Topic started by fridge (@ netcache6.is.co.za) on Fri Feb 8 02:30:17 .
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Now that I have your attention.

Saw a picture of an old man with a gold bracelet on his right ankle, Was he a prisoner in India?

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I need this information.

Thank you

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• From: Soothram (@ pernet7.lib.usf.edu) on: Tue Feb 19 13:35:13
  
  Soothram,
  
  Definitely, silambu is the old form of parivattam in TN, Kerala, and Andhra ( I recall in the movie Sankarabharanam, actor J.V. Somayajulu was honoured with silambu).
  
  The picture you have posted is definitely a silambu, that is the kind I seen in Kerala.
  
  
• From: Soothram (@ pernet7.lib.usf.edu) on: Tue Feb 19 13:37:08
  
  LOL! typo: my posting was not supposed to be addressed to me, but to Madurai Veeran! :-))))
  
  
• From: I (@ h66-59-174-253.gtconnect.net) on: Wed Feb 20 15:10:27
  
  Naiker are of Telugu origin - > not all tamils, telugus, kannadigas and even oriys use this title
  
  
• From: Mani (@ spider-tp051.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Feb 22 21:37:42
  
  Yes, honouring people with the golden bangle for the leg is called parivattam, and the bangle itself is called "chilambu".
  
  
• From: Mani (@ cache-mtc-am01.proxy.aol.com) on: Tue Mar 12 14:54:08
  
  Actually it is not referred as "chilambu", but it is called "idivalai", they are just like brass knuckles. Only the aged hindu people in Kerala are seen wearing it, usually on the ankle.
  
  
• From: Madurai Veeran (@ adsl-66-122-62-187.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net) on: Tue Mar 12 23:21:15
  
  idivalai?
  
  idi - to knock
  valai - circular thingy, bangles
  
  It makes sense.
  
  
• From: fridge (@ netcache7.is.co.za) on: Wed Mar 13 00:44:23
  
  Do people In Kerala, have names like Lutchmana, Moonsamy, Marie, and Selatchie.
  
  Madurai Veeran
  Thank you for the interpretations.
  
  
• From: siddharth (@ user-2iveab7.dialup.mindspring.com) on: Wed Mar 13 11:57:14
  
  Dr. Madurai Veeran:
  MGR was the greatest sword fighter of all times.He was also a great maritial arts expert second to none.He could have beaten P.U. Chinnappa, with both his hands and feet tied. Why as a chief Minister, Mohammed Ali the boxer, refused to enter Tamil Nadu because he was afraid of MGR. This incident happened when MGR was in Coma.
  I hope you do not misconstrue this comment as I am not being insolent.I cannot tolerate anyone question MGR's greatness or Ee Vay Ra's intellectual capacity. Even Shunt Somu was better than P.U. Chinnappa.
  
  
• From: Mani (@ spider-mtc-tb022.proxy.aol.com) on: Wed Mar 13 13:33:03
  
  fridge,
  
  Those names are not really typical Kerala names.
  
  Madurai Veeran,
  
  Yep, that is what it is called: idivalai.
  When I go to India, I will probably purchase both the kai and kaal idivalai, just to have it.
  
  
• From: arudkO (@ l-ml403-6g.cavern.carleton.ca) on: Fri Mar 22 20:34:21
  
  Does anyone knows, which part of T.N, Chera Nadu (Kerala) or T.E men wore kundalam on one ear (during 18th/19th century?
  
  
• From: hjv (@ bu-wcs1-kelly.nipr.mil) on: Tue May 4 19:48:41
  
  tamil men also enjoy HIV+
  
  

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