ottiyanam gridls

#ottiyanam 3

south india rigid waist belt were  commonly known as #Oddiyanam  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 another style of golden girdle from #melkote thirunarayanapuram temple  which is used to adorn by the processional deities upayanachiyars along with all  jewelleries used during annular  festival occasions 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.

-- Ramu.Rm.N