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What about Men ?
Has anyone thought of the men's attire in those bygone days ?
It was a common sight in those days to observe older men working in the paddy
fields or harvesting the crops, clad in what is called a Langoti. Another verson
of the Langoti is a Konakam, a strip of cloth about 4 " wide and about 3 - 4 feet
in length, one end hung from a waist cord and the other pulled tight and
inserted into the back portion of the waist band. To protect them from the
sun's rays they often wore a crude, home- made hat fashioned out of the outer
covering of the araecaunut leaf.
It WAS CUSTOMARY for men to have a white Thorthu, a small mundu of knee-length
, to wrap around the waist.
Often the rear end of the konakam would hang down all the way down to knee level
portruding from under the Thorthu.
WE used to describe this as " Sunday is longer than Monday . "
Small boys often wore multi-colored Konakams.
A more sophiscated way of dress style was to wear a Mundu over the under pant.
They had a second short mundu ( Randamundu ) thrown over the shoulder but
seldom wore a shirt.
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Thank yu respected Menon Sir for a prompt response;we were introduced to the
ritual cloths like onnara when we had a darsan at Guruvayur a few months back.My
aunt who was leading our pilgrim team insisted us to compulsorily wear onnara
while entering the temple as the dress had some base in thanthrasasthra and the
related concepts.And we followed that old tradition and felt a definite bhava or
concentration of mind during worship.After that we are of opinion that onnara is
a befitting ritual cloth;both for worship and it brings in confidence in women
irrespective of their age;but the problem is that many new generation girls are
quite unaware of the advantages of that dress;and they are not properly trained
by the elders to practise it.It is also learnt that the ban of churidhar inside
the temple was mainly due to to the inconvenience caused by it to accommadate
our riual onnara;if possible let us follow the traditional clothing during
temple worship.Valuable comment on the matter are expected........praying for
the blessings of Lord Krishna to all our beloved devotees......
ritual cloths like onnara when we had a darsan at Guruvayur a few months back.My
aunt who was leading our pilgrim team insisted us to compulsorily wear onnara
while entering the temple as the dress had some base in thanthrasasthra and the
related concepts.And we followed that old tradition and felt a definite bhava or
concentration of mind during worship.After that we are of opinion that onnara is
a befitting ritual cloth;both for worship and it brings in confidence in women
irrespective of their age;but the problem is that many new generation girls are
quite unaware of the advantages of that dress;and they are not properly trained
by the elders to practise it.It is also learnt that the ban of churidhar inside
the temple was mainly due to to the inconvenience caused by it to accommadate
our riual onnara;if possible let us follow the traditional clothing during
temple worship.Valuable comment on the matter are expected........praying for
the blessings of Lord Krishna to all our beloved devotees......
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What about Men ?
Has anyone thought of the men's attire in those bygone days ?
It was a common sight in those days to observe older men working in the paddy
fields or harvesting the crops, clad in what is called a Langoti. Another verson
of the Langoti is a Konakam, a strip of cloth about 4 " wide and about 3 - 4 feet
in length, one end hung from a waist cord and the other pulled tight and
inserted into the back portion of the waist band. To protect them from the
sun's rays they often wore a crude, home- made hat fashioned out of the outer
covering of the araecaunut leaf.
It WAS CUSTOMARY for men to have a white Thorthu, a small mundu of knee-length
, to wrap around the waist.
Often the rear end of the konakam would hang down all the way down to knee level
portruding from under the Thorthu.
WE used to describe this as " Sunday is longer than Monday . "
Small boys often wore multi-colored Konakams.
A more sophiscated way of dress style was to wear a Mundu over the under pant.
They had a second short mundu ( Randamundu ) thrown over the shoulder but
seldom wore a shirt.
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There is a very valid point in what Reganeeji has just mentioned. We should
congratulate her aunt for introducing the Onnara concept to her group to make
them understand and appreciate the old cultural values and their importance. I
wish we had many more aunts like her in our community ! When the ancients
introduced onnara it had a definite purpose and that was what Rejanee
experienced after trying it on , that is, " The Bhava or poisture when
worshiping and the self confidence " a woman feels in that attire.
The gurudevas , including myself who commented on this subject earler had
overlooked to emphasise this very important aspect of this age old traditonal
dress style.
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congratulate her aunt for introducing the Onnara concept to her group to make
them understand and appreciate the old cultural values and their importance. I
wish we had many more aunts like her in our community ! When the ancients
introduced onnara it had a definite purpose and that was what Rejanee
experienced after trying it on , that is, " The Bhava or poisture when
worshiping and the self confidence " a woman feels in that attire.
The gurudevas , including myself who commented on this subject earler had
overlooked to emphasise this very important aspect of this age old traditonal
dress style.
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Dear all,Radhe Krishna!Interestingly, Pujya Chirattapuram's discussion has shifted from worship to work!... That is a good sign, especially when most of us Keralites believe in the dictum, " Work is worship! "
Many of the senior citizens in the group may nostalgically remember their boyhood days in the early part of the last century----at least I do---- when we were running about bare-footed and wearing only a koupeenam (the Sanskrit name for Konakam)!.... And lo! Guruvayoorappan Himself is pleased if we present Him with a red Pattu-konakam!, as though He was one among us in those days!
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"Many of the senior citizens in the group may nostalgically remember their boyhood days in the early part of the last century----at least I do---- when we were running about bare-footed and wearing only a koupeenam (the Sanskrit name for Konakam)!.... And lo! Guruvayoorappan Himself is pleased if we present Him with a red Pattu-konakam!, as though He was one among us in those days!
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Excellent.. all should follow the above lines while entering in temples.
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