Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #35088 by Narawde Baba

Village: सविंदणे - Savindane

G:XIX-1.1c (G19-01-01c) - Wife with a living husband / Kuṅku / Putting kuṅku on one’s forehead

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नरवडे बबा - Narawde Baba
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कपाळीच कुकु मीत लावी गव्हावाणी
सांगते सयांना चुडा माझा देवावाणी
kapāḷīca kuku mīta lāvī gavhāvāṇī
sāṅgatē sayānnā cuḍā mājhā dēvāvāṇī

✎ Kunku* on my forehead, I apply like a grain of wheat
I tell my friends, my husband is just like god
▷ Of_forehead kunku (मीत)(लावी)(गव्हावाणी)
▷ I_tell (सयांना)(चुडा) my (देवावाणी)

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kunku

A red spot applied on the forehead by married women whose husband is alive as a mark of good fortune. This powder is also applied to God as a part of worship. It is prepared from turmeric, lemon juice, alum etc.

Sections of semantic classes:

Putting kuṅku on one’s forehead

Project ♪♪ सांगते बाई तुला - Sāṅgatē bāī tulā - I tell you woman! ♪♪

Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #35088 by Narawde Baba

G:XIX-1.1c (G19-01-01c) - Wife with a living husband / Kuṅku / Putting kuṅku on one’s forehead