Ganesha Bansuri — Hand-Finished Silver Rakhi

Lord Ganesha sits mid-note, bansuri raised, cast in 925 sterling silver and hand-finished with a white rhodium plating for a cool, even shine. The thread is braided red into yellow, the two colours Raksha Bandhan has used for centuries.

Lord Ganesha holds a bansuri to his lips, cast in 925 sterling silver and hand-finished with a white rhodium plating that keeps the shine even. The red-and-yellow braided thread runs through a loop at the top, sized to sit flat against the wrist rather than swing loose. At under two grams it is barely there — until you look closely at the flute, the raised trunk, the folded ear. Silver darkens with time if you let it; that is not a flaw, it is silver doing what every alloy does when it is worn instead of only kept.