BENGALURU, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A Warburg Pincus affiliate

will sell 2.36% of its stake in Kalyan Jewellers for

13 billion rupees ($155 million) to another large stakeholder at

a 2% discount to Wednesday's closing price, the Indian company

said.

The deal will see Highdell, the Warburg affiliate, sell over

24 million shares at 535 rupees each to Trikkur Sitarama Iyer

Kalyanaraman, who currently holds 60.59% in the jeweller.

The U.S. private equity, through Highdell, held a 9.2% stake

in Kalyan Jewellers as of the quarter ending June,

as per BSE data.

Warburg, which first invested in Kalyan in 2014, held a

24.6% stake after the jeweller's listing in March 2021.

Kalyan's shares, which have risen nearly 54% so far this

year, closed 0.5% higher on Wednesday.

($1 = 83.8880 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru)