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Posted by HALTER on June 24, 2011 at 1:33pm
20ct gold, rubies, IndiaDescriptionA pretty necklace which mixes harmoniously the pearls of ruby and 5 old pendentives of Radjasthan all to the effigy of the god monkey Hanouman… Hanuman is the god-monkey faithful to Rama. Its other names are Hanumat or Pavan-Sutra. Its bravery is reported in Ramayana. According to this epopee, it is thus described: “its face is as red as more the brilliance of the rubies, its tail is an interminable length. Hanuman is a perfect being. Nobody can equalize it in the comprehension and the direction of the writings. It competes with the tutor of the Vrihaspati gods”… It symbolizes the force and the intelligence…Weight:22,4grLenght:18,11inch
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