tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post3323214046018877131..comments2022-04-03T07:31:54.266-07:00Comments on Komanam - Kaupinam - Langot - Loincloth: Fwd: Fundoshi for BlogCrotchstraphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16118392955600049287noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-36560610373835421152016-10-13T01:42:12.030-07:002016-10-13T01:42:12.030-07:00I appreciate the efforts. Just a question - why di...I appreciate the efforts. Just a question - why did you stop?Anand Tamariyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10742946835614227660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-11065480220537128342011-11-03T12:00:39.583-07:002011-11-03T12:00:39.583-07:00I was really intrigued to find this blog. so much ...I was really intrigued to find this blog. so much so that I have planned a short film/documentary featuring the langot/kaupinam. We plan to take interviews of people in health and fitness (doctors, martial artists, yoga instructors) to fashion (designers, tailors). I emailed 'crotchstrap' but have not received a reply. I am hoping I will.<br /><br />@trivikraman @balu I would be also interested in talking to both of you and filming you if you are interested, on your views about this. contact me at kDOTaDOTanandATgmailDOTcom plz replace DOT with .kaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02209848772258139955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-10963648935172890662011-07-09T23:29:04.113-07:002011-07-09T23:29:04.113-07:00It's great. I appreciate the blogger.
I would ...It's great. I appreciate the blogger.<br />I would like to refer you another blog for Keralite undergarments like onnara and konakam. <br />http://antareeyam.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-71228791754861325082011-06-16T07:17:36.676-07:002011-06-16T07:17:36.676-07:00though i was wearing komanam upto my marriage i s...though i was wearing komanam upto my marriage i stopped lest my educated wife ridicule me.<br /><br />one rainy season there was not a single brief or panty and we had to go to office.<br /><br />to my surprise my wife stitched a komanam and wore it.<br /><br />i took a piece of mull cloth two fold and i already had araigan kayaru so komanam was not a problem<br /><br />as usual we wnt to our respective offices in pant chudithar etc.<br /><br />that evening when we undressed it was a joy to see both of us in sexy komanam.(we played the whole night)<br /><br />from next day till date our undergarment is komanam only.<br /><br />we sleep with komanam only.<br /><br />every couple should start wearing komanam only to experience the joybalutanjorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784394589039841882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-65944432720013727732011-04-26T14:24:29.101-07:002011-04-26T14:24:29.101-07:00it indeed is very strange. I have been coming to ...it indeed is very strange. I have been coming to India for 12 years and have seen the proliferation of western culture and clothing tear apart the very thing that makes India, India. Why on earth would you want to be like us? Why on earth would you want to wear underware with elastic that is so uncomfortable..........but it has a logo. Maybe someone should design a Kovanam with a logo band and it would all of a sudden become quite shiek to wear one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645365233166610557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-79079534013573665672011-03-11T00:40:07.464-08:002011-03-11T00:40:07.464-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404976401105827897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-43154345480869685592011-02-16T03:48:42.893-08:002011-02-16T03:48:42.893-08:00I wear komanam ocassionally.The habit has been wit...I wear komanam ocassionally.The habit has been with me since my school days when my friends asked me to wear the same during bathing. Now when I do wear the same my wife laugh at me and tease me. My friends look at me as if i have comitted big sin. I do not know what to tell them in such situations. Can any one help me to handle such situations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-1250945294354291252010-05-30T09:22:56.924-07:002010-05-30T09:22:56.924-07:00nice post. i love itnice post. i love itAgepehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292294733005142180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-31877791436134950892009-12-30T06:00:26.738-08:002009-12-30T06:00:26.738-08:00very interesting site indeed!!
Once when i was ki...very interesting site indeed!!<br /><br />Once when i was kid i use to wear kovanam or kaupeenam whilst in vedic school and then change to langoti when I was in varanasi.<br /><br />but now can't be bothered to hunt or look for those garments here in foreign land and just adhere the conventional garments but I still remember my grandpa and also my padashala guru advise us about kaupeenam and the adhi sankara's sthothram and smearing sandal paste.<br />I had proper ubhanayanam with kaupeenam, krishnajeenam, palasa dhandam, maunji suuthram ..etc not like today mostly ignored.<br /><br />There is one practical problem with those two undergarments: during urgency or if u r bursting for nature call: number one, kaupeenam would be little easier but with langoti u will have hell of stress and extremely u have to remain control the pressure of the urge whilst u r undoing the straps.<br />with conventional garments it isn't the case. but i still wear it during the vrata sessions(dhanurmaasam-29days) being little discipline and culture adherence<br /><br />nevertheless whether it is traditional kovanam/komanam/kaupeenam/langoti or the western conventional under garments...technically it is all the same just different in name as per the language as it met the vedic/aagama requirement that men or women should wear atleast kaupinaam to cover the gender identities, and it is a must to wear a three piece garments when u r affordable ( kaupinaam-undergarment, vesthi/dhothi-overgarment, arai kacham/kadi vasthram-belt garment)<br />note: breast is note considered as private or restricted gender identity as such there isn't any strict bra garments but later been fashioned in the culture, my great grandmother was in her nine yard sari without blouse or bra.<br /><br />during the navasandhi rituals in temple bhrmautsavam or mahotsavam the grandeur annual temple or village festival the nine devatas are invited with a nine typical tune(raaga), beat(thaala), edibles(annam/nyvehthyam), fragrance(vaasanaathi dravyam), nine type of dhuupam (akhil, sambraani, kukulu, kungilyam, kunturukam,...),flowers and nine coloured kaupinaam, nine type of dance choreograph by the tempel devaadiyaals/devadaasi which various to each nine deity (indra, anala, yama, nyrithi, varuna, vaayu, kubera, eesaana, bhrama)<br />eg. for bhrama it would be white kaupinam and mdhyamaathi raagam, bhrama thaalam(kanda jathi druva thaalam) which i still remember.<br /><br />the langoti indeed was a useful garment for physical training or exercise was been useful during our kalaripayat/silambam trainings served as the athlete supporter(jockstrap) which gives extra support and comfort and release the stress around crotch/groin regions during the excessive movements. <br /><br />kovanam culture is fading from the society due to intoxication of western culture or maybe comfortable with easier and less stressful norms lifestyles or perhaps inferiority or non availability of the product in a commercial arena or even in local markets. <br /><br />probably if u were to start a business or websites selling those garments then ..u might observe whether is still a demand in market or not...lolDaivik Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390379724890792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-28208699215295227772009-02-28T00:40:00.000-08:002009-02-28T00:40:00.000-08:00misuse of the internet? I think your ideas of misu...misuse of the internet? I think your ideas of misuse are unusual. Or you are joiking. Is there any pornography here or dirty pictures. I do not like to comment strongly about reader's posts but I am forced to do so in this case. I am only trying to say something useful and relevant about a traditional practical safe and comfortable article of clothing which lakhs of people in India are still using. And our forefathers used it in almost all cases. What is your problem? Crotchstrap.Crotchstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16118392955600049287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678368113033969833.post-51805201995428621262009-02-20T14:53:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:53:00.000-08:00That is the most unbelievable thing I have ever se...That is the most unbelievable thing I have ever seen. A blog for loin cloth....You must be kidding me...I don't know if this is use/misuse of the internet....lolzzzz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com