ornamental comparison odisha

A ornamental comparison with saora tribes and odisha sculptures

#Pic1 :Huge circular earplugs are the identity markers of #Lanjia_Saora women, an Austroasiatic speaking tribe inhabiting the Gunupur Mountains of the Eastern Ghats in South Odisha. Lanjia saora tribes are a prominent tribal community one of the 62 tribes of Odisha. they speak a dialect of Mundari language they can communicate in local Oriya language of the neighbours. 

The traditional dress of a Saora woman is a waist cloth with gray borders which hardly reaches the knees. The skirt is about three feet in length and two feet in breadth. In winter she covers her upper part of the body with another piece of cloth tied at the back with a knot. The Saora woman uses limited ornaments for decoration of her person. a few necklaces of beads, round wooden plugs for ear lobe perforation, spiral rings of cheap metal in the fingers and toes, little rings in the wings of nose and metal anklets are worn by the woman.

#Pic2 :  A 7 th century parvathi sculpture from #Parasurameshwara temple shown in the casual manner in which Parvati sits, with her elbow on Shiva's shoulder is particularly endearing. Paravathi's ornamental decoration matches with the #saora_tribes.

#Pic3 : A 9th-century #Matysa_Varahi with similar earnings this Varahi temple exists at #Chaurasi about 14 km from #Konark, Orissa.The Varahi temple of Chaurasi  has a unique idol of varahi  enshrined in this temple is exquisitely beautiful and considered to be one of the masterpieces. Matsya Varahi has two arms and she is shown seated in Lalitasana on a pedestal she bears the face of a boar and body of a divine woman. Her Left hand holds a Kapala while her right hand holds a fish. She rests her right foot on her Vahana buffalo which is seated on the pedestal. Here Varahi is represented with a third eye on her forehead which is not clearly visible at present. Her hair is decorated in the form of spiral coils.The beauty of this image lies in her big belly to indicate her as holding the universe in her womb (Bhugarbha Paranesvari Jagaddhatri)

#Pic4 : A 11 th  Century dancing women sculpture from #Raja_Rani_Temple at Bhubaneswar is one of the most attractive temples because of its architectural work. It is made from the wonderful red and gold sandstone, which is locally known as Rajarani and this is what gives the temple its name of 'Raja Rani'. The temple is believed to have been known originally as Indreswara. It is locally known as a "love temple" because of the erotic carvings of women and couples in the temple.

--Ramu.Rm.N

#IndigeneousTribes #TribalJewelery #LanjiaSoura #Odisha  #TribesofOdisha #sculpture #Matysa_Varahi #Rajarani_temple #konark #Parasurameshwara_temple