More about those vibrant beads...

My friends who just returned from a trip to Nepal, told me that they saw all the married Nepali women wearing these vibrant beads in red or green. I started hunting for a good picture of these beads over net and to explore the significance of these beads and I thought the facts are worth sharing.

These beads are called Pote beads and are essential for almost every Nepalese woman. They come in a rainbow of colors, and are usually the supporting strands for a tilhari, either as a necklace or as a belt. The tilhari necklace indicates that its wearer is a married woman. The silver part of this necklace is called a tilhari. Tilharis always consist of seven finely worked beads, three of which are rounder and four are flatter. They may be of silver or of gold and are strung on a rod of metal or of wood.


On the wedding day the groom places a tilhari around neck of the bride, and it symbolizes the wish and prayer for his long life. It is called Resha & Tilhari ?? I guess Resha refers to the pote bead strands. Resha means rope (origin: Arabic) I learn't it from a baby names site.

Only Newari (and select few other Nepali tribes) brides are allowed to wear this to symbolize marriage.