Kundan and meenakari jewellery are traditional Indian art forms. Kundan involves setting precious stones in gold foil, while meenakari is the art of enameling or decorating metal surfaces with mineral colors. These techniques originated in royal courts and were highly developed during the Mughal era. The intricate process of creating kundan and meenakari jewellery involves many skilled artisans working together, including goldsmiths, engravers, enamellers, designers, and stone setters. Jaipur is a major center for the fine crafting of kundan and meenakari jewellery.

1. KUNDAN MEENA JEWELLERY By: Neeru Jain

13. A single piece of Kundan jewelry is done by different artisans. The chiterias do the work of basic designing of the jewelry, engraving work is carried out be ghaarias, the enameling work is done be the enameler, the goldsmith looks after the gold or kundan work and finally stone setters do work of just setting the precious stone in the holes of the jewelry. Different precious stones which can be incorporated in kundan jewelry comprise of agate, garnet, emerald, topaz, amethyst, jade, rock crystal, spinel, uncut diamonds, sapphires etc.

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