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{{short description|Flower garland worn in the hair or on the wrist by South Asian women}}<br />
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[[File:Aarti-dance-bangalore-2009.jpg|thumb|Gajra are traditionally worn around hair bun.]]<br />
[[File:Gajra at Celebration.jpg|thumb|Indian Ladies with Gajra during religious Function]]<br />
A '''Gajra''' is a flower garland which is worn by women across South Asia during festive occasions, weddings or as part of everyday traditional attire. They are made usually of varies types of [[jasmine]] flowers but [[rose]], [[Crossandra infundibuliformis|crossandra]] and [[barleria]] are also widely used in gajras.<ref name="Gurcharan1986">{{cite book | editor = Gurcharan Singh Randhawa and Amitabha Mukhopadhyay | title=Floriculture in India | year = 1986 | publisher=Allied Publishers | isbn=978-81-7023-057-1 | page=607}}</ref> It can be worn both on the bun and with the braid coiling. Women in India usually wear them with traditional attire. It is also worn on the wrist by women in [[India]] mainly during festive occasions and weddings.<br />
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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 jewelry in India.<br />
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File:Ajanta Paintings.jpg|Historically, jasmine gajra has been worn around hair bun, [[Gupta Empire]].<br />
File:Green Tara. Sumtsek hall at Alci monastery, Ladakh, ca. 11th century.jpg|[[Tara (Buddhism)|Green Tara]] with jasmine gajra around hair bun. ca. 11th century A.D. <br />
File:Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpg|[[Kuchipudi]] dancer with gajra. <br />
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. <br />
File:Gaye holud.jpg| Bride with floral decorations for ''Haldi, Mehandi or Sangeet ceremony'', part of pre-wedding rituals in South Asia. <br />
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