Hand-set kundan-style stones, kiln-fired meenakari-inspired enamel, hand-strung faux-pearl strands — finished in our Jaipur atelier, ready to ship worldwide.
From the gold-plater to the foiler to the final polisher — meet the four traditions our atelier still hand-works in Jaipur. Choose a tile below to enter the line.
Mughal-era setting silhouette. Gold-plated brass with kundan-style coloured glass, evoking the heritage layout.
Uncut-stone aesthetic. American-diamond accents on gold-plated brass — the milky polki silhouette, fashion-tier.
Kiln-fired hand-painted enamel on gold-plated brass. Paired with kundan-style stones on the reverse — the two-faced tradition.
Rajasthani wedding-era silhouette. Heavy gold-plated layouts, traditional motifs — elephant, peacock, lotus, sun.
Four 8-second loops — the heritage techniques that inspire our work, the setting bench, the wearer's hand. These reference films stand in for our own atelier reels (the workshop videography is in progress); every Nandai piece is gold-plated brass with kundan-style stones and American-diamond accents, hand-set in our Jaipur studio and ready to ship.
Uncut-stone silhouette, set by hand.
Our Polki-inspired pieces evoke the uncut-stone silhouette — American-diamond accents in the milky polki layout, hand-set on gold-plated brass.
Antique gold-plating, the Jaipur way.
Antique gold-plating on a brass / German-silver base — the standard for Indian bridal silhouettes, sourced from a Johari Bazaar atelier we have worked with since launch.
A single piece, eleven hands.
From plater to setter to enameller to polisher — every necklace passes through eleven artisans before it leaves the bench. None of them are factories.
Built for a real wedding day.
Calibrated for the weight of a seven-day Indian wedding — haldi through vidaai. The piece is meant to be worn, photographed, and worn often.
* Films loop silently. Tap a piece in the catalogue for the full studio video on the product page.
This isn't factory jewelry. It's art, emotion, and heritage molded by hand. Six pieces from the current edit — every image taken on the workshop bench, every piece available to ship today.
Midnight Black Meenakari Teardrop Kundan Choker Set with Matching Earrings
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Elephant Necklace Set | Rajputi Luxury Rajwadi Wedding Jewelry
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Polki Choker Set - Majestic Uncut Bridal Gold-Plated Necklace & Earrings for Elegant Style
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Emerald Green Meenakari Luxury Jewellery Set - Antique Gold Plated Necklace for Mehendi & Receptions
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Hasadi Necklace | Rajwadi Rose Design with Green Stones Bridal Set
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Regal Ruby Red Meenakari Necklace Set - Antique Gold Plated Floral Jewelry for Weddings
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Seven-day wedding, seven flawless looks. Hand-set kundan- style stones, kiln-fired enamel, faux-pearl strands — calibrated for the weight of a real wedding day, from haldi through vidaai. Built to be remembered, photographed, and worn often.
A short primer on what "gold-plated", "kundan-style", and "Meenakari-inspired" actually mean — so you know exactly what you are buying. Nandai is fashion jewellery; the silhouettes are heritage, the materials are wardrobe-tier.
Every Nandai piece is hand-set on a gold-plated base. Indian bridal layouts — full chokers, maang tikkas, long necklaces — require a lighter, more workable metal than solid gold to drape correctly. The plating is an antique-gold finish over a brass / German-silver core.
Our Kundan-inspired pieces use kundan-style coloured glass set into the gold-plated bezel — the traditional Kundan silhouette in fashion-jewellery materials. Polki-inspired pieces use American diamonds (CZ) in the uncut-stone layout. Both honour the heritage silhouette at a wardrobe-investment price tier.
Meenakari is powdered glass fused to gold-plated metal in a kiln. The colours — peacock blue, emerald green, ruby red — come from cobalt, chromium, and iron oxide added to the glass before firing. The technique came to Jaipur in the 17th century and has been worked here since.
A real-time refraction model of the polki-style silhouette — six rough-cut satellites around a centre stone. Move your mouse to feel the way light moves across the uncut-table profile our setters cut into American-diamond (lab-cut CZ) at the Jaipur bench. This is the visual register the Nandai polki-style pieces are calibrated against.
Interactive three-dimensional rendering of a Nandai gem cluster. A static photograph is shown if your device does not support WebGPU or you have reduced motion enabled.
We trained a small model on the 35 pieces in our catalogue, their tags, materials, prices, and the answers our founder has typed to customers. It runs locally — nothing you ask leaves the workshop.
We send every order with a note asking the wearer to write back. These are typical of the responses our care inbox receives — initials and region only, until verified reviews are wired in.
“I had three quotes from larger houses. Nandai was the only one that let me see the Kundan being set. Looks like a museum piece.”
“The Meenakari-inspired earrings arrived in a hand-stitched gift pouch with a card showing which atelier fired the enamel. My mother cried.”
“I have pulled jewelry for nine magazines this year. Nandai is the only Indian house with a price-to-craft ratio that actually shocks me.”
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Kundan, Meenakari, Rajputi and Polki are heritage Indian techniques with documented histories stretching back to the Mughal courts. Nandai works in that design vocabulary today — in fashion-jewellery materials, at fashion-jewellery prices.
