KAASU MAALAI

They have the tradition of decorating Hindu deities with gold ornaments that even followed today in all the temples. The deities are decorated and before going out for a procession they stood the deity in front of a mirror to show them the perfection. The jewellery are well designed with intrigued work and laid with diamonds and all kinds of gems (navarathnam), not only gold but also silver ornaments. Gold is considered as very precious metal of all and Goddess Lakshmi. So they wore gold above their waist and use silver ornamnets below their waist.