Jeweller Adesh Kumar Jain said, "This is an old tradition in which this 'Pichkari' is gifted among a newly married couple's family, where the bride's family gifts it to the groom's family as a pledge... Its price ranges from about Rs 8000 to Rs 1 lakh..."
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