Spadika_kundalam

  

#Comparison  #kundalam  #tribes #deities #ornament #jewelry #cholas #pallavas #Cambodia #earrings #iconography

An ornamental comparison of Hindu deities ear rings with Sarawak tribes and dayak tribes is presented here  , The Sarwak tribes who were living the in the Malaysia island called boreno  and also the people called as Dayak who are  living in the Kalimantan region of Indonesia  used  to wear a  pair of ear ornaments .which is made out of a solid brass metal  created  in the shape of an acorn with a double row of petal like crenulations towards their top, which gives a overall appearance is quite  similar to a large flower and this this pendent used in the ears to elongate the ear lobes upto the shoulder as part of their culture as sign of beauty.

 We could see the similar type of ear rings in the eighth century sculpture of Lord Vishnu from the #Cambodia region and also it has been used in the #kowleswarar sculpture belongs to chola period , in this comparision sculpture of Vishnu belongs to later pallava period in the #Tiruthani Veertanswarar temple and Brahma bronze icon from the Chennai museum is shown this comparison  a debatable thing is with this ear rings it also called as #spadika_kundalam as per text so it could be made of even spadikam

---Ramu.Rm.N