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Every beginning here begins with him.

Their mark is a Ganapathi drawn in one stroke, and it is the right mark for a house that dresses this city's brides. Weddings begin with him. So does the gold.

4.9 from 2,608 Google reviews Open 11 to 7:30, Tuesday closed 4th T Block, Jayanagar

Head to waist, in their own order

The dressing of a bride.

Their pages are not product grids, they are brides: real weddings, layered gold, weights printed on every reel. So here is the house the way it actually works, station by station down the bride. Light weight is their word, and every gram on this page is their own published figure.

A bride in a green blouse wearing layered antique gold, tikka to haram, from the shop's own page

Station 01 · The hair

A strand laid along the plait.

Gold woven through a bride's hair, jhumka drops swinging at its edge, gajra wound over the bun, photographed on their own page.

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A bride in white and silver temple wear, hair dressed with flowers, seen from the side

Station 02 · The forehead

The tikka leads.

Maang tikka and nethichutti, the first thing every one of their bridal photographs leads with.

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A face framed by a green stone maang tikka

Station 03 · The ears

Jhumka and chandbali.

From stone set drops to the blue bead pair on their reels, and a jade line their page calls newly launched.

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A gold jhumka with pearl drop on black, from their newly launched jade line

Station 04 · The throat, three depths

Choker close, necklace at the collarbone, haram to the waist.

The layered look their brides wear. Kasina sara, mango and coin work, antique pendants.

17.630 g

A necklace, as they captioned it

jalebi line from 20 g 21.000 g necklace 24 g heritage set
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A hasli necklace with peacock pendant on a dark bust, captioned 17.630 grams on their reel
Esha and Sumanth's hands in black and white, her wrist stacked with bangles

Station 05 · The wrists

Bangle stacks and ruby kadas.

The black and white photograph of Esha and Sumanth's hands, bangles to the forearm, is among their proudest posts.

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Station 06 · The waist

Vaddanam, the finishing piece.

Coin belts and kemp vaddanam, the piece that completes a bridal set and the hardest to find ready made.

Ask about vaddanam
A purple silk saree worn with a gold vaddanam waist belt and bangles

Station 07 · The blessing

Idols for the pooja that starts it all.

Ganesha, Balaji and Lakshmi in gold and silver, and a seated Hanuman their reel lists at fifteen grams.

15 g

The Hanuman, as they captioned it

A row of small gold idols: Balaji, Ganesha and Lakshmi
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A golden seated Hanuman idol, captioned 15 grams on their reel
A groom and bride under a white mandap, dressed by the shop

Every wedding on their pages is a real one.

Dressed at the counter below the silk shop

By the gram.

The weight comes first on nearly every reel they post, printed on the photograph. Sixteen grams to fifty seven, the number is the introduction. Everything below is confirmed at the counter.

An antique necklace with green beads, captioned 30 grams
A kasu mala on black beads, captioned 40 grams
A fine chain necklace with pendant, captioned 16 grams
A diamond necklace on maroon silk, captioned 57 grams
A lion head kada on green velvet, captioned 30 grams
A diamond and emerald necklace photographed on black rock, from their 18 karat line
The hall: one long glass counter with rows of white chairs, warm cove lighting, walls of gold.
The long counter, photographed for the shop

Below the silk shop, all of it is chosen sitting down.

One long counter runs the depth of the lower ground floor, with chairs enough for the whole deciding family. The owners are on the floor: one reviewer writes that they treat every customer with genuine warmth and respect, making you feel truly valued. Another, Swathi Nagineni, adds that the staff have a lot of patience to show the designs, and that wastage here runs less than the other shops in Jayanagar. Two and a half thousand reviews say some version of the same thing.

A pair of rings in two tone 18 karat gold
A pair in 18 karat
A 22 karat gold ring engraved with a standing Balaji
The Balaji ring, 22 karat
A bride in pink at the counter, the display cases behind her

Finding the counter.

  1. 11th Main Road, 4th T Block East, Jayanagar.
    Pattabhirama Nagar, Bengaluru 560011.
  2. Look up for the pink Smriti Silks board on A1 Arcade. The gold is below the silk.
  3. Down one flight of steps to the hall. The counter starts at the door and keeps going.
Open in Google Maps Call 098861 57755
A maroon blouse and red silk saree worn with choker, haram and pearls
  • Monday11:00 to 19:30
  • TuesdayClosed
  • Wednesday to Saturday11:00 to 19:30
  • Sunday11:00 to 19:30

From time to time the house announces no making and no wastage windows on selected items; ask what is running before you visit, and confirm the terms at the counter.