Dishti bomma, originally from Tamil Nadu, is the fearsome face of a demon on a metal plate meant to be displayed prominently on the premises where the object that needs protection from ‘dishti' or ‘evil eye'. The fear of evil eye making things go awry has given rise to the tradition of efforts towards warding off the evil eye.
Wednesday 3 January 2018
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