 
Further ahead in this blog, I will give you all the information you should be knowing about Polki jewellery.  


What is Polki?

Polki refers to Uncut Diamonds. In other words, Polki is nothing but Diamonds in their raw form.  These uncut, raw diamonds do not go through any chemical treatment. Thus, they preserve the original rustic lustre of the stones. The color of Polkis are not as clear as Diamond, however, they surely are unique by themselves. 

Here’s how Polki Diamonds look like.

Now, let’s shuffle through some specific pages in the books of Indian history and learn how Polki Jewellery came to existence.
 



The Origin Story

The Mughals introduced Polki in India. And the origin dates back hundreds of year from now. Along with their rich architectural experience, the Mughals also came along with elements of their own styles of jewellery designing- The Persian Touch. Eventually these styles blended to give us what we now refer as Polki and Kundan jewellery.

The first territory in India to embrace this style of jewellery was Rajasthan. Currently, Bikaner is the best place to purchase Polki jewellery in India. However, some prestigious jewelers from India excel in offering high-end Polki jewellery.
Following is a list of 5 prestigious jewelers from India that you must keep a check on.

1) Hazoorilal by Sandeep Narang

2) Tanishq

3) Tribhovan Das Bhimji Zaveri
4) Gitanjali
5) Asmi


All these jewellers demonstrate their items online which you can always check by visiting their respective websites.

Let’s take a look at the key differences among Kundan and Polki designer jewellery.



Polki Vs Kundan : The Battle Royale

Both Polki and Kundan are unique in style. However they are quite similar too.

Polki jewellery involves uncut diamonds fused with metals while Kundan jewellery involves glass fused with metal. Polki was introduced by the Mughals while Kundan is entirely Indian.

Polki jewellery is costlier than Kundan jewellery.