Date:09/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/09/stories/2008050950770200.htm

PHOTO: CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR

Feels good!: A girl tries a ‘vaddanam’, a traditional ornament worn around the waist, at a jewellery shop in Vijayawada on Thursday. Sale of gold ornaments and jewellery registered a spurt on Thursday on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. —