Amrapali Jewels

Amrapali Jewels, is a jewellery house founded in 1978 by Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera in Jaipur.[2] Amrapali designs, produces and distributes tribal, fine and uncut gemstone jewellery. The brand has stores in India and London.[3][4][5][6] The brand also operates a museum of Indian jewellery in Jaipur.[7][8] On 13 July 2020, the I.T Department raided Amrapali Jewels and its owner Rajiv Arora, who is a close aide of Congress CM, Ashok Gehlot and Vice President of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee[9] for tax evasion at various locations, including Mumbai and Delhi.[10] There was also a case in 2015 registered against Amrapali Jewels regarding bogus purchases of precious and semi precious stones.[11]

Amrapali Jewels
TypePrivate limited company
IndustryGems & Jewellery
Founded1978
FounderRajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera
Headquarters,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rajiv Arora
Rajesh Ajmera[1]
Tarang Arora &
Akanksha Arora
ProductsJewelry & Accessories
Websitehttp://www.amrapalijewels.com/

Historical background

The inspiration to start Amrapali Jewellery was the fascination that Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera held for ancient India, as it was the focus of their graduate studies.[12]

Indian Jewellery Museum

The brand operates an Amrapali Museum of Jewellery, spread over a 6,500 square feet (600 m2) space and showcasing traditional Indian Jewellery in the city of Jaipur.[13] The museum currently displays various types of chains, amulets, pendants, head and hair ornaments, earpieces, bangles and bracelets, belts and buckles, armlets, torso and shoulder ornaments, wristlets and cuff bracelets, rings and toe rings, and anklets, that have been collected from across the Indian subcontinent by the founders over a period of 50-odd years.[7][8][14][15][16][17][18][19]

References

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