Home Articles Books Activities Contact Links		Nadar Ornament This particular specimen is not an example of any sophisticated make of an ornament by modern standards. But it is quite unique and compact in many of it's ancient traditional ways. This is the ornament found from the 'Adikesava Perumal' temple situated in old Kerala. The fact is that this was the same type of ornament very commonly used by the 'Santor' women (Nadars) and their brethern, the Chedis. This ornament consists of 28 to 56 units according to the status of the ruling family. Each unit is called one 'Uru'. Some of the 'Uru' will have the symbol of 'Shank' and 'Chakra' on it. Incidentally, these are the symbols used by the Chera (Villava) Nadans of the Trippapur dynasty. Modernism and the wake of Christian culture have reduced the usage of such types among the present Nadars except only a few hundred traceable in the Kanyakumari district at present. Within a few decades, these types may not be found even in the show cases of museums. Is there anyone to trace out the history of these ornaments?		"The Dravidian Lineages - The Nadars Through The Ages", a book on the history of an ancient Dravidian community in India, known by more than 300 different names and scattered throughout India, presently cornered to the lower realms of social order as an effect of the long Indo-Aryan conflicts. This book is now available. Please click here for more information.
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