A yardstick is called so, for it measures exactly one yard—3 feet or 36 inches long.The term combines "yard," an old English unit from Proto-Germanic roots meaning rod or staff (once roughly the distance from King Henry I's nose to his thumb), with "stick" for the straight wooden tool.
There are different ‘Yardsticks’ – here is two from Triplicane, loved by devotees for providing quality darshan of Emperuman
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