Anklet is otherwise called as ankle bracelet or anklet chains. It has been worn by Asian females for centuries and it symbolizes both wealth and prosperity. It can be worn in both legs or in a single leg also. It is made up of white gold, yellow gold, platinum and sterling silver. The anklet, ankle chains are worn as single piece for each leg. However kids enjoy wearing it at least two chains in each leg. Can you recollect your little girl cheerfully running around the house with her new anklets? It is a matter of both pride as well as joy for us to see our children making the lovely noise of the ankle bells in their anklets.
Well apart from children [especially girls] there are women of all ages who take great care to collect every kind of such chains for their feet. Every woman wants to have a unique model of such ankle chains (In Danish:
ankelkder ). It is no doubt that its history has its origins in Silappathikaram wherein Kanaki the protagonist schedules a big conflict with the king of Madurai .Kovalan her husband seemed to have met death due to the misjudgment of the king. She is said to have entered the king's court with the other anklet of hers in her hand demanding the king for an explanation. The king tells her that her husband had stolen his wife's anklets while Kinaki argues the other way. Finally the king is made to realize his mistake and he faces death on the very spot. Even today we can see in Southern part of India various statues of Kanaki holding her ankle. It has also been noted that Punjabi women were the ones who used to wear very heavy anklet gold (In Danish:
ankelkde guld ) and it is in other ways used to symbolize that she belongs chained to her husband /his family.
Nowadays we women do wear it in light weight collection .Many ladies used to spend their time as well as lots of money in buying such unique metal anklets with the sounds of the tiny bells around it. One can enjoy and have the unique shopping experience by preferring to buy the white gold/silver anklets with small sized white stones/crystals/beads/diamonds attached with it. Do you want to surprise your little girl with a gift for this New Year? Then do buy a lovely flexible modeled chain for her ankle and gift it to her in a surprise manner. She would love to wear it the very minute you give her and what more is more important in your life as a parent than to see smile in her eyes? Hence make plans to present it to the special girl of your life. Be careful while choosing too .Get these anklets either online or in your local store but be careful to choose branded jewelers while buying it!
