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A gajra is a flower garland which women in South Asia wear during festive occasions, weddings or as part of everyday traditional attire. They are made usually of varies types of jasmine flowers but rose, crossandra and barleria are also widely used in gajras. It can be worn both on the bun and with the braid coiling. Women in South Asia usually wear them with traditional attire. The gajra is an ornament that is purely meant to decorate a hairstyle and does not generally aid in holding a bun in place. Gajra also refers to type of pearl workmanship done on South Asian jewellery. ==Gallery== File:Ajanta Paintings.jpg|Historically, jasmine gajra has been worn around hair bun, Gupta Empire. File:Green Tara. Sumtsek hall at Alci monastery, Ladakh, ca. 11th century.jpg|Green Tara with jasmine gajra around hair bun. ca. 11th century A.D. File:Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpg|Kuchipudi dancer with gajra. File:Sitara Thobani Odissi classical dance mudra India (10).jpg|Traditional imitation Gajra is made from ''Sholapith'' plant-based sponge and are worn by Odissi dancers. File:Gaye holud.jpg| Bride with floral decorations for ''Haldi, Mehandi or Sangeet ceremony'', part of pre-wedding rituals in South Asia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gajra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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