Assam Gosain (Lord/God) Gamosa, Bhakti Gamosa, Cloth for GOD, Towel uses only for Spiritual Worship. Uses for ‘Guru Aasans of Satras’, Namghar and in Temples.
About this item
• Cotton Gamosa is a unique identity of the Assamese Society. This small piece of cloth has high esteem and a wide usage in the Assamese culture. Gamosa is one unique cloth article in it’s usage and looks.
• As pure clothing because the religious ‘Mantras’ are weaved in “Phulam Gamusa” to hang in Namghar, Satra, temples and to cover religious books- ‘Bhagawat, Kirton, Mahabharat , Ramayan and all others.
• When Assamese people bow head in front of “God” Gamusa must cover the head or it is hang around the neck and shoulder.
• Among all the gamusa,the one that is mainly kept at thapana (a sacred book set-up as an object of worship) of a ‘namghar’ and used for spiritual uses is the Gosain Gamusa or in the local language, it is ‘Gokhai Kapoor’. ( In Temple)
• The gamusa is normally used to wipe face or body, just like a towel. But gosain gamusa (Lord) is not for domestic uses. It is only used for spiritual purposes. (Exclusively Uses in Temple)
• “Gosain” means the supreme lord, to the Vaishnavite Assamese people He is Lord Vishnu. Lord Krishna.
• Moreover, in all rituals, related to ‘Puja’ and ‘Nam Prasang’, Phulam Gamusa’ is wrapped around the neck by both gents and ladies.
• The size is LxB 54×26 approximately.
• The approximate length of the gamusa varies from 130 cm to 185 cm and width varies from 60 cm to 85 cm2.
• Hand Woven or Hand loom product by Assam Indigenous Weavers also called SIPINIS.
Product description
In spite of many similarities with other gamusas, the gosaingamusa is larger in length and width. The main feature that differs gosaingamusa from other gamusas is the use of scripts. The scripts like Ramkrishna, Hare krishna, Sri SriGovinda, Sitaram, Bhagavata are woven in Assamese scripts uniformly in the body or in the two end borders of the gamusas. Sometimes lines or phrases of holy ‘Bhagavata’ or ‘Kirtan Dasam’ are woven in these gamusas. “Gamusa” had come from the Sanskrit word “GatroMarjoni” meaning the piece of fabric used to absorb water or to wipe the body after taking a bath, the piece of fabric to keep betel nut, the piece of fabric used as headgear”. They are mostly in combination of white and red, though sometimes green, coffee brown and other colours are also used for ornamentation. The body is always white, with side borders mostly in red, simply woven in stripes and end borders, also in red, with beautiful woven motifs. Red is the colour of purity, strength and love.
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