Tuesday, 21 July 2020

a comparison srivilliputtur andal temple girdle

#Indian_girdles  #Srivilliputtur #Andal #kothai #vintage_picture  #comparison #ottiyanam #Indian_jewelry  #oddisa   #comparison #girdle  #Indian_jewelry #Orissa #kamarbandh #classicalart #nayakas #Tamilnadu

#Girdles are the ornament used since ancient times in the waist part  and  we could witness those in each and every historic images,  sculpture of gods, kings and queens., This Girdles are made out of  gold are  rigid and in some cases they are  flexible. In south india rigid waist belt were  commonly known as #Oddiyanam is the flexible one as  #Arapatta . the very purpose of the Girdles encircle the attire and which holds the bottom piece of clothing, that complements the texture of traditional outfits.

Here in this instance which shown below shows  the precious stone studded  golden girdle from #Srivilliputtur temple  which is used to adorn by the processional deity Andal nachiyar along with all  jewelleries used during annular  festival occasions could be a nayak era one  and also in another part a  late 19 th century photograph of a south India women from Tamilnadu is shown on which a lady adorned with Victorian Edwardian 1837-1910 era south Indian golden jewelleries among which similar magnificent griddle also  we could witness girdle ( ottiyanam ) so from these pictured could understand the usage of griddle from deity to the common public is quite common and also similar pattern do exist for some centuries too.

#Kamarbandh vs #arapattam


‌One more flexible girdle ( #arapattam / #megalai ) from #Srivilliputtur temple  which is used to adorn by the processional deity Andal nachiyar along with the precious jewelleries used during #Ennaikappu urcham (December–January) this  flexible waist belt could be a nayak era one.  And also we can  see the similar flexible girdle made out of silver is used in oddisa's classical art forms. #Odissi costumes is known for its elaborate filigree #kamar_bandh (girdle) similar patterns of this girdle still exist in oddisa's classical art .


-- Ramu.Rm.N


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