#Nelithandai ( #நெளிதண்டை )

Thandai is a Tinkling ankle-rings worn by Men and Women in traditional style. These stiff anklets are adjustable and easy to wear at legs. Still we could see the usage of the ankle rings were exist in the rural parts of India. The ankle rings were used in different shapes in all over India and according to the shapes the name of the ankle rings may differ partially. In this pictures we could see the similar ornaments which is in the zig zak shaped ankle rings were shown in the sculpture which was the contribution by Hoysala (king Ramanatha period) - 13th/14th century AD to the Venugopala shrine at #Srirangam temple #Trichy which has the Thematic representation from Pasurams of Thirumangai Alwar.

In the other hand we could see the continuation of the zig zak ankle rings were shown in #nayaka period #dwarabalaks ( door guardian ) stuco from Tanjore brihadeshwara temple. We could see the gigantic stucco door guardians at the periya nayaki  ambal shrine.

Here in this instance which shown below shows  the precious stone studded  golden zig zak ankle rings from #avudaiyarkovil temple in pudukottai district which is used to adorn by the processional deity #manikavasagar along with all  jewelleries used during annular  festival occasions could be a martha era and also in another part a similar silver neli thandai were quit commonly used till early 20th century so from these pictured could understand the usage of ankle rings from deity to the common public is quite common and also similar pattern do exist for some centuries too.

-- Ramu.Rm.N

#comparison #jewelry #Indian_jewelry #continuation #ankle_rings #zigzag