Handmade Vintage Look Brass Indian Charan Paduka Khadau Statue Home Decor 6"Inches Size
Item Details
Material : Brass
Colour : Gold Brown
Size : 6" x 3" x 1.5" Inch Weight : 0.910 gms
Included Component : 1 Charan Paduka
Care instruction : Clean with a dry & soft cloth
Paduka is India's oldest, most quintessential footwear. It is little more than a sole with a post and knob, which is engaged between the big and second toe.[2] It has been historically worn in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
It exists in a variety of forms and materials throughout India. They might be made in the shape of actual feet, or of fish, for example, and are made of wood, ivory and even silver. They are sometimes elaborately decorated. The more elaborate shoes could be part of a bride's trousseau, but could also be given as religious offerings or be themselves the object of veneration.
Although simple wooden padukas could be worn by common people, padukas of fine teak, ebony and sandalwood, inlaid with ivory or wire, were a mark of the wearer's high status.
Today paduka as footwear is generally worn by mendicants and saints of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Its significance in Hinduism is linked to the epic Ramayana. "Paduka" can also refer to the footprints of deities and saints that are venerated.
Paduka also means the footprints of divine figures such as Vishnu and Shiva and other religious icons that are worshipped in this symbolic form in houses and also in temples built for this purpose. One such temple is the Vishnupad Mandir in Gaya, India. Similarly, Buddha footprints are worshipped under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya.
It is also the royal symbol in Malaysia; "Seri Paduka" denotes "His majesty", which is a title bestowed as an honour of recognition to the dignitaries of Malaysian court for their outstanding contribution to the betterment of their State.
