Hand-Painted Meenakari — Lotus Rakhi Set

Meenakari — enamel worked into metal by hand, one colour fired at a time — shapes this lotus centrepiece. Pearls and tiny beads ring the flower Indian iconography has always read as purity. Comes boxed, roli-chawal and a card already inside.

The lotus at the centre of this rakhi is built in meenakari, the enamel technique that layers colour onto metal by hand, fired section by section until the flower holds its blue. Tiny beads and pearls frame the centrepiece, finished as a complete rakhi set — roli, rice, and a greeting card included, packed inside a mandala-patterned box rather than loose in a bag. The lotus itself carries centuries of symbolism as the flower of purity in Indian iconography, which is likely why it keeps returning to rakhi trays every year. Tie it, and mean the card underneath.