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Ilkal sari is a traditional form of sari which is a common feminine wear in India. Ilkal sari takes its name from the town of Ilkal in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka state, India. Ilkal saris are woven using cotton warp on the body and art silk warp for border and art silk warp for pallu portion of the sari.
Kasuti embroidery work on Ravike ca. 1855–1879.. Kasuti is a traditional form of folk embroidery practised in the state of Karnataka, India. [1] Kasuti work which is very intricate sometimes involves putting up to 5,000 stitches by hand and is traditionally made on dresswear like Ilkal sarees, Ravike/Kuppasa(Khana) and Angi.
With the rise of Vaishnavism and the Haridasa movement came Karnataka composers like Purandaradasa, whose Kannada language works were lucid, devotional and cultural and hence appealing to the masses. Other haridasas of medieval times were Kanakadasa , Vyasatirtha , Jayatirtha , Sripadaraya , Vadirajatirtha etc., who composed several devara nama .
Kannada is the official language of the state of Karnataka, as the native language of 66.46% of its population as of 2011 and is one of the classical languages of India. Urdu is the second largest language, spoken by 10.83% of the population, and is the language of Muslims outside the coastal region.
A sari (sometimes also saree [1] or sadi) [note 1] is a drape (cloth) [2] and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. [3] It consists of an un-stitched stretch of woven fabric arranged over the body as a dress, with one end attached to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole, [4] [5] sometimes baring a part of the midriff.
Traditional Gorava devotees dance in a trance, sometimes barking like dogs. The dancers move in a clockwise zigzag, with no fixed choreography. The North Karnataka Goravas wear yellow powder on their foreheads and give Prasada to devotees. Damaru, venu, small bronze bells and cowbells (paarigante) are played. The dance consists of trance-like ...
Hampi, capital of Vijayanagara Empire. Architecture and sculpture has been the epitome of art in Karnataka. Be it the musical pillars of Hampi, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, [45] the ekashila statue of Gommateshvara Bahubali that was voted by Indians as the first of Seven Wonders of India [46] the Yelu Sutthina Kote of Chitradurga (The Fort of Seven Laps) cutting across hill ...
A Dogri dancer wears a dhoti, at a theatre in Jammu.. The dhoti is an ankle-length breechcloth, [1] wrapped around the waist and the legs, in resemblance to the shape of trousers.