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Kedulan temple (Indonesian: Candi Kedulan; Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦏꦺꦣꦸꦭꦤ꧀, romanized: Candhi Kédhulan) is the ruin of a 9th-century Hindu candi located not far from Sambisari temple.
Kolam (Tamil: கோலம், Malayalam: കോലം, Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), also known as Muggu (Telugu: ముగ్గు), Tarai Alangaram (Tamil: தரை அலங்காரம்) and Rangoli (Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions. It ...
A kuberakolam, rendered kubera kolam, is a magic square of order three constructed using rice flour and drawn on the floors of several houses in South India. In Hindu mythology, Kubera is a god of riches and wealth. It is believed that if one worships the Kuberakolam as ordained in the scriptures, one would be rewarded with wealth and ...
Kolam society was formerly made up of joint families, collectively responsible for farming. Today, however, most Kolams have nuclear families, called attena bala sula . Do-masnet-mah-up , respect, is to be given to the bhasa (husband's elder brother), mama (husband's father), appa (husband's mother), dhobak (grandfather of husband), and dhoi ...
The Aththi Varadar is worshipped in sleeping posture (Kidantha Thirukkolam or Sayana Kolam) in the first 24 days, followed by standing position (Nindra Thirukkolam) in the next 24 days. [ 38 ] The icon, which was the presiding deity earlier, was hidden in the 16th century to protect from invaders; however replaced by the current stone central ...
Kolavalvil Ramar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located 19 km away from Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on the Kumbakonam-Chennai highway in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture , the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham , the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar ...
Kolam Thullal is a ritual dance form prevalent in south Kerala, southern India. It is customary in houses and temples of Bhagavathy, a female deity. It is performed at temple festivals and to drive away evil spirits from the "possessed" bodies. Its origins lie with the Tinta group of the Kaniyar caste.
Locally, it is known as golda chingri (Bengali: গলদা চিংড়ি) in Bangladesh and India, udang galah in Indonesia and Malaysia, uwáng or uláng in the Philippines, Thailand prawn in Southern China and Taiwan (Chinese: Tàiguó xiā 泰國蝦), [6] and koong mae nam (กุ้งแม่น้ำ) or koong ghram gram ...