In Thanjavur Marathi, Jewellery is called 'nugh'.नघ Long back , probably more when our ancestors settled in deep South, all the women among our ancestors dressed beautifully in " reshamacha nau gajach lugda"रेश्मीची नौ गजाच लुगडा and adorned themselves with a " bichhoda" बिच्चोडा in the center of which was a " rakhudi" राखुडी of rubies or a " phirivach phula".फिरीवाच फुला .
Or sometimes the younger women wore a 'veni' वेणी which was adorned with " venicha nugh" वेणीचा नघ all along. Not to forget, sometimes this veni was achieved with a " gangavan". गंगावन
At the end of this veni was a bunch of 'gonde' गोंडे sometimes even made of gold!
On the nose was a " mukhra" ,मुखरा a " nath"नथ or a " bulaak". बुलाक . The ears had a " vajrach thod" वज्राच थोड or a " mothach thod".मोतेच थोड
The forehead had a tikamani. टीकामनी
On the neck,( galanth) was a mothach mala, मोतेच माळा garsoli, गरसोळी sometimes kasech maal कासेच माळा ; hands were adorned with sonyach kaankan सोनाचा कांकण or mothach kaankan मोतेच कांकण
On the arm was a bajubandh बाजूबंध or even nagbandh. नागबंध
The fingers were adorned with 'mudhi ' मूधी and sometimes 'vanki mudhi '. वंकी मुधी
On the waist was a sonyach patta सोनाच पट्टा . The feet, not to be outdone had a pair of tinkling ' painjan' पैंजण and the toes had 'jodvi' जोडवी
That completed the picture of a bejewelled Thanjavur Marathi woman of yonder days!
To those who recognize all the above jewellery, this probably is taking you back many years. But those who have no idea what I am talking about, well, this must be Greek and Latin.
Like what is " gangavan"? Where did Ganga come in all this!!?
Interestingly, that is the very purpose of my blog.. to rekindle our language!And you can be sure I will be posting the details of all this jewellery with pictures where possible.
Until then...
Or sometimes the younger women wore a 'veni' वेणी which was adorned with " venicha nugh" वेणीचा नघ all along. Not to forget, sometimes this veni was achieved with a " gangavan". गंगावन
At the end of this veni was a bunch of 'gonde' गोंडे sometimes even made of gold!
On the nose was a " mukhra" ,मुखरा a " nath"नथ or a " bulaak". बुलाक . The ears had a " vajrach thod" वज्राच थोड or a " mothach thod".मोतेच थोड
The forehead had a tikamani. टीकामनी
On the neck,( galanth) was a mothach mala, मोतेच माळा garsoli, गरसोळी sometimes kasech maal कासेच माळा ; hands were adorned with sonyach kaankan सोनाचा कांकण or mothach kaankan मोतेच कांकण
On the arm was a bajubandh बाजूबंध or even nagbandh. नागबंध
The fingers were adorned with 'mudhi ' मूधी and sometimes 'vanki mudhi '. वंकी मुधी
On the waist was a sonyach patta सोनाच पट्टा . The feet, not to be outdone had a pair of tinkling ' painjan' पैंजण and the toes had 'jodvi' जोडवी
That completed the picture of a bejewelled Thanjavur Marathi woman of yonder days!
To those who recognize all the above jewellery, this probably is taking you back many years. But those who have no idea what I am talking about, well, this must be Greek and Latin.
Like what is " gangavan"? Where did Ganga come in all this!!?
Interestingly, that is the very purpose of my blog.. to rekindle our language!And you can be sure I will be posting the details of all this jewellery with pictures where possible.
Until then...
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