Kiran Antique Gold Karay Set (Set of 6)

This is a set of six thin gold bangles, the kind most people ask for by their local name rather than the English one. Say karay and everyone in the shop knows exactly what you mean before you even point at them.

Each bangle in the set carries its own gold churi design, worked in a raised antique pattern rather than left plain, so even stacked together they don't blur into one solid gold block on the wrist. A small red stone sits on most of the bangles, placed just off centre, which is what stops the whole stack from looking too uniform. A thin gold chain runs from one bangle to a hook on the last one, so the full set of six can be lifted and put on together instead of one at a time.

If you grew up watching your mother or grandmother wear a full arm of thin gold bangles on one side, this set is built to give you that same look without needing to visit a goldsmith. It works as an everyday churi set for anyone who wears bangles daily, and it works just as well dressed up for a wedding or a family function, where a full stack down the wrist tends to get noticed before anything else you're wearing.

We're calling this churi gold work rather than plain bangles, since that raised pattern on each piece is really the point of the set, not an extra. Wear all six together for the full effect, or split the set if you want a lighter stack on each wrist.

Care note: keep the set away from water, perfume and lotion, and store it flat with the connecting chain loose so the bangles don't rub against each other and wear down the pattern.