For the bangle trade
Tools for bangle makers
Maniyaar makes small, practical software for the people who make and sell bangles. Each tool takes on one slow job in the workshop, so more of the day goes to the craft.
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The name
Named for the Maniyar
The Maniyar, also written Manihar, are a community whose traditional trade is the bangle. In Hindi and Urdu the word itself means a maker or seller of glass bangles. Families of the community live in many parts of India, including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
The craft works mainly in lac and glass. Lac is a natural resin. It is heated, coloured and rolled into bangles, which are then set by hand with stones, glass and beads. In Jaipur, the lane called Maniharon ka Rasta takes its name from the community, and lac bangles are still made and sold there.
Bangles carry meaning as well as colour. Brides wear a special set at their wedding, and sales rise for festivals such as Teej and Gangaur.
Maniyaar takes its name from this community and builds its tools for this trade.
Sources: Rekhta Dictionary, Live History India, Gaatha, Sahapedia.
Tools
Each tool lives at its own address, with its own sign-in.
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Invite only for now
Rhinestones Packer
Type a customer's name and get the rhinestone design and the CNC cut files for a name bangle.
rhinestones.maniyaar.com
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More tools are on the way
New tools for the trade will be listed here when they are ready.