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

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

External links

• video of Muthukkuda makers