Content Provider | Indian Culture |
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Organization | Sikkim State Archives |
Spatial Coverage | Sikkim |
Description | The gha’u mostly, are designed round, square and traditional torana shaped with a detachable back, and are made of beaten bronze or silver. Highly decorated with auspicious symbols, gha’u is frontally conceived. The front centre of the gha’u usually has a prabhatorana or aura-shaped opening or window in which images of a deity may be displayed; behind this its interior is packed with small sacred objects. The gha’u, as a protective amulet, is mostly worn by the people in the context of their mobility when the stationary shrine may not be necessary. That is to say those who live a nomadic life of shifting from one place to another, those traders who traverse through a vast area with their caravan of mules did carry a movable shrine which is represented here by gha’u.. In the famous statue of unity which is installed at M.G.Marg, Gangtok, Khye-Bhumsa is wearing a torana shaped gha’u in the left side with a belt across the shoulder. According to belief, gha’u as a protective amulet, is worn concealed in the clothing and should not be handled by another person, particularly some-one of the opposite sexes. In recent times, the gha’u has increasingly become a visible article of jewelry and is nowadays commonly worn around the neck. But this does not portray the popular use of gha’u as a deity’s altar. This display of jewelry gha’u which is worn around the neck is used by women as an ornamental object for any important occasion. Gha’u which has a sacred representation is worn by men across the shoulder. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |
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