Ramayana Archives - Jewelry in Narratives

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Chudamani Pradhanam – Jewelry and identity

13/11/202114/11/2021 Divya N

Rāmayanam is a Hindu epic that details the life history of King Rāma of Ayodhya, his brothers, his wife Sītā and their trials and tribulations. Chudamani or Cūḍāmaṇi Pradhanam is an episode in the Sundara Kāṇḍa section of Rāmayana which presents the messenger Hanumān as the hero. The story thus far Rāma, his wife Sītā

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Anklet, mythology, Ramayana, Sita, Temple story

Sita’s anklets

10/11/202120/04/2022 Divya

Rāmayanam is a Hindu epic that details the life history of King Rāma of Ayodhya, his brothers, his wife Sītā and their trials and tribulations. In most stories about women and jewelry, women play the central character driving the story forward. However, in this incident from Rāmayanam, the woman, Sītā is only spoken about. Her

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