The Mughal court establishes the foiled-stone setting technique known as Kundan — historically, uncut natural stones cradled in fine gold leaf in court ateliers. Nandai reinterprets this silhouette in gold-plated brass with kundan-style coloured glass.
Raja Man Singh I commissions five Lahore-trained enamellers to settle in Amer (now Jaipur). Their descendants are still firing kilns in the same lanes today.
Raja Man Singh I commissions five Lahore-trained enamellers to settle in Amer (now Jaipur). Their descendants are still firing kilns in the same lanes today.
Sawai Jai Singh II lays out the pink city on a nine-square grid. The jewellery quarter — Johari Bazaar — becomes the centre of the subcontinent gold trade.
The Rajput courts of Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner codify the broad-collared, motif-rich bridal layout — peacock, elephant, lotus, sun — that defines the tradition.
The Rajput courts of Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner codify the broad-collared, motif-rich bridal layout — peacock, elephant, lotus, sun — that defines the tradition.
Two centuries after the heritage uncut-stone setting takes shape in India, the round brilliant cut is perfected in Antwerp. The Polki tradition stays with the unpolished silhouette — a look Nandai recreates today in kundan-style polki and American-diamond accents.
Princely patronage collapses with the end of the Raj. The Jaipur workshops pivot from courts to weddings — bridal jewellery becomes the survival market.
Princely patronage collapses with the end of the Raj. The Jaipur workshops pivot from courts to weddings — bridal jewellery becomes the survival market.
Indian wedding photography goes editorial. Demand for heavy Kundan, Polki and Meenakari sets surges — Jaipur ateliers double their bench rosters.
Nandai works with master artisans in Jaipur to bring these heritage silhouettes — Kundan, Meenakari, Rajputi, Polki — into gold-plated fashion-jewellery materials, so the design tradition reaches every budget, not only bridal-budget buyers.
Nandai works with master artisans in Jaipur to bring these heritage silhouettes — Kundan, Meenakari, Rajputi, Polki — into gold-plated fashion-jewellery materials, so the design tradition reaches every budget, not only bridal-budget buyers.
Nandai exists because handcrafted heritage design shouldn't be locked behind precious-metal prices. We work with master artisans in Jaipur to bring traditional Kundan, Meenakari, Polki, and Rajputi silhouettes into fashion-jewellery materials — gold-plated brass, American-diamond accents, kundan-style polki — so the design heritage reaches everyone, not only bridal-budget buyers.
Every piece is real Indian craft, hand-finished in Jaipur. The price tag is what's different.
If you're not sure what suits you, write to me directly. Most days I answer within four hours.
Karan Yadav
Founder · Nandai
Handcrafted in Jaipur · fashion-jewellery pricing
Every Nandai piece references one or more of these six heritage Indian techniques — translated into fashion-jewellery materials so the design tradition reaches a wider wardrobe. Tap a tile to read what each technique means and how we work in its vocabulary.
17th-century Mughal setting, reinterpreted in our gold-plated bridal pieces.
Persian-origin enamel artistry, brought to Jaipur fashion jewellery.
Rajasthani temple silhouettes in gold-plated fashion-jewellery materials.
Uncut-stone heritage style, reinterpreted with kundan-style polki.
Pressed-setting heritage, brought to imitation bridal pieces.
Engraved-metal heritage, in our antique-gold finishes.
Three edits, each with three pieces from the current catalogue. Pick the one that fits the moment — every piece is handcrafted in Jaipur in gold-plated fashion-jewellery materials and ready to ship.
Heritage-inspired statement pieces at fashion-jewellery prices — designed for the bride who wants Polki silhouettes without precious-metal commitment.
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Kundan Necklace Set - Bihari Bridal Necklace with Elephant & Emerald Design
Traditional Cream & Ruby Red Kundan Choker Set with Meenakari Detailing - 3 Piece Bridal Jewelry Set
Midnight Black Meenakari Teardrop Kundan Choker Set with Matching Earrings
Lehenga-pairing pieces in antique gold and kundan-style polki, handcrafted to read as heritage from across the room.
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Regal Ruby Red Meenakari Necklace Set - Antique Gold Plated Floral Jewelry for Weddings
Emerald Green Meenakari Luxury Jewellery Set - Antique Gold Plated Necklace for Mehendi & Receptions
Elephant Necklace Set | Rajputi Luxury Rajwadi Wedding Jewelry
Lightweight, plated, designed for daily wear without daily anxiety. Care guidance included with every order.
Shop the editCustomer photography — these tiles show real Nandai pieces styled by the women who wear them. Tap any tile to shop the piece. (Real UGC coming soon; styling stand-ins for now.)
wearing Midnight Black Meenakari Teardrop Kundan Choker Set with Matching Earrings
wearing Elephant Necklace Set | Rajputi Luxury Rajwadi Wedding Jewelry
wearing Polki Choker Set - Majestic Uncut Bridal Gold-Plated Necklace & Earrings for Elegant Style
wearing Emerald Green Meenakari Luxury Jewellery Set - Antique Gold Plated Necklace for Mehendi & Receptions
wearing Regal Ruby Red Meenakari Necklace Set - Antique Gold Plated Floral Jewelry for Weddings
wearing Hasadi Necklace | Rajwadi Rose Design with Green Stones Bridal Set
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