In catholic believes it is understood that a woman is married if she is wearing a ring in the third finger of the left hand. Likewise , in most of Indian and Nepali ethnicities, wearing a MangalSutra gives the affirmation of a women to be married.

MangalSutra is worn by married women across Nepal and India. It is worn in the form of either a yellow thread, a gold chain or as a string of black beads.

Called as thaaly in Telugu and as maangalyam in Tamil, the seriousness of MangalSutra is well known. The first being that is represents the marital status of women. Though with progressive times the trend of wearing MangalSutra by working women has considerably reduced. But there are still many communities where a woman does do not remove her MangalSutra till the day she dies or till the death of her husband.

MangalSutra significance can be well observed in Bishnoi community. The women of this community neither remove their nose-rings nor their MangalSutra after marriage.

It is believed that the MangalSutra is not just an ordinary piece of marriage jewelry but is believed to have divine powers. Many women trust the MangalSutra significance and wear it in order to ward off all evils away from their husbands. Married women feel superstitious if their MangalSutra breaks or is lost. They look to it as a bad omen. But dernier cri society does not pay much attention to such beliefs. .

As the Vedic hymns are recited in the Mandap during wedding ceremony, the groom ties the MangalSutra around the bride’s neck. This symbolizes their unity as a couple in the presence of deities witnessing their marriage.

Apart from the religious and spiritual MangalSutra significance, the ornament looks beautiful on every woman. Thanks to daily soaps, the designs of MangalSutra keep getting bolder.