Jadai Theikkaradhu........

Shanvy, with you saying its a gut feeling and me having read some of your posts, I will SURELY go and ask the lady. Fie upon me if I don't contact that lady! As for the jadai, if it was just placing it with a rakkodi, my MIL will do it. Its just that MIL wants someone to do the whole jadai at home. Will ask the lady and let you know. Thanks again!

Regards,
Anitha

P.S: Please don't take anything seriously, I was just talking in a lighter vein.

Hai Anitha,

No probs yaar...........it is a good tradition instead of buying a ready made ones...........try the places where shanthi mentioned, if i come across something else, will get back to you........

Originally Posted by AnithaA

Shanvy, with you saying its a gut feeling and me having read some of your posts, I will SURELY go and ask the lady. Fie upon me if I don't contact that lady! As for the jadai, if it was just placing it with a rakkodi, my MIL will do it. Its just that MIL wants someone to do the whole jadai at home. Will ask the lady and let you know. Thanks again!

Regards,
Anitha

P.S: Please don't take anything seriously, I was just talking in a lighter vein.

AnithaA,

I knew for sure this is going to be your reply for my fb..(hahaa so nothing taken serious..) sometimes it just happens...do ask her..

Hey Honeytha,

Thanks. Will sure let everybody know if I get to know of somebody who will stitch it for us. As for listening to Shanthi, there is no doubt about that!

Regards,
Anitha

AnithaA,

Yesterday talked to the lady. the lady knows to do it, but she is not committing saying may will have too many muhurtams and also she will not have time...she says if u want a readymade one, she will make the best..as she cannot come home... but her daughter says her mom does the best..as I guessed..

May be you can also just try talking to her..she looks fierce but once you talk she is fine..she will not relent for money...so follow some other route.....

all the best..I still feel a little please and request will make her say yes....

Dear Shanvy,

Thanks a lot! I will surely go and try asking that lady. Will keep you informed as to how it all went.

Regards,
Anitha

Hey
i think all the beauticians will do this.. jus try enquiring in any of the parlour near ur house...
luv,
deepi

Deepi,

No, the beauticians don't seem to do this. That was the first place I tried. They say they can only get a readymade one.........something I can do. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Regards,
Anitha

Originally Posted by Deepi

Hey
i think all the beauticians will do this.. jus try enquiring in any of the parlour near ur house...
luv,
deepi

Your query is bringing back memories- my mother is an excellent jadai maker. She used to get her hands full during the Aadi month -especially on Tuesdays. The girls in our area will book themselves for each day and sometimes she will have 2 on Tuesdays and Fridays each.
She will buy the gundu malli from the market, will make sure that they are large ones. then she will make thin needle like sticks from the fresh coconut tree leaves (eerkuchi). hn she will string the gundu mallis into these eerkuchis so that the bud of the flowers come on only one side. She will make 4 sets of these ready. Then, plait the hair with the rakodi on the top and fix a kunjalam at the end of the plait. The she will keep one of the flower string on the palit with the bud outward and stitch it to the plait with needle and black thread. After she does the same for the other side, she will stitch another of the stick just inside the first one and repeat on the other side also. Then she will stitch green, red and vadamalli in the gap (from top to bottom of the plait)
interspersed with gundu malli (all strung with buds on one side, thick strings). Once finished, she will fix the special thick, one sided sting of malli to the rakodi and then arrange remaining flowers of malli and kanagambaram below the rakodi and above the jadai. How beautiful it would look! It is a pity that we did not have camera then to capture this wonderful work of my mother.
She used to make jadai with thazhampoo also. That was a beauty by itself.

Wow Varloo! Your description makes it all come alive! Being new to this custom, your FB helped me imagine what the jadai would look like at the end and acknowledge all the effort that goes into it! Am waiting for my SIL's "poo mudikkarthu" ceremony......then I will be able to see the whole process in all its glory!

Regards,
Anitha