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[Visalakshi Ramani]

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I liked these until I found.....................................................this!!!

 

[Raji Ram]

With the Return of the Brahmin
will there be the
Return of the sikha,
the return of the beard,
the return of the kadukkan,
the return of the soman,
the return of the turban??? :noidea:

:lol: I continued with 'the return of K - - - - which rhymes well!!

 

[sarang]

When the wife does all the work for free her husband must
start depositing some money in her name every month.

My salary account has always been joint account. But my wife has her own salary account. Smooth so far.

 

[sarang]

May be with fashion conscious brahmins;

With the Return of the Brahmin
will there be the
Return of the sikha,
the return of the beard,
the return of the kadukkan,
the return of the soman,
the return of the turban??? :noidea:

 

[krish44]

My salary account has always been joint account. But my wife has her own salary account. Smooth so far.

Do you have a secret account for your special needs?
just curious

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

:lol: I continued with 'the return of K - - - - which rhymes well!!

My dear Raji,
It was the next logical thing after Soman
but I left it out on purpose!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

My salary account has always been joint account. But my wife has her own salary account. Smooth so far.

Dear Sir,
Your wife is very smart!
She has access to both the accounts. :decision:
All our accounts are joint accounts.
But all the money is joint money!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

May be with fashion conscious brahmins;

I look forward to the return of all these typical features of a Brahmin.
I forgot RudrAksham and left out ( as Smt. Raji Ram has pointed out)
KomaN rhyming with Soman!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Do you have a secret account for your special needs?
just curious

You are very smart sir! :clap2:

May be Mr. Sarang does NOT have any special needs!! :thumb:

 

[sarang]

Curiosity killed the cat - so the saying goes. Special needs too funded by shared accounts. Anyway I have the passwords for all accounts.

Do you have a secret account for your special needs?
just curious

 

[Vaagmi]

With the Return of the Brahmin
will there be the
Return of the sikha,
the return of the beard,
the return of the kadukkan,
the return of the soman,
the return of the turban???

Sikha was not brahmin. In my village every goldsmith and carpenter had not only shikha but also poonool.

Beard was not brahmin. It was just a growth on the lower jaw for all males in my village. some meticulously fought with it in a losing battle and some ignored it so it grew.

Kadukkan was not brahmin as my teacher Easwaran Pillai s/o Manikkam pillai, a saivapillai was wearing kadukkan like many others in my village who were not brahmins.

Soman was common (rhyming not unintentional) among all males in my village. Nothing special about it with brahmins.

Turban was not brahmin. The photo of Pachayappa Mudaliyar in the Pachaiyappa's trust in Chennai shows him wearing turban. Many other rich men of that age wore turban to pack the tuft that they had.

And the unwritten k------n was not brahmin. It was a piece of cloth worn by all males irrespective of caste and age. In fact sastras say any man without a kadisutra (which holds the k.....n in place) is considered nagnan (naked) even if he wears clothes on himself to cover himself fully.

 

[Raji Ram]

My salary account has always been joint account. But my wife has her own salary account. Smooth so far.

Real women's lib! :thumb:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

True! Many things were common for the first three varnas including poonool. But that does not render them unbrahminical in any which way!!!

Brahmins grow ceremonial tufts and beards. They wear ceremonial koman and soman, during upanayanam and wedding respectively.

Imagine Dr. S.Radhakrishna without tuban or
Chemabi Vaidhyanatha bhagavathar without a kudumi
or our own vaadhyars without sikha and beard.

At least our priests still keep alive this image of brahmins.
No one mistakes them for an aasaari or goldsmith or a non brahmin of any caste.

This is the logic involved!

All brahmins wear poonool.
All poonol wearers are not brahmins.

The same arguement can be extended to
all the factors I had mentioned.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

All men are mortal.

All that is mortal is not (necessarily) a man!

 

[sarang]

Kachcham, kudumi, kadukkan and kaupeen was a common code for all. Poonal was worn by carpenters, goldsmiths and many other than brahmin communities. Even now many communities wear poonal during shubha and ashuba occasions.

Sikha was not brahmin. In my village every goldsmith and carpenter had not only shikha but also poonool.

Beard was not brahmin. It was just a growth on the lower jaw for all males in my village. some meticulously fought with it in a losing battle and some ignored it so it grew.

Kadukkan was not brahmin as my teacher Easwaran Pillai s/o Manikkam pillai, a saivapillai was wearing kadukkan like many others in my village who were not brahmins.

Soman was common (rhyming not unintentional) among all males in my village. Nothing special about it with brahmins.

Turban was not brahmin. The photo of Pachayappa Mudaliyar in the Pachaiyappa's trust in Chennai shows him wearing turban. Many other rich men of that age wore turban to pack the tuft that they had.

And the unwritten k------n was not brahmin. It was a piece of cloth worn by all males irrespective of caste and age. In fact sastras say any man without a kadisutra (which holds the k.....n in place) is considered nagnan (naked) even if he wears clothes on himself to cover himself fully.

