Crowns are made by very expertly joining flowers such as rangini (blue colour), svarna-yuthi (golden), navamalika (white) and sumalika whose colours resemble rubies; gomeda[1]; pearls; and moon-stones. The crowns are made so beautifully that they appear to shine as the aforementioned jewels.
These specific crowns have seven crests made of buds of the golden ketaki flowers as well as of colourful substances such as red ochre (gairika). The kirita is a decoration for the head and Sri Krishna is extremely fond of them. What more is there to say? Since this decoration is the best of all flower decorations, it is also known as Pushpapara[2]. It is even more valued than the best of jewels.
Lalita Sakhi learned to expertly make them from Srimati Radharani. Sri Lalita-devi also makes five-crested crowns for Her out of flowers and flower buds of five colours.
[1] Gomeda is a gem brought from the Himalaya. It is of four sorts: white, pale yellow, red and dark blue (as defined in Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary).
[2] puspa = flower; apara = unsurpassed
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