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Ek Onkar Showpiece in Natural Citrine
Natural Citrine · Walnut Frame
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Ek Onkar drawn in thirty four natural citrines, a warm amber gold that reads like light through honey, framed in walnut on its own engraved base. Our most approachable piece, and the one most often given.
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ੴ, the opening of the Mool Mantar. Against cream suede the citrine glows rather than contrasts, which makes this the softer of our two Ek Onkar pieces and the one most often chosen as a gift. Ek Onkar is the first character of the Guru Granth Sahib and the beginning of the Mool Mantar. It means one, and it is written as a single continuous stroke, which is why the numeral and the character are inseparable. Laying it in stone means holding that unbroken line across thirty four separate gems. The piece people choose when they want something genuinely made rather than something merely expensive. Given at Gurpurab, at a Sikh wedding, for a new house, or for a new office. Suited to a home, a gurdwara room or a desk. In the tradition, citrine is associated with Brihaspati, the teacher, and linked to expansion, learning and generosity. This is a traditional association rather than a claim about what the stone will do. This is an object for a room, not a stone to be worn. Made in small numbers in New Delhi, certified, insured and gift boxed.
The symbol
Ek Onkar opens the Guru Granth Sahib and states its central idea before anything else is said: there is one. The numeral one and the character are written without lifting the pen, because the meaning is indivisible. Reproducing that unbroken line using separate stones is the difficulty and the point of the piece.
How it is made
Thirty four citrine ovals at 3 by 5 mm, matched for tone so the amber stays even along the whole stroke. The long tail is laid last and in one pass, because any hesitation in spacing shows immediately along a single continuous line. Placed by hand onto cream suede, framed in solid wood, engraved base.
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Questions about this piece
It is our most approachable piece and the one most often given. At Rs 8,900 it is a fully made object with thirty four natural citrines set by hand, a certificate, insured delivery and gift boxing, rather than a smaller version of something else.