Utilization of ‘Urni’ in Our Daily Life

Abstract

‘Urni’ is made by cotton, silk, lilen, motka, tasar & jute. It is used by men and women. ‘Urni’ is an unstitched and uncut piece of cloth used as dress material. Yet it is not uniformly similar in everywhere it is used. It differs in variety, form, appearance, utility, etc. It bears the identity of a country, region and time. ‘Urni’ was made in different types and forms for the use of different person according to position, rank, purpose, time and space. Along with its purpose as dress material it bears various religious values, royal status, Social position, etc. Sometimes it conveys the significance of the value of spiritual detachment of devoted ‘Vaishnaba’, the devotee of Lord Krishna like ‘Chaitannya’. Sometimes it carries the sensation of physical love, romance, the tune of spring, etc. The Image of Lord Jagannath is adorned with ‘Urni’. When the Lord remains within the temple that creates an imaginative unbound distance between devotee and deity. Because Lord Jagannath, the Absolute become one (Ecomebadwitiyam, ‘Paramatma’) with association of all the individuals (individual souls, ’Jibatma’) present and not present there. The Godly spiritual value of ‘Urni’ there merged with some social and cultural values. It may be explored by the extensive research and analysis by means of evidential and aesthetical evaluation.