Jewellery designer Mrinalini Chandra, who is from Lucknow, had never really known what the fuss over the kaleera was. Worn by Punjabi brides on their weddings, the umbrella-shaped hanging accessory is usually worn on the wrists and is part of an important marriage tradition — the bride shakes her hands over the heads of all the unmarried girls, and whoever the kaleera falls on, is supposedly the one destined to be married next.

"But, I was fascinated by them, and did a version of the kaleera at my 2014 Lakme Fashion Week show. It has never been revisited before, and I wanted to do something different with it," says the 30-year-old. The motif designer made one that had miniature Mughal thrones hanging from it, the quirkiness of which got noticed by everyone.