#neila sathyalingam

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Neila Sathyalingam. Marriage pic circa 1957.

Sometime back I had a request on post Independence jewellery in India. Which it turns out isn’t all that easy, especially if you look at it region wise! A lot of pieces are of course classics that get tweaked and reinvented with each decade. I will try and post the few images I have on me over time.

Today’s pic is very much 1950s and very much Tamil with its jimki (jhumka), mookuthi (nose ring) and addigai (the choker kind of neckpiece). I got a couple of names for the other neckpiece but I wasn’t very convinced they were correct.  Suffice it to say that multiple strands of sengili (chain) with a padakkam (pendant) were (and are) quite common. In this particular piece the chain is artfully combined with 3 pendants, usually you would see a single pendant. The lower larger pendants are possibly joined by the kind of motifs that are common in India, e.g. peacocks, swans etc. 

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Another feather in Bharatanatyam’s cap

Another feather in Bharatanatyam’s cap

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“It is a matter of great pride not only for all of us at Apsaras Arts, but also for the Indian dance community that the Indian classical dance is among the first six inaugural recipients of ‘Stewards of Singapore’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Award.’ Instituted by the National Heritage board of Singapore, this award is given to individuals or groups dedicated to the promotion and…

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Neila Sathyalingam, Sri Lankan-born Singaporean, Died at 78

Neila Sathyalingam, Sri Lankan-born Singaporean, Died at 78

Neila Sathyalingam was born in 1938 and died on March 9, 2017. She was a Singaporean classical Indian dancer, choreographer, and instructor of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. She was an alumna of Kalakshetra in Madras (now Chennai) under the tutelage of Srimathi Rukmini Devi Arundale, she emigrated with her family to Singapore in 1974. During 1977, Neila and her husband founded the performance arts…