#Adukkupavadai

Adukkupavadai is a traditional costume used during the festival occasions at Srirangam #Namperumal  processional deity is used to adorn with precious jewelery, garlands and deities vechiles is adorned with beautiful sheets of colorful cloth and sarees tied at the top. We could witness this during the certain vechiles processes like Lion, horse, yali, elephant and swan. In the other hand we could see the similar costume have been used in Karnataka theaters arts like yakshagana.

The splendour of Yakshagana lies with the unusual costumes and make-up of the artistes. The smooth flow of heavy and gorgeous costumes testify to the stimulating power of this audiovisual medium.The traditional costume consists of a dhoti a pyjama a jacket and a loose gown. Depending upon the characters they increase the girth of the body with sheets of colorful cloth and sarees tied around worn is yellow and glittery in nature. The clothes are of deep red, green, yellow colour and have a shiny surface. Yakshagana is popular in the districts of Dakshina Kannada,  Kasaragod,  Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikkamagaluru.Towards the south from Dakshina kannada to Kasaragod of Tulu Nadu region the form of Yakshagana is called as Thenku thittu. In this collage we could see the #Bhoota_Kola ritual pictures were shown were could see the similar coustumes have been used. This rituval provides a magical insight into the world of spirits through a unique combination of colors, costumes, story-telling, dance, and music.

Yakshagana is related to other performance art forms prevalent in other parts of Karnataka and the neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala(kathakali), Tamilnadu( kattaikoothu/ #therukoothu ). During vijayanagar emperor Yakshagana shows were presented in the royal courts. Kandakuri Rudra Kavi who was one among the eight famous court poets of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara composed the earliest Yakshagana work Surgriva Vijayamu. After the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire this tradition was patronised by the Nayaka kings of Madurai and Thanjavur particularly Vijaya Raghava Nayak of Thanjavur and Shahji of Maharashtra. Vijaya Raghava Nayak introduced a number of novelties to improve the tradition of Yakshagaana. From this we could understand that usage of Adukkupavadai is  due to vijayanagara influence and it still exist in #Srirangam temple procession.

-- Ramu.Rm.N

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