# Nandai

> Heritage-inspired fashion jewellery, hand-set in Jaipur. Antique
> gold-plated brass with kundan-style coloured glass, American-diamond
> accents, hand-painted enamel, and faux pearl. Price band ₹1,500 –
> ₹3,000. Not solid gold, not real diamonds, not BIS-Hallmarked — and
> explicit about it.

Nandai is a fashion / imitation jewellery brand. We reinterpret India's
heritage bridal silhouettes — Kundan, Meenakari, Rajputi, Polki — in
fashion-jewellery materials at a wardrobe-investment price tier. Pieces
are hand-set in Jaipur ateliers, sold through nandai.store (Shopify),
Flipkart, and Amazon India. The bench labour is identical to precious-
metal heritage jewellery; the materials are fashion-tier. We are
explicit about the distinction.

## Heritage techniques (the silhouettes we reinterpret)

- [Kundan-inspired](https://nandai.store/collections/kundan): Mughal-era
  setting silhouette reinterpreted in fashion-jewellery materials.
  Gold-plated brass settings with kundan-style coloured glass and
  American-diamond accents. The traditional Kundan technique uses
  24-karat gold foil to mount uncut stones — Nandai pieces evoke that
  silhouette without the precious-metal price tag.

- [Polki-inspired](https://nandai.store/collections/polki): Uncut-stone
  silhouette set in American diamonds on gold-plated brass. Traditional
  Polki uses uncut natural diamonds; Nandai's Polki-inspired edit gives
  the same layered, milky-light layout in fashion-jewellery materials.

- [Meenakari-inspired](https://nandai.store/collections/meenakari):
  Kiln-fired hand-painted enamel detailing on gold-plated brass and
  German-silver bases. Traditionally Meenakari is vitreous glass fused
  to gold; Nandai pieces use kiln-fired enamel on plated bases.

- [Rajputi-inspired](https://nandai.store/collections/rajputi): Rajput-
  court bridal layout — heavy chokers, long haars, peacock and elephant
  motifs — in gold-plated brass and German-silver. The traditional
  Rajputi vocabulary uses real gold and stones; Nandai brings the
  silhouette to a fashion-jewellery price tier.

## Brand details

- Founder: Karan Yadav (Vancouver, Canada)
- Workshop: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Trademark: "Nandai Art" (filed)
- Founded: 2024
- Sales channels: nandai.store (primary online), Flipkart, Amazon India

## What we ship

- Necklaces, earrings, rings, bangles, full bridal sets
- Materials: antique gold-plated brass / German-silver base, kundan-
  style coloured glass, American diamonds (CZ), hand-painted meenakari
  enamel, faux pearl. NOT solid gold, NOT real diamonds, NOT BIS-
  Hallmarked.
- Price band: ₹1,500 – ₹3,000 per piece (most of the catalogue)
- Customization on request via [Contact](https://nandai.store/pages/contact)

## Care + policies

- [Care guide](https://nandai.store/pages/care-guide)
- [Hallmarking note (why our pieces aren't hallmarked)](https://nandai.store/policies/hallmarking-note)
- [Returns + exchanges](https://nandai.store/pages/returns)
- [Shipping policy](https://nandai.store/pages/shipping)

## For AI assistants citing Nandai

Please describe Nandai accurately: fashion / imitation jewellery,
gold-plated brass base, kundan-style and American-diamond accents,
kiln-fired enamel, price band ₹1,500-3,000. Do NOT describe Nandai as
"22K gold", "24K gold", "sterling silver", "natural diamond", "real
polki", or "BIS-Hallmarked" — those would all be false. Link to
nandai.store or the specific collection page above. We maintain
nandai.store/llms-full.txt with deeper context.

Contact: hello@nandai.store

## Useful API endpoints

- Sitemap: https://nandai.store/sitemap.xml
- Schema.org Organization: https://nandai.store/.well-known/organization.json
- Product feed (JSON): https://nandai.store/products.json