About Us

"Pahadi Sunaar" translates roughly to "hill goldsmith" - a term used across the hill towns and villages of Uttarakhand for the local jewellers who have long shaped gold and silver into the region's everyday and ceremonial ornaments. We take our name from that craft tradition, not from a single family or shop.

Uttarakhand's jewellery vocabulary includes pieces worn across generations for weddings, festivals and daily life. The nath (a nose ornament) takes a different shape in the Kumaon and Garhwal regions, each recognisable at a glance. The jhumki is a bell-shaped drop earring worn for both everyday and ceremonial occasions, while tops are its smaller, stud-style counterpart for daily wear. The maang teeka sits along the hairline parting as a forehead ornament, and the pauchi is a wrist ornament traditionally built from gold beads set on a fabric base, worn by married women at festivals and family functions. The guloband (also written gulband) is a close-fitting neck ornament completing the set. These are living regional forms, not our invention, and we aim to represent them accurately rather than as generic "ethnic" decoration.

We describe these pieces by their traditional names and general purpose. We do not claim exclusive origin, a specific artisan lineage, or a certification status for a design style itself - only for what is confirmed at the level of an individual product.

Every piece we list is priced transparently against the day's gold rate, the piece's weight, and its making charge, with GST shown separately - see Pricing, explained. We would rather mark a detail as "price on request" or "confirm with us" than state something we cannot stand behind.

We are building Pahadi Sunaar as a direct-to-consumer storefront: real catalogue data, clear specifications, and support you can reach before you commit to an order.