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Bhima Jewellery Redefines Bridal Shopping with Exclusive ‘Fairytale Weddings’ Expo

Experience a Magical Wedding Journey with 100+ Wedding Sets, Special Packages, Expert Makeup Tips, and More at Bhima’s Grand Bridal Event Across Three Locations.

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Bhima Jewellery is all set to transform the wedding shopping experience with its exclusive Bhima Fairytale Weddings, an extraordinary event that promises to elevate every bride’s journey. As a leading name in the bridal jewellery industry with a rich 100-year legacy and a history of gracing over four crore weddings, Bhima invites brides and their families to experience a truly unique bridal expo and sale.

This one-of-a-kind event will take place across three prominent locations: the Trivandrum showroom from March 14 to 20, the Attingal showroom from March 21 to 24, and the Pothencode showroom from March 27 to 30. Guests will be treated to an exceptional selection of over 100 wedding sets, each crafted to perfection. In addition to showcasing these exquisite collections, Bhima offers exclusive wedding packages and advance booking deals that ensure customers get the best value for their jewellery and wedding-related services.

Brides-to-be will also benefit from expert advice and styling tips from renowned celebrity makeup artists like Vikas VKS and Jaanmoni Das, ensuring they look their absolute best on their special day. Bhima’s Fairytale Weddings event is more than just a sale—it’s a celebration of love, tradition, and timeless elegance, curated to make every wedding magical.

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As gold prices hit historic highs, gold loans surge

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For generations, the “locker of the house”—the family’s ancestral gold— was a sacred reserve of last resort. To pledge a wife’s mangalsutra or a grandmother’s bangles was a mark of deep financial shame, the ultimate signal of a family in distress.

But a fundamental shift in the Indian psyche is turning that social taboo into a sophisticated financial strategy. As gold prices hit historic highs, what was once “idle” jewelry is being recast as a high-octane asset class, driving triple-digit growth across the sector and attracting a new breed of affluent borrower.

The shift is most visible in the scale of borrowing. Historically, the gold loan market was dominated by the small borrower, with loans under Rs.2.5 lakh ($3,000) making up 60% of the market.

New data from CRIF High Mark reveals a sharp reversal:

  • FY2025: Small-ticket loans dipped to 51% of the market.
  • Current Fiscal (8 Months): Small-ticket loans have cratered to just 40%.

The vacuum is being filled by entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) who are using gold as collateral to secure single-digit interest rates for business expansion, often bypassing more expensive unsecured loans.

According to a Morgan Stanley note in Oct 2025, India holds about 34,600 tonnes of gold, valued at approximately ₹550 lakh crore. In comparison, the value of gold loans in India stands at around ₹15 lakh crore, against which nearly ₹25 lakh crore worth of gold is pledged.

Why Monetization Failed Where Loans Succeeded

The trend represents a private sector victory where government policy stumbled. In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the Gold Monetization Scheme to bring an estimated 25,000 tonnes of privately held gold into the formal economy.

The policy failed largely due to sentimental barriers. To earn interest, owners had to melt their jewelry into bullion, effectively destroying the artistic value and ancestral craftsmanship of heirlooms.

A Structural Change

Banking analysts suggest this is not a temporary spike, but a structural realignment in how India perceives wealth. The modern borrower is increasingly pragmatic, prioritizing the cost of capital over the stigma of the pawnshop.

As banks and NBFCs digitize the process—offering doorstep pick-up and instant credit—the traditional local moneylender is being replaced by fintech-driven platforms and institutional vaults.

The family gold is finally stepping out of the shadows—returning not as ornamentation, but as a powerful line of credit.

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