Temple jewelry and heritage leather, hand-finished by Tamil Nadu's master artisans — where every clasp, carving and stitch carries four generations of craft.
In 2022, master goldsmith Ramaswamy Iyer opened a single workbench in Thanjavur, casting temple jewelry using techniques passed down from the Chola court artisans. Today, GlobalGold carries that same lost-wax casting and hand-stitched leatherwork into a house recognised across South India — never mass-produced, never rushed.
Every piece that leaves our workshop is signed by the artisan who made it, and carries its own story of fire, silk and stone.
Our Story
Antique-finish Kasu Malas and Lakshmi coin necklaces, hand-poured this festival season.
Each motif begins as a hand-carved wax model, coated in clay and fired until the wax melts away, leaving a mould that will only ever cast one piece.
Artisans spend up to three days polishing a single necklace with agate stones, a technique unchanged since the Chola era.
Fine chisels trace temple motifs — lotus, peacock, mango — directly into gold and silver by hand, never stamped.
Full-grain hides are cut, saddle-stitched and edge-burnished by our Chennai leather workshop, using waxed thread pulled tight by hand.
Final pieces are wrapped and presented in Kanchipuram silk pouches, echoing the sarees worn to receive them.
Cut from full-grain hide and finished with brass hardware salvaged in style from Chettinad mansion doors, our bags carry the same restraint as our jewelry — hand-stitched, never glued, aged to deepen with every journey.
Temple jewelry was never made to be admired quietly — it was made to catch oil-lamp light during Bharatanatyam, to be gifted at a bride's Muhurtham, to be worn to the sanctum on Aadi Perukku. Every collection we design begins with the ritual it will be part of, not the trend it will follow. It's why our Kasu Malas still carry the coin motif of temple offerings, and why our bridal sets are built to move with the dancer, not just decorate the bystander.
Aadi & Navaratri capsule pieces
Muhurtham sets, made to order
Deity-inspired antique finishes
Bharatanatyam performance jewelry
Nungambakkam High Rd
Alagar Kovil Road
RS Puram
Commercial Street
Yes. Every gold piece carries BIS hallmarking and ships with a certificate of purity and weight.
Bridal and Muhurtham sets can be made to order — adjust stone colour, coin count and chain length with our design team, typically a 3–4 week lead time.
Our full-grain leather deepens in colour with wear. We recommend a beeswax conditioning balm every six months, available in every flagship store.
Leather goods may be returned within 14 days unused. Made-to-order jewelry is final sale, in line with hallmarking regulations.
Hand-cast using the lost-wax method, finished with an antique polish and signed by the artisan. Comes with BIS hallmark certificate and a Kanchipuram silk pouch.
