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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. Their use is particularly marked in religious festivities in Kerala.

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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

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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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