Applying Mehndi – Rashmi Jain

Popularity: 17% [?]

Share This

Deepak Acharya | November 4, 2007

Mehndi (Lawsonia inermis) belongs to family Lytharaceae and in Sanskrit it is known as Medayantika. The plant is found scarcely in dry deciduous forests in hot and semi arid regions and extensively cultivated as a hedge plant. It is two-meter long when fully grown-up and release of a typical delicate scent is also noted all through the nights. Leaves of Lawsonia inermis yield a colouring matter called “henna” which is reddish brown in colour. Mehndi has great importance in all Eastern marriage ceremony & traditions, and no wedding is absolute without the decoration of the bride’s hands and feet. Many brides believe that the deeper the color of the Mehndi, the deeper the love they will receive from their in-laws, in particular the mother-in-law, whose blessing is particularly important to an Indian bride.

When Henna is applied to the skin, its active elements provide cooling and astringent action along with protection against many surface fungi and bacteria. Henna can help to lower body temperature to soothe headaches, fevers, burning feet (which may be a B- Vitamin deficiency), and even hysteria or a violent temper. If the paste of Henna is applied on nails, the luster of the nails increases and if applied on feet and soles, is effective in burning feet syndrome. The oil prepared from olive oil and leaves of Henna is very much effective in muscular rigidity. If Henna leaves are soaked in a sufficient quantity of water and kept throughout the night and the decanted water is taken in morning it is effective in Jaundice.

More

Popularity: 8% [?]

Share This

CHENNAI: A seven-year-old boy was suspended from a local school here for ten days and fined Rs.500 for applying ‘mehndi’ (henna paste) on his hand, in contravention of school rules.

The boy’s father, R Ganesh Ram, a lawyer, complained to the State Human Rights Commission that his son, Kaushik Ram, studying in the third standard at the Doveton Matric Higher Secondary school, was ill-treated by the school management for applying mehndi on November 20.

Ram, in his complaint, alleged that the Principal had abused him when he went to see him on Tuesday, to explain reasons for his son applying mehndi and to seek revocation of the suspension.

“I tried to tell her that it was the practice in my family on the first day of Karthikai (a tamil month) when I start my pooja for going on pilgrimage to Sabarimala.”

Ram alleged that the Principal had accused him of being a Hindu fanatic for undertaking a pilgrimage to Sabarimala.

The boy was also made to stand in the playground for over an hour before being suspended and fined, he alleged.

Reacting to the charge, school authorities said applying mehndi was banned in the school. The parents were told about the school rules, when the children were admitted. “We have to take action for non-compliance of rules,” they said.

Source

Popularity: 8% [?]

Share This