MOOKKUTHI (NOSE STUD) Dear friends,
Yesterday I was seeing the serialManampolae Mangalyam inZee TV Malayalam. The special attraction of the serial is daughterin law is taking interest for remarriage of her young mother in law. Specialattraction of the heroine is her Ear stud. Whereas as a fashion wearing smallear rings by many heroines, her nose stud gave a special appearance. I thoughtI may write a fresh posting on Ear stud today Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 8-7-2021 1 Mookuthi and Viswa karma women In my home generally Brahmin girls were having theirnose pierced by about 15 and wear nose stud. Women from Viswa karma community (Goldsmith)also used to wear nose stud. They used to talk a language of mixing of Tamil-Malayalam and were called “Thattathi thamiz”. In Trivandrum they talk excellentTamil and excellent Malayalam also. I had never seen other women piercing nose.Now it is a fashion to have nose rings. 2. Mookutthi- a small ornament Most wear Mookutthi with three smallstones or single stone or some purely in gold. Some wear with diamond. Some Brahmins used to provide thegirls with Diamond ear stud and nose stud during marriage. Whatever thematerial, the size of nose stud could be small only whereas ear stud can be to slightlylarge also. On those days men used to haveear stud and ears pierced. Once the ears pierced, it remains so with manypeople. As a fashion, now some men also wear ear ring and ear stud. 3. Men with pierced nose. Other than tribal, I have notseen males with pierced nose in Kerala. But when I came to Tamilnadu, I washaving a colleague, who had his nose pierced and provided with a GOLD RING ofvery small size. Since looking strange I asked him about it; he said he wasborn after a prayer to Mookayyan and on account of the prayer it is pierced andworn. 4. Interchange of Kadukkan and Mookkutthi If the ear stud is small, andmore sets are there, it was common to wear it as nose stud by some women. Thedifference was not so distinguishable. Kadukkan means ear stud andMookkuthi means nose stud. 5. Mookutthi- one or two? Some women wear mookkuthi oneither side of the nose and more on one side- right side. Being weightlessmaximum 2 grams or three grams, and wearing on nose, Mookutthi is not a charmfor thieves. They aim in garlands more. 6. Mookutthi Ppoo In Kerala I have seen a flower sotiny like a Mookkutthi and in different colours. Normally it grows on mud compound wall (kayyala) etc. Ithas a good smell. 7. Kanya kumari Devi and Eastern gate closing In Kanya kumari the Devi isadorned with a Mookutthi in the nose. The diamond was so bright, it is told a ship took it as a light houseand got wrecked in rocks near the temple. Then onwards the eastern doors are notopened so that the light will not radiate outside. -- 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/859032660.245432.1625737994745%40mail.yahoo.com.
