AAYIRAM PADASARANGAL KILUNGI AALUVA PPUZHAPINNAYUM OZUGHI
Dearfriends, Todayfrom the afternoon siesta I woke with the thinking of the difference between Padasaram and Pada rasam(Anklet and mercury metal). Finallythought because the liquid mercury drops appear like the balls in the silveranklet it can be so. A SMALL INTERCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN SARAM AND RASAM. Ithought my posting can be of Padasaram today. Sincerely, GopalaKrishnan 19-04-2021 1. Velli chilanga anijum konduoru pennu,Valluva nadan pennu..(Malayalam film Kattu thulasi1965) Manyornaments are made in silver as well as in Gold. Kolusu or Padasaram (anklet) is oneamong them. Earlier Kolusu was most commonly made with silver only. By about 1995’sKolusu in gold started appearing in Kerala. Oneimportant thing is that small kids irrespective of sex are usually worn padasaram(anklet). Their movement would immediately made known by the sound producedfrom the padasaram from its small balls-Even waking up from sleep and aboutwalking areas. Goldenkolusu was first started to adorn small kids. Later girls and young women startedto wear them commonly. However there is a setback now.Girls are wearing different types of silver anklet changing every week. Mosthave at least five sets now. Therewas some sort of apprehension was therin wearing gold padasaram- since it is worn on feet, primarily due to cost and if fallen down withoutknowing while walking and lost any where. Somethought is also there whether it is dishonouring theGold- Iswaryam. There was a feeling also with many that wearing goldin feet may bring down wealth of the wearer. Probably thesethinking would have caused the set back. Goldplates, bowls lamps, Pancha pathram, Uddirini, glass etc. commonly seen injewellery shop now a day not as a show piece, but for sales in differentmodels. Very rich probably purchase these things during marriages. Oncein 2010’s I asked a Jewellery owner whether they are for show piece or forsales. He said for sales and there are many purchasing. 2. 2nd tie with thin kambi. Padasaram is provided either with hook or screw at the joint or with a bolt atjoint in silver. Having fear whether it would be lost, I used to tie inaddition with a small white kambi (for strength) in the jointing area of my daughter’sanklet. While my daughter going to school used to jumphere and there and my wife also had apprehension- whether it would get lost- My daughter would look once at Kolusu carefully and say- “Appa than murukki Kampi pottirukkarae”Pokathu”.( Fatherhas tied with kampi, it would not fall down) On those days I had no idea silver rods ofsmall diameter are there in jewellery shops. 3. Mookambika Devi at Chottanikkara TheLegend about Chottanikkara Devi has some relation with Padasaram- chilambu (Anklet with gingling bells or ghungroo). The legend goes that Aadi Sankaracharyar worshippedat Mookambika and desired her presence in his place also. Devi agreed andfollowed him. She had imposed one condition that Sankaracharya should not look back while she follow.If he looks back, Devi would stay there itself. Thesound from Chilanga of Devi was following him. For a long time, while nearingthe present Chottanikkara, Sankaracharya could not hear even mild sound ofchilanga. The legend goes that just for a second he turnedback, but Devi was there, as per the promise made, she remained atChottanikkara. In Chottanikkara Devi is worshipped in differentforms and in the afternoon she is worshipped as Mookambika Devi. 4. Padasaram- A liked ornament by mostyoung women and girls. Thespeciality with padasaram is that it is liked by young women married orunmarried and it is anormal wear and not occasion wear. Itis a practice for young women to have four or five sets and change themoccasionally while wearing, such women mostly prefer silver ones. Thereare also women, change padasaram after a period of wearing for new models andlook of fresh silver. Sincecost is comparatively very less for silver ornaments, it is not much lookedinto. Most of the silver shops on this account have a variety ofpadasaram designs. Infact it is practice now, even when ascrew becoming loose or hook is broken, simply purchase a new set, in exchangeof old one with some more payment by young women. 5. Padasaram for Elephants. Earlierit was not at all seen , nowa day it is common, elephants are made to wear anklets (with medium bells) in the four legs. These anklets aremade of brass or bronze or stainless steel. Depending on the grade of theelephant probably, type of anklets are worn to them. They are also provided a chainaround the neck. Chain would be glittering. In the locket name of the elephant would be written. Trichur pooram is nearing, in small scale it is conducted, with the condition,pass is issued for people witnessing ensuring they have taken two covidvaccines this year(2021). One can see all the male elephants participating having neck chain glittering andanklets very clean. 6. Padasaram for oxen and cows. Ihave also seen in villages, oxen and cows are sometimes made to wear anklets onfestive days like Mattupongal. The “bhoom matu”brought to homes as show and blessings would surely have anklets or gingle bells. 7. The kovalan and Kannaki legend Thefamous story of Kannaki centres round the identity of a chilanga which wastold as stolen from the Madurai palace by Kovalan. Kannakiin anger throw one of her chilanga and burst out and came out from Madurai. Sheis enshrined at Kodungallur. 8. Yakshi wearing chilanga. (Repetition please) Inmy home, my aunt was coming out for nature’s call, from her matam, just behindthe Kaipuzha temple in the midnight, she heard the chilanga sound of a walking woman and founda very beautiful woman loitering slowlycombing the hair after bath- No body but the Kaipuzha yakshi infront of the temple which she could see. It was in my boyhood days. She was telling my mother – Enna soundaryam ammini (What abeauty which canot be described) Afterhearing this legend from Atthai to my mother standing by her side, I could notforget it. I told it to my wife and children as heard whileworshipping in the temple later. Every time Ipass through the temple the legend comes to my memory when I go to home nowalso. 8a. Ittrusu Variasar and GupthanNampoothri. (Repetition) I usedto imagine the Ittrsu variasar(Yakshi) joined the Gupthan nampoothiri makingthe beautiful sound of anklets while waking to the Chottanikkara temple to see kathakaliby the nampoothiri. 9. Novels, stories and Lyrics. Padasaramfind an important place while talking of young women and ornaments in novels,stories and in Lyrics. 10 Mytitle – AayiramPadasarangal Kilungi Song || Nadhi Malayalam ClassicMovie 1969 || Nadhi(English: River) is a 1969 Malayalam film directed by A. Vincent, written byThoppil Bhasi and the story by P.J. Antony. It stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, Madhu, Thikkurissy SukumaranNair, Adoor Bhasi, and P.J. Antony in the lead roles. Written by - R Gopala Krishnan retiredAssistant General Manager, ITS Kerala Telecom, now 77, a Keralite iyer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/335295686.2555135.1618816176643%40mail.yahoo.com.
