How well do you know your jhumkas?
Think jhumka. What comes to your mind? I am sure the evergreen song – jhumka gira re… starts playing in your head. But as soon as you shake off the song from your head, the jhumka bells - from small to big-sized, pyramid as well as dome-shaped, pearl and diamond-studded, bedazzle your mind. But how well do you know your jhumka ? Just so you know, the trendy pair that you flaunt to look your best, has a glorious past. Your beloved jhumka was originally a part of the most revered temple jewellery . Back then, along with other jewellery, it was offered to deities in the temples of south and later on, went to the temple dancers. Even as a Bharatanatyam costume, it is still worn in its original form by the performers. With the passage of time, the traditional jhumka not just evolve in terms of designs and mainstreamed but also travelled to different regions of India. But every culture put its own spin on its original design and started referring to it with di...