About Ghungroo

Ghungroo is named after the small brass bells tied round a dancer's ankle. You hear a ghungroo before you see the dancer - and that is exactly what we want a pair of earrings to do.

What we make

Earrings, and only earrings. Three designs so far, each in a handful of colourways: a pierced oxidised chandbali with twin peacocks around a domed cat's-eye stone, a two-stone drop framed in gold beadwork, and a gold-plated temple jhumka with a repousse dome and a pearl fringe.

We would rather do a few designs properly than fill a page with fifty. When a design goes up, it is because we would wear it ourselves.

What this is, honestly

This is imitation jewellery. The finishes are oxidised silver-tone and gold plating over a base-metal alloy, the stones are cut and cabochon glass in kundan-style settings, and the pearls are faux. Nothing here is precious metal or a natural gemstone, and the price reflects that.

We say this plainly because the alternative - dressing costume jewellery up in language borrowed from fine jewellery - wastes your time and eventually loses your trust. What you are buying is craft and design, not carat.

Why the pieces are lighter than they look

The parts that give these earrings their scale are hollow. The jhumka domes are shells, the chandbali crescents are pierced right through like a jaali screen, and the fringes are strung rather than cast. A chandbali as wide as a matchbox does not sit on your ear like one, which is the whole reason this style has lasted a few hundred years.

Sizing, and photographs you can trust

Every product page carries a photograph of the pair actually being worn, next to a face, as well as a clean shot of the pair on its own. We do this because a measurement in millimetres tells you almost nothing about whether a drop will suit you, and a photo tells you almost everything.

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