ashok sundari ki haldi rasm

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rajshrip

@rajshrip

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Posted: 13 years ago

#41

foram - nice post. the scene when mahadev applies haldi is so touching. Mohit's expressions were great.

me want a mahadev and parvati siggie, can someone PM me one please.😊

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Sadhana

@SadhanaV

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Posted: 13 years ago

#42

I loved Mahadev and AS moment it was full of emotion and I did not hear a word Mohit said as I was glued to his face and I was taking him in. And am i wrong in saying that Parvati was wearing her wedding necklace. Cause it lookedl like that and why on earth was she wearing that red duppata on her head.

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Diala

@Diala

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Posted: 13 years ago

#43

Originally posted by: varaali

Well, traditionally khule Baal was considered a sign of some calamity or mourning. Married women never left their hair open. It was believed t o invite inauspiciousness.
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Valmiki says when S ita was in captivity she wore her hair in one long plait-indicating her separation from her husband.

In Mahabharata, Draupadi left her hair open when she and the Pandavas went into exile. Of course, she also took the pledge of not tying her hair.

Someone please enlighten me. This wearing pallu on the head for married woman came into practice when? We don't do it in the south, as far as I know, and infant my grand mom had a fit when she say my married aunt wear it that way to protect from the sun, and my grandma is pretty liberal in comparison to my own mother, her daughter.

Edited by speedgal - 13 years ago

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Ranjusha

@Ranjusha

Voyager

Posted: 13 years ago

#44

I like Parvati's look yesterday. She was looking divine and very beautiful. She always is but yesterday the change of look made it look more.
Mahadev AS conversation and later on Mahadev Parvati scenes where all very good.

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Kowshik or Kow

@chocolate_boy

Rocker

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Posted: 13 years ago

#45

I liked the dress of Karthikeya. Ganesh was in yellow and AS was wearing the dupatta of her mother's once accidentally worn yellow.🤣 Parvatis look with pallu was to me so hasty.

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702755

Suspended

Posted: 13 years ago

#46

where was saraswati in haldi?

and why it was so rushed?

hated it.

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varaali

@varaali

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Posted: 13 years ago

#47

Originally posted by: speedgal
Someone please enlighten me. This wearing pallu on the head for married woman came into practice when? We don't do it in the south, as far as I know, and infant my grand mom had a fit when she say my married aunt wear it that way to protect from the sun, and my grandma is pretty liberal in comparison to my own mother, her daughter.

I suspect this custom became prevalent during the Muslim rule in India - which was more predominant in North India than South. One reason could be the intermingling of Muslim customs- according to which women had to be veiled- with the Hindus customs.

Or, as I think, more likely, it was to prevent and protect the Hindu women from the lecherous gazes of the Muslim / Afgan marauders.

Whilst I am fully aware that certain Muslim kings- especially Mughal ones like Akbar were generous in their treatment towards, Hindus, many of the pre Mughal kings like Alaudin Khilji , Iltumish and Qutub-ud-din Aibak took pleasure in torturing Hindus - especially kidnapping Rajput princesses and adding them to their harem. By ensuring that the Hindu women also remained fully veiled two purposes were achieved - one- outwardly, these women would also resemble ladies of Muslim royalty and hence would not be the target of kidnapping and -two- by not exposing their face and skin, they were somewhat protected .

AFAIK, Muslim royal ladies, though veiled, used to be dressed in colorful clothes- not the black burkha which is prevalent today. And in parts of Rajasthan, women still pull their pallu to cover half their face.

As you have correctly observed, we in South do not ever cover our heads- because of another, horrible custom which every women would like to avoid. In the event of a woman becoming a widow, in those days, her hair would be shaved and then she would have to cover head and body with a single piece of cloth. The inauspiciousness of this ritual overrode every other factor - including Muslim custom.

The same goes for hair. Even though today it is fashionable to leave hair open, at least the CVs could have avoided Parvati with the open hairstyle. Even Manu smriti explicitly forbids women - why just women, even men- from leaving their hair open. Leaving hair open meant something had gone wrong. Remember Chanakya? Draupadi?

Edited by varaali - 13 years ago