 

[Raji Ram]

Kachcham, kudumi, kadukkan and kaupeen was a common code for all. Poonal was worn by carpenters, goldsmiths and many other than brahmin communities. Even now many communities wear poonal during shubha and ashuba occasions.

It is rightly said: aaL paadhi aadai paadhi!

Proof:
In the following picture is a man with a beard, kachcham and probablya kaupeen too! :spy:
Can we ever say he is a brahmin, even if he sports a tuft or wears a kadukkan? :decision:

Picture courtesy: Google images

 

[renuka]

Dear RR ji and VR ji,


Why are you both supporting bearded images of males? Do you really want the beard to make a comeback?

I have nothing against anyone but beards are messy!

Once I attended a meeting where a Sardar ji doc was having his meals and talking to me and food was getting stuck on his beard.

It was not a nice sight and I really wanted to run and was trying to escape being at that table but he would not stop talking to me and I had to sit thru the meal.

Clean shaven is still the best.

 

[krish44]

Real women's lib! :thumb:

Most TB families are Meenakshi families . Very few are Nataraja families.

Have you heard of this terminology used in brahmin families?

I understand families where lady calls the shots are called meenakshi families and those where men rule are nataraja families.

Some TB educated me on this.lol

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Dear RR ji and VR ji,


Why are you both supporting bearded images of males? Do you really want the beard to make a comeback?

I have nothing against anyone but beards are messy!

Once I attended a meeting where a Sardar ji doc was having his meals and talking to me and food was getting stuck on his beard.

It was not a nice sight and I really wanted to run and was trying to escape being at that table but he would not stop talking to me and I had to sit thru the meal.

Clean shaven is still the best.

dear Renu,

I am anti-beard too!

Some celebrities have nothing visible in their faces other than their deep set or bulging eyes and their prominent nose.

Thr rest of the face is burried deep in the shrubs and thorny bushes.

I pity the members of their families who have to tolerate close encounters with these wired charecter all wired wrong!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Kachcham, kudumi, kadukkan and kaupeen was a common code for all. Poonal was worn by carpenters, goldsmiths and many other than brahmin communities. Even now many communities wear poonal during shubha and ashuba occasions.

There is this diference. Brahmins are supposed to wear poonool ALL THE TIME!

I like the sight of a vadhyar clad in pancha kachahm, sporting a tuft (tied or let

loose in bhaagavatar style) weating kadukkan, vibhooti and kumkum and riding

a scoooter or motor bike! Beard is forbidden!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

It is rightly said: aaL paadhi aadai paadhi!

Proof:
In the following picture is a man with a beard, kachcham and probablya kaupeen too! :spy:
Can we ever say he is a brahmin, even if he sports a tuft or wears a kadukkan? :decision:

Picture courtesy: Google images

This is not our style of pancha kachcham! :nono:

The tuban is not what brahmins used to wear. :nono:

He is obviously an under-nourished and over-worked

farmer belonging to North India!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Most TB families are Meenakshi families . Very few are Nataraja families.

Have you heard of this terminology used in brahmin families?

I understand families where lady calls the shots are called meenakshi families and those where men rule are nataraja families.

Some TB educated me on this.lol

Usually they ask " Unga veedu Madhuraiyaa Chidmbaramaa"???

Well Meenakshi was born a princess and became a queen later.

Sundareswar became a king ONLY because he married Meenaakshi.

That should make a difference right???

She is in her own native place, in her own palace, with her parents

-just like some of the smart brahmin girls TRY to do nowadays.

This poor 'Seedhaa Saadha Somasundar' will eventually be made

to become a 'Saadhaa Sunder' or a 'Sodhaa Sundar.' :tsk:
'

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

What happens when a man with a long, white flowing beard eats noodles???

He may slurp his long, white flowing beard along with the noodles

until he feels the pain in the chin!!!

Will it be too late to pull out the contents safely??? :noidea:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The poor man might end up choking on his own beard!!! :scared:

 

[krish44]

Usually they ask " Unga veedu Madhuraiyaa Chidmbaramaa"???

Well Meenakshi was born a princess and became a queen later.

Sundareswar became a king ONLY because he married Meenaakshi.

That should make a difference right???

She is in her own native place, in her own palace, with her parents

-just like some of the smart brahmin girls TRY to do nowadays.

This poor 'Seedhaa Saadha Somasundar' will eventually be made

to become a 'Saadhaa Sunder' or a 'Sodhaa Sundar.' :tsk:
'

VRji
Some boy from my family is going to madurai to see a prospective match at meenakshi temple since her parents belonging to madurai are insisting on that.

in that context , madurai- chidambaram talk came up.

madurai girls are considered to be dominating types like meenakshi and call the shots

boys these days have no choice and have to accede to whatever girls and her parents say