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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 ...
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
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.
Chanel global CEO Leena Nair is the second woman to hold the role in the brand's 114-year history. (Jason Alden—Bloomberg/Getty Images) ... Nair is also the company’s first Indian CEO.
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.
For example, the dog — an animal regarded in Indian culture to be unclean — correlates to the European idea of domesticity. [12] The figure of his daughter, believed to be modeled from a photograph, [12] is dressed as was typical for an upper-class Nair, but the woman's stance is evocative of European styles. [13]
[1] [2] The grace and appeal of the golden borders contrasting with the otherwise plain white mundum neriyatum of Keralite women has come to symbolize Malayali women. Both the traditional and modern styles of the mundum neriyatum are depicted in the paintings of the Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. The mundum neriyatum was modified in several ...
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.