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Araimudi
The Araimudi (araimuti) () is a small silver metal plate shaped like a heart or a fig leaf formerly worn by young girls in Tamil Nadu, India on their genitals.〔(Tamil to English Dictionary "Meaning of 'iravirekku'" (Meaning of இராவிரேக்கு) )〕〔(TAMIL TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY இராவிரேக்கு - iravirekku - [irāvirēkku] )〕〔(அரசிலை aracilai )〕 "Arai" means loin and "mudi" means cover.〔Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Sep 3, 2008〕
The araimudi is also known as the "Genital shield" and an araimudi was mentioned in the "Guide to the principal exhibits in the Government Museum, Pudukkottai", by M. S. Chandrasekhar, published in 1966 as being displayed in an exhibit in the Madras Government Museum.〔Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Jun 6, 2011 Length 129 pages〕
"A Manual of the Salem district in the presidency of Madras, Volume 1" said "The children sometimes, to the age of ten years or more, go in a state of nudity, relieved perhaps by a piece of string round the waist which sustains the "araimudi" or heart-shaped piece of silver, which calls attention to what it purports to conceal."〔Compiled by Henry Le Fanu Original from Oxford University Digitized Jun 6, 2007〕
The "Madras district gazetteers, Volume 1, Part 1" said 'Little girls, up to the age of about 3, wear nothing but the little heart-shaped piece of silver suspended by a waist-cord (arai- mudi) " which calls attention to what it purports to conceal."'〔Original from the University of Michigan Digitized
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