Muthukkuda

Muthukkuda or "royal umbrellas" are highly decorative silk parasols used in South India on festive and formal occasions, the privilege of bearing which was formerly controlled by royal authority.^[1] Their use is particularly marked in religious festivities in Kerala.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Placid J. Podipara, The Hierarchy of the Syro-Malabar Church (1976), p. 107.
^ Theresa Varghese, Stark World Kerala (2006), p. 228.

External links[edit]

video of Muthukkuda makers

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[1] Placid J. Podipara, The Hierarchy of the Syro-Malabar Church (1976), p. 107.

[2] Theresa Varghese, Stark World Kerala (2006), p. 228.

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