Importance and reason behind wearing
toe ring
By wearing a toe ring a woman gains the benefit of Sri
Lakshmi and Sri Sarasvati Principle. Wearing a toe ring is compulsory for every
married woman. By wearing a toe ring the woman is constantly reminded of her
Dharma as a married woman, her duties and regulations.
Toe ring is called as bichhiya or Metti in Hindi most of the
married Indian women wear this ring to their second finger of both left and
right legs. This toe ring indicates that
the woman is married. This ring is kind of restriction on conduct of
married women, toe rings indicated that the women should not cross any of the
rules of their house and should not do anything without the permission of her
husband.
Toe rings were introduced to the United States by Marjorie
Borell who, after returning from India began manufacturing and selling them in
New York in 1973. Her first retail outlet was Fiorucci, a trendy fashion
retailer located on 59th Street in New York.
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| Toe Ring |
Toe ring also has its own scientific reason be hide wearing
it. It has so many design and shapes and also each shape has its own meaning of
wearing it. It helps in circulation of blood in the body same time control the
body cycle of the women because it’s made of sliver which helps for women body.
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| Sliver Toe Ring |
Toe ring is also called bichiya in
Hindi, Mettelu in Telugu, Metti in Tamil & kalungura in Kannada.Tradition
of wearing toe rings carries tremendous social significance for married Hindu
women in India.
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| On Marriage Day |
It is believed, that their Menstrual
cycle course is regularized with even intervals. This gives good scope for
conceiving to married women. Also it is said just because that particular nerve
in the second finger from toe, also connects the uterus and passes through
heart.
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| Indian Toe Ring |
This toe ring is made of sliver because Silver being a good conductor, it also absorbs the energy
from the polar energies from the earth and passes it to the body, thus
refreshing whole body system.
This toe ring can also be wear as gold
ring but as Indian traditional the gold should not be wearied below the feet as
its pure, so the toe rings are mostly made of sliver with round shape and bit
open at one side so that it would be easy to remove.
Science Behind
wearing toe ring
Most Indian women who are married wear a
toe-ring. It’s not only a sign that the woman is married, it’s also science.
Indian Vedas (Vedham or Vedam) say that by wearing this in both feet, it is
believed, that their Menstrual cycle course is regularized with even intervals.
This gives good scope for conceiving to married women. Also it is said just
because that particular nerve in the second finger from toe, also connects the
uterus and passes through heart. If you notice, the toe ring will always be on
the second toe of the right leg and also the left leg. It will control the uterus
and keep it healthy by producing evenly balanced blood pressure to the uterus.
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| Modern Toe Ring |
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| Stones Toe Ring |
In great Indian epic called 'Ramayana' toe ring plays a vital role. When Sita was abducted by Ravana, on the way, she throwed her toe ring (kaniazhi) as the identification for lord Rama. This shows that toe ring is used from ancient time.
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