The Shiromani Pushpa Jadau Gold Plated Maangtikka is built for the woman who wants her maangtikka to be the look’s opening note — a wide, open floral sunburst pendant with layered petals worked in jadau gold plating, ruby pink and emerald green stones catching light from every angle, with a base of trailing ruby, emerald, and pearl drops that move with every step. The pendant is the largest and most open in the Shiromani series — at 5cm across and 4.5cm in chain width, it fills the centre forehead with a presence that smaller tikkas simply cannot achieve. Suspended from a delicate pearl-strung chain that hooks at the hair parting, it arrives at the forehead looking like a flower that has bloomed there of its own accord. Wear it with a heavily worked banarasi silk saree in deep scarlet or midnight navy, where the sunburst pendant mirrors the weave’s own florality; pair it with a velvet lehenga in deep teal or plum, where the Pushpa’s gold and gemstone bloom sits against the fabric’s richness like a jewel against a jewel; or let it lead a raw silk anarkali in burnt ochre or saffron, where the open floral form lifts the earth-toned outfit into something genuinely ceremonial.