andal kondai / headdress

#Headdress comparison between srivilliputhur andal and kerala women. Here in this picture i had just compared srivilliputhur andal's headdress with the Victorian era #ravivarma prints and  portrait of #Travancore young queen Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi. In this pictures we could see a lady adorning her hair with Jasmine Garland and portrait of Travancore queen Sethu Lakshmi Bayi would looks similar as like as  anadal's headdress which is locally called as andalkondai uniquely wearied to the andal's processional deity at srivilliputhur temple during the procession. In early days womens of kerala use to dressed there hair in this way which is quite common amoung the upper community womens. From this we could witness the usage of headdress from deity to the common public is quite commonly done.

-- Ramu.Rm.N

#Headdress  #vintage_picture  #comparison #kondai  #kothai  #Indian_jewelry #kerala #kondamudi #srivilliputhur #ramu #trivandram

thiruchinnam

Thiruchinnam is also one amoung  instruments such as ekkalam, kai silambu,pampai, udukkai and thambattam, urumi  is played in rural villages of tamilnadu during festivals .

Thiruchinnam is the wind instrument which is made of brass. Usually two thiruchinnams are joined by a chord and blown together. Its Considered as the one of the  mangala vadyam so thiruchinam were played at temples during the procession of deities  or during the ritual like thirumanjanam,  mangala arati, palliyarai poojai etc. And this instruments is also played when the mutt heads/adheenams/sannidhanams leave for their puja. And it is still heard at the Thiruvavaduthurai Adeenam.

Thiruchinnam is played in tamilnadu Siva temples along with the udal and talam. As per saivates legend instrument like thiruchinnam, udal, ekkalam, brahmatalam and sangu are some of the favourites of Lord Siva that came to the earth due to the efforts of Muchukunda Chakravarthy.  #Thiruvarur Thiyagaraja Temple there was a custom to play thiruchinnam. Nowadays occasionally these kind of instruments were  played  by the Sivagana group in many temples.

In #Srirangam temple during the procession this instrument is heard, along with the bigger variety of the ekkalam It is also played at the Kanchi Kamakshi Temple, when the mutt heads are given the temple honours.

There are many  inscriptions records  and tamil literature that speak highly of this ancient instrument.  Here in this picture 13 century ( debatable ) unique piece eight hands sati thandava moorthy icon which shown him in ferocious attitude by carrying the body of his dead consort Sati is on the left shoulder and the left leg of Shiva is placed on the head of the boothagana who place the thiruchunnam is displayed at #Napier_museum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. From this  we could understand that the usage of this instrument was existed from the early days. Even now we have the usage of this thiruchinnam in some temples for there daily rituals .

#comparison #museum #thiruchinnam  #Indian_instruments  #rituals  #tamilnadu #thiruvarur #folk #instruments #ramu #dec2020

-- Ramu.Rm.N

chilambu / anklet

Chilambu is a pair of hollow circular rings of silver/brass with some beads inside. It is a pair of foot ornament having an oval-shape or a brass anklet known as #Chilambu usually worn by the tribal dancers in South India mainly in Kerala art forms and rituals we could see the useage. They use the anklets for #Theyyam Dance performances. It has small beads inside, which make a pleasant sound. The ritualistic dancers wear them to create a rhythmical sound effect.

Here in this instance which shown below shows  the chilambu #anklets shown in #nayaka bronze from #madhuranthagam  Ramar temple processional deity. This temple bronze were known for its well detailed craftsmanship and  also in another part a photograph of a south India kerala folk artists  foot were shown on which a artist  adorned with a chilambu ( anklets ) which similar magnificent chilambu were still exist  in the folk arts of kerala. From this instance we could understand the usage of anklets  from deity to the common public like theatre artists is quite common and also similar pattern do exist till now.

-- Ramu.Rm.N