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The historical dress of the Nair woman was the mundu, as well as a cloth that covered the upper body. The mundum neryathum, a garment that roughly resembles the sari, had later become the traditional dress of the Nair women. [56] [63] The dress consisted of a cloth tied around the waist as well as a cloth covering the breast, and worn without a ...
Velakali is a ritualistic martial arts form performed by Nair men in some temples of southern Kerala. [6] The form depicts the fight between the Pandavas and Kauravas. [7] It originated in Ambalappuzha, where Mathoor Panicker, chief of the Chempakasserri army, employed it to boost the martial spirit of the people.
A Reclining Nair lady is a 1902 painting by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. [1] The painting features a recumbent Nair woman, [2] [3] with a book open in front of her while attended by a maid. [2] Varma draw this painting inspired from Edward Manet's 1863 painting Olympia.
Nair women and men enjoyed the highest privileges in society, including the ability to divorce their partners at will, akin to practices in some modern European cultures. [ citation needed ] The Sambandham system had led to many controversies and misconceptions associating with polyandry.
Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Ayappan Nair, former Indian Administrative Service and adviser to the Prime Minister of India. Meppally Keshava Pillai Krishnankutty Nair, Indian Administrative Service officer. Ramakrishna Pillai Ramachandran Nair, Indian Administrative Service officer. K. Sankaran Nair, 2nd Director of the Research and Analysis Wing
MT Vasudevan Nair, a legendary writer from the southern Indian state of Kerala, has died at the age of 91. Nair died in a hospital in Kerala's Kozhikode district, where he was admitted a few days ...
Nair lady Adorning Her Hair is an 1873 painting by Raja Ravi Varma. The painting depicts a domestic scene in which a Nair woman adorning her hair with a garland of flowers in front of a mirror. The painting was notable for being the first major award-winning work that Ravi Varma had completed.
[2] [1] The women were not satisfied, continuing to fight for the right to wear upper cloth "like any other woman in the higher castes," [1] and preferring breast-clothing in the Nair-style. This led to increasing violence in the 1820s against Nadar women, and also the burning of schools and churches.