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Diamonds for connoisseurs

Staff Reporter

Store has a rare collection of diamonds, emeralds and enamel jewellery

-PHOTO: ABHIJIT DEV KUMAR

Priceless: A brown diamond worth Rs. 2 crore being showcased at a jewellery store which opened in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: Sparkle, glitter, shimmer and shine. Get blown away by a dazzling collection of diamonds and heritage jewellery that is bound to send you back into history.

Hyderabad is now home for C. Krishniah Chetty and Sons, a 140-year-old Bangalore-based jewellery store that has some of the finest collection of contemporary and traditional jewellery.

From being a jeweller to the British Empire, royal families of the south, not to mention our very own Nizams, the new store at Taj Deccan has some rare varieties of diamonds and estate jewellery on display.

The store has a rare collection of diamonds, emeralds and enamel jewellery that are available in several contemporary designs. “We have a rare collection of diamonds and emeralds. The jewellery is crafted with the finest diamonds that are natural and will be of interest to connoisseurs of fine art,” said C. Vinod Hayagriv, Managing Director of D. C. Krishniah Chetty and Sons.

To name a few, the store has a pink diamond worth Rs. 66 lakh, uncut cabochon Zambian emeralds worth Rs. 31 lakh, a Colombian emerald with yellow and white diamonds worth Rs. 1.5 crore and a rare green diamond worth, hold your breath, a whopping Rs. 5 crore! But this is not all. One can have a look at the estate jewellery at the store that is over 100 years old. Some of them included a ‘Jada’—a long piece of gold embedded with uncut diamonds and old Burmese rubies that was worn by the ladies on their plait, bangles and necklaces. “We have maintained a track record of owners of the jewellery that has changed hands over the years so that the buyers know that the jewellery is genuine and is priced accordingly,” said Harpreet Singh Pasricha, Assistant General Manager of the store.

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