Swamy Jewellery is a type of gold and silver jewellery manufactured in the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. Tamil Nadu has a 5000-year-old history of jewellery-making, using materials ranging from fine silver and gold to modern eco-friendly materials such as terra-cotta and jute.
References
- Yule, Sir Henry; Burnell, Arthur Coke (1903). "Swamy Jewelry". Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases. J. Murray. p. 884.
- "Terracotta Jewelry". Tamilnadu.com. 16 December 2012.
- "Jute Jewellery". Tamilnadu.com. 14 January 2013.