Madurai's unique link with the jasmine probably dates back to 300 BC or earlier. There are extensive references to the flower in Sangam literature — the Tamil poems of the period 300 BC to AD 300,which are believed to have been composed or written at the Sangam or assembly of Tamil scholars, regularly held in Madurai during that period. One of the Sangam poems describes how Pari, a Tamil king, could not bear to see a beautiful and delicate mullai jasmine creeper lying on the hard forest floor. And he gifted his royal chariot to the plant so that the jasmine creeper could twine itself around it and rest more comfortably!
The Jasmine is mentioned in old Hindu scriptures and also in ancient works like the Mahabharata.
So why write a book on the jasmine? To begin with, I wasn't very clear about this, but after constant visits to the flower weavers, seeing them at work, listening to their stories, and witnessing the early morning ritual of the picking of the buds, day after day, I realized that the jasmine has a special relevance, as the lives and stories of the jasmine weavers are woven into each length of jasmine they string.
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Leave two or three inches of thread or banana fiber strings at one end, and then begin
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Place one flower above and one below on the thread as shown,
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Pull the loop firmly so that the flowers stay in place.
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Place another pair of flowers next to the first one.
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Continue to add pairs of flowers in the same way
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Uma Kannan is passionate about Indian art, and the preservation of traditional wisdom through the revival of local crafts and skills. Over the years, this has inspired her active involvement in several educational, social and philanthropic causes, including programmes aimed at uplifting rural women, craftspersons, and the differently-abled. She has a doctorate in socio-cultural anthropology from Madurai Kamaraj University. She lives in Madurai and is the President of the Thiagarajar College, Madurai.