Ear Ornaments are almost mandatory accessories for a Hindu woman and wearing them is considered both becoming and auspicious. Earrings also have specific signifance, denoting a married woman. According to the philosopher Shankara, in his treatise Saundarya Lahiri, Lord Shiva's immortality is attributed to the power of his mother's tantakar (ear ornaments). The verse of Saundarya Lahiri that mentions Shiva has been interpreted by mediaevalcommentators to mean that the sun and the moon are tantakars adorning Devi's (Shiva's consort, goddess Parvati) ears and are hence under her aegis. The commencement, duration and the end of time are directed by the sun and the moon and so are virtually controlled by the tantakar worn by Devi. As the earring is attributed with much significance, it is customary for yound girls to have their ears pierced before they are a year old. The ear-piercing ceremony called kanachedan sanskar, is traditionally performed on an auspicious day and is one of the important sanskaran (ceremonies) of Hindu families. In some parts of India, the ears of boys are also pierced and they wear silver or gold earrings, commensurate with their means.
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Ear Ornaments were an important feature in Indian decorative arts. Several artefacts of ear ornaments from the Indus Valley civilization and the Maurya, Sunga, Satavahana, Kushana and Gupta periods as well as the mediaeval period have been exeavated. Certain designs of ear ornament - annular, reel and amphora worn in the Harappan, Mauryan and Kushana periods are in existence in remote parts of India even today.
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Ear Ornaments were an important feature in Indian decorative arts. Several artefacts of ear ornaments from the Indus Valley civilization and the Maurya, Sunga, Satavahana, Kushana and Gupta periods as well as the mediaeval period have been exeavated. Certain designs of ear ornament - annular, reel and amphora worn in the Harappan, Mauryan and Kushana periods are in existence in remote parts of India even today.
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