Remembering those days when I wore Pavadai

Hello Viji ma,

Lovely write up. My mom when she was young had to do with 2 sets of pavadai only as those were the days.........so she showered upon me the best. My paati knew tailoring......so i have enjoyed wearing pavadai in many designs, colours for most of the occasions.
I still remember amma buying enthusiastically a green pavadai and pink blouse for me for half saree and insisting that i wear it for my cousins poonal.I was 13 at that time and cousins were dressed in chudidars so felt a bit embarassed but still amma adores that snap of mine.
I have 2 angels........and love to see them dressed up in pavadais.........so every good day dress them up wearing the traditional dress. Girls with jimki in their ears, a small necklace, flowers in their hair and lovely colourful pavadais.........they look so beautiful lia.

Thank you for writing and bringing such good memories.
Love,
Parvathi.

 

My dear viji,
your posts alwways touch a chord in my heart.Now,this one on 'pavadai and dhavai'.
you took me back to my school days when I wore pavadai and dhavani.
My elder brother used to select my pavadai and dhavani.For one occasion I wore a mango colour pavadai,pink georgette half saree with tiny blue flowers in it and blue blouse!HA!HA!I thought that I was the most well dressed in my class.
Pavadai,dhavani,flower in the plaited hair,long chain with a big pendant,jymkis the gils were so lovely.
love
mithila

 

Pavadai Dhavani are always special for all girls.

Thats the best thing i like.. even i have 2..

 

Ah Pashenka back again. The simple pleasures of life. Things snobs like me would normally not even stop by to look at. Yet, I can see that simplicity brings you such contentment. I feel Father Sergius' inner struggle and search for humility whenever I read you. Sergius finally found what he sought. I am nowhere near. He gave up a great deal to attain humility. I possess so little anyway, intellectually speaking. How can I give up what I don't even possess? Teach me please to be like you. I feel all the more lost whenever I read you.

 

Dear viji mami,

I too love to wear pavadai , pavadai dhavani.. I had few pattu pavadais, The first one I remember is red in colour when i was 3 years old.

You took me to the cherishable memories

 

Hello Viji,

I remember my first romance with the paavadai too. It was "you got it right" yellow in colour. I had insisted that I had wanted it and my mother knowing my adventurous streak had an old silk saree made into a beautiful pattu paavadai. And how I strutted about in that thinking I was the beautiful creature in the universe! You brought back old memories Viji.

Nice Day.
Shail