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Damask. Damask ( /ˈdæməsk/; Arabic: دمشق) is a woven, reversible patterned fabric. Damasks are woven by periodically reversing the action of the warp and weft threads. [ 1] The pattern is most commonly created with a warp-faced satin weave and the ground with a weft-faced or sateen weave. [ 2] Fabrics used to create damasks include silk ...
In the Punjab region, people wore cotton clothing. Both men and women wore knee-length tops. A scarf was worn over the tops which would be draped over the left shoulder and under the right. A large sheet would be further draped over one shoulder which would hang loose towards the knees. Both male and female wore a dhoti around the waist. [ 1]
The modern Hindi and Urdu standards are highly mutually intelligible in colloquial form, but use different scripts when written, and have lesser mutually intelligibility in literary forms. The history of Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu is closely linked, with the early translators of the Hindustani language simply producing the same ...
Clothing and textiles reflect the materials and technologies available in different civilizations at different times. The variety and distribution of clothing and textiles within a society reveal social customs and culture. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of most human societies.
Optional. Launched. 11 July 2003; 21 years ago. ( 2003-07-11) The Hindi Wikipedia ( Hindi: हिन्दी विकिपीडिया) is Modern Standard Hindi edition of Wikipedia. It was launched in July 2003. As of August 2024, it has 163,230 articles, and ranks 10th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. [ 1] In December 2023, there ...
A Hindi translation was published in 1959, while the Sanskrit text with an English translation was published in 1973. It contains 3000 shlokas in 8 chapters which Shastry claimed was psychically delivered to him by the ancient Hindu sage Bharadvaja. [1] The text has gained favour among proponents of ancient astronauts.
Balendu Dwivedi (1975–), Hindi author; Bihari (1595–1664), author of Satasai ("Seven Hundred Verses") Banarasidas (1586–1643), author of 'Ardhakathanaka', the first biography in Hindi; Bhagwati Charan Verma (1903–1981), author of Chitralekha and Sahitya Akademy award winning Bhoole Bisre Chitra [[ Bhagavanta Anamola](1990-2012) Writer
Clothing in India varies with the different ethnicities, geography, climate, and cultural traditions of the people of each region of India. Historically, clothing has evolved from simple garments like kaupina, langota, achkan, lungi, sari, to rituals and dance performances. In urban areas, western clothing is common and uniformly worn by people ...