அகப்பைகூடு #laddleholder

Chettinad Vintage/Antique wooden spoon holders used to hold ladles as well. The spaces in between is the place which is the holder which were used in the #kitchens of the #Chettinad in South India. These antique spoon holder belongs to early 20 th century which were made with beautiful detailings which shows the #craftsmanship of the artist. Nowadays these kind of ladle holders were used as home decor. In the other hand we could see the similar ladle holders ( agapai koodu ) has been shown in #Maratha period #murals at #avudaiyarkovil in #pudukottai district of #tamilnadu.

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#Dieng_ brahma

#Dieng_ brahma

#Brahma is best known for his role in the Hindu pantheon as creator of the universe. when many Hindu deities were incorporated into the practices of Khmer Buddhism. In the Buddhist traditions as a protector of the “dharma” (Buddhist teachings).Brahma’s four faces, which look in all four directions at once, signal his omniscience and he is mounted on the Hamsa or sacred goose; his attributes include: disc, ladle, book, rosary, vase, flying whisk and sceptre.

#8th_century bhrama on his vehicle hamsa (swan) Brahmas carrier hamsa the swan is seen here as a swan-man a very unique representation in Hindu iconography this sculpture was found at  Dieng , Central Java, at 1903  now displayed at  National Museum, Jakarta, Java.

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#derivativeterms and nose pins

#Nosepins and its similar shapes which is associated with clove beans and #coatbuttons or tridax daisy is a species of flowering plant. In tamil clove beans is called as #mookuthi avarai and #tridax daisy is also called as mookuthi poo. In tamil grammer this kind of words comes under the classification of karanapeyar #காரணப்பெயர் —(Derivative name) that is a name given for a reason/purpose.

Till early 20 th century we could see these kind of Nosepins were quite commonly used for deities and public but now we could see these kind of nosepins were still exist in usage for deities.

#nose_pins  #vintage_picture #tamilwomans #tamil #mookuthi #Meenakshi #Indian_jewelry #Srirangam #ranganayki #madurai #sriviliputhur #Aandal #deities #jewelry #comparison #ramu #april21