Guest guest Posted January 16, 1999 Report Share Posted January 16, 1999 Namatse Vaishnavjans: Can some kind devotee shed some light on the tradition of wearing earrings among boys of age 5 & up in south India. I have heard that it's to control the sex desire, but I don't have any scriptural or some other kind of proof to back me on this. i'll greatly appreciate your input on this. Thanks in advance Humbly yours VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 1999 Report Share Posted January 18, 1999 Dear Mr.Arora: At 11:10 AM 1/16/99 -0600, you wrote: >Namatse Vaishnavjans: >Can some kind devotee shed some light on the tradition of wearing earrings among boys of age 5 & up in south India. I have heard that it's to control the sex desire, but I don't have any scriptural or some other kind of proof to back me on this. i'll greatly appreciate your input on this. >Thanks in advance >Humbly yours >VA To the best of my knowledge , piercing the ears is done quite early for boys .This pracise is not as prevalent today as it used to be . In Tamil , it is called Kaathu Kutthuthal . Typically , this was done for enjoying the beauty of the child in the spirit of treating boys as litle Krishnans ( baby Krishnans ). Typically , not wearing anything in the ear was considered inauspicious in olden times. The recent Western custom of wearing one ear ring or stud is unaesthetic in my humble opinion , because of asymmetry and blurred messages about ---. In South India , a ruby stud was used mostly .My father reached the lotus feet of the Lord at 82. He was wearing the red ruby stud all his life . As one got older , diamond studs serve as the replacements . for the ruby ear rings . In the case of the orthodox( priestly or perceptor class among Sri vaishNavites ) , ear rings in the form of Sriman Narayanaas' disc ( sudarsanam ) and Conch ( Paanjajanyam ) are worn. Other orthodox people continue to have the ruby studs . These were called Kadukkans . Without these , the Sri VaishNavan will feel "naked ", just as he would without the distinct marks on his forehead to identify him as a Sri vaishnavA . V.Sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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