<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Sep 18 2007, 08:53 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Sep 18 2007, 08:53 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is the nosestud a native thing or a later influence after Muslims came.
I found this:
http://satyameva-jayate.org/2007/09/18/if-...ilak-was-funny/
This is also there in TN and South which did not have as much Muslim influence, anyone has a clue?[right][snapback]73305[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Among S Indian Hindus it is a highly religious thing, together with toe rings.
I heard my older aunts and grandmother talking to my sister about these things in the period leading up to, and just after, her wedding. (But she has not got her nose pierced so far, don't know if she will.) Ear studs also had some significance to do with marriage, but can't remember.
Also, all the Goddesses in TN and Karnatakan temples I have been to have always worn nosestuds - I think both sides (like my mum, all my aunts and grandmothers have). Same goes for all the temple vigraha paintings of Goddesses that I have seen. According to my dad, it is a must to draw them in if anyone is thinking of painting a genuine Goddess as she is in the Indian temple in the traditional way. (Just like one must include all 5 of Mahavishnu's implements if one were to draw him, and the correct items in Lakshmi's or Saraswati's hands, and the like.)
I don't know any more than that myself.
With the exception of muslim women of the Indian subcontinent, I have never seen islamis with nosestuds. For instance, I've never seen Tunisian women wear it (I've seen a video of Tunisian homelife) nor the few Iraqi and Afghan women I've seen here. Don't know about real-life Iranian muslim women, but can't recall as the ones I've seen on TV programs had any nosestuds.
I found this:
http://satyameva-jayate.org/2007/09/18/if-...ilak-was-funny/
This is also there in TN and South which did not have as much Muslim influence, anyone has a clue?[right][snapback]73305[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Among S Indian Hindus it is a highly religious thing, together with toe rings.
I heard my older aunts and grandmother talking to my sister about these things in the period leading up to, and just after, her wedding. (But she has not got her nose pierced so far, don't know if she will.) Ear studs also had some significance to do with marriage, but can't remember.
Also, all the Goddesses in TN and Karnatakan temples I have been to have always worn nosestuds - I think both sides (like my mum, all my aunts and grandmothers have). Same goes for all the temple vigraha paintings of Goddesses that I have seen. According to my dad, it is a must to draw them in if anyone is thinking of painting a genuine Goddess as she is in the Indian temple in the traditional way. (Just like one must include all 5 of Mahavishnu's implements if one were to draw him, and the correct items in Lakshmi's or Saraswati's hands, and the like.)
I don't know any more than that myself.
With the exception of muslim women of the Indian subcontinent, I have never seen islamis with nosestuds. For instance, I've never seen Tunisian women wear it (I've seen a video of Tunisian homelife) nor the few Iraqi and Afghan women I've seen here. Don't know about real-life Iranian muslim women, but can't recall as the ones I've seen on TV programs had any nosestuds.