Koli woman wearing a Thauja with a pendant featuring the double fish motif Public Deposited

Married women wear thauja, a thick mangalsutra (necklace) with multiple strands of black beads, typically consisting of five or nine strands. The woman in the picture is wearing a thauja with a pendant featuring the double fish motif, symbolic of the fishing livelihood of Kolis.

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