Araimudi
Sign in to saveright|thumb|250px|The Araimudi (araimuti) is worn by adolescent Tamil people|Tamil girls. 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. "Arai" means loin and "mudi" means cover. It called as 'Alamadi' and 'arasilai' by Muslims of eastern Sri Lanka.
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right|thumb|250px|The Araimudi (araimuti) is worn by adolescent Tamil people|Tamil girls. 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. "Arai" means loin and "mudi" means cover. It called as 'Alamadi' and 'arasilai' by Muslims of eastern Sri Lanka.
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.
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