Karisma to Surbhi Jyoti, Celebs Serve Inspiration To Amp Up Your Baisakhi Look With a Vibrant Paranda

Baisakhi 2025: The festival of Baisakhi is just around the corner with the preparations for it going on in full swing. You can sort your desi glam look for the harvest festival by adding a bunch of colorfully tasseled paranda in your hairstyle to create a traditional flair of Punjabi fashion. Let us help you out with a compilation of just the right paranda looks from popular celebrities including Karisma Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Surbhi Jyoti, and others. 

But first let’s delve into the significance and symbolism of Paranda. 

Cultural Significance of Paranda 

Paranda or parandi has made a fashion resurgence in recent times with its nostalgia coming back with a bang of contemporary additions to its style. But for the people of Punjab or Punjabi descent, paranda never went out of style, because of them it is not a mere fashion accessory but a symbol of their roots, tradition, and culture. 

 

 

 

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Paranda is part of Punjab’s traditional attire. Its significance and symbolism make it an integral part of their folk culture with many Punjabi songs referring to it. 

Marital status:  Paranda has traditionally been a part of the married women’s attire. The vibrant tasseled silk threads served as the symbol of marital status, worn by married women as a sign of their marital commitment and loyalty. With time, paranda is no longer reserved for married women, and girls across ages are also embracing it. 

Femininity and beauty : Paranda is also seen as a symbol of femininity representing a woman’s pride in her beauty. The colorful silk threads are the elements of grace and elegance in her look. 

Baisakhi Look Inspiration With Paranda     

Women have traditionally worn paranda on the occasion of weddings, festivals, or dance performances. Baisakhi poses as the perfect occasion for you to try these diverse hair styling options with a paranda. 

Surbhi Jyoti’s Paranda Looks

Actress Surbhi Jyoti has her roots in Punjab. Her traditional looks have been dominated by paranda hairstyles. For her mehendi look, she styled a golden fabric and tassel paranda with a Punjabi salwar suit ensemble.  

 

 

 

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She went with a complete golden look with a gold Anarkali suit with which she went with a long tassel gold paranda. 

 

 

 

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For Ganesh Chaturthi, she created a fusion look with a yellow sharara suit styled with a contrasting colorful paranda with vibrant tassels and pompoms. 

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Janhvi Kapoor’s Paranda Look

For the promotion of her film, ‘Mr. And Mrs. Mahi’ Janhvi Kapoor channeled her Punjabi aesthetics with a Patiala suit-salwar paired with a vibrant pink paranda.

 

 

 

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Karisma Kapoor Paranda Look

Diva Karisma Kapoor made a statement at Aadar Jain’s mehendi in her all-magenta-pink ensemble. Standing out was her heavy paranda with tassels, beads, pom poms, flowers, and other embellishments.

 

 

 

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Paranda has surely found its way back to mainstream fashion, but it has always been a hair ornament with cultural significance and symbolism. You can carry the culture of Punjab in your hairstyle by wearing a paranda inspired by celebrities.