• Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art developed in present-day Kerala in the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. It is featured in several...
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    Kalaripayattu (IPA: [kɐɭɐɾipːɐjɐtːɨ̆]; also known simply as Kalari) is an Indian martial art that originated in Kerala, a state on the southwestern coast...
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  • release, featuring depictions of martial arts. Combat in film Kalaripayattu in popular culture List of films featuring Wing Chun List of mixed martial...
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    brought by other cultures. Kalaripayattu may be one of the oldest martial arts in existence. The oldest western reference to Kalaripayattu is a 16th-century...
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    Influenced by both Kerala's Brahminical past and Ayurvedic medicine, kalaripayattu is attributed by oral tradition to Parasurama. After some two centuries...
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    martial art of Kalaripayattu itself that was historically the style found in Kerala. Price, Pamela G. (1996). Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India...
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  • tradition) is a style of martial art of Kalaripayattu practiced in the central region of Kerala, India. Contrary to popular belief, it is a composite of the...
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    Arts of Kerala (category Culture of Kerala)
    communities in Kerala contribute to its rich and colourful culture. The most important traditional art forms of Kerala are Kathakali, Kalaripayattu,Mayilpeeli...
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    Vinaya Patrika, written by Goswami Tulsidas. It was written in the sixteenth century in a mix of Sanskrit and Awadhi languages. The prayer/ode glorifies...
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    is always taught last in Indian martial arts such as Kalaripayattu. The word urumi is used to refer to the weapon in Malayalam. In Kerala, it is also called...
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    She is a popular character in Kerala's folklore and is remembered for her valour and skills in Kerala's native martial art, Kalaripayattu. According...
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    December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023. "Martial Arts (Silambam & Kalaripayattu)". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020...
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    Nachiyar was trained in many methods of combat, including war match weapons usage, martial arts like Valari, Silambam, Kalaripayattu, horse riding, and...
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    training including other weapons and/or bare handed fighting, as in Kerala's kalaripayattu tradition, where these wooden weapons serve as preliminary training...
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    entire universe in her womb (cosmic egg), is known as “Akhilandeshwari”. Akhilandeshwari is the presiding deity in the Jambukeswarar Temple in Thiruvanaikaval...
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    wrestling Gladiatoral spectacles Hardcore wrestling Human hunting Jousting Kalaripayattu Kun Khmer Lethwei Mardani khel Mesoamerican ballgame Mixed martial arts...
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    indigenous games, namely Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba, as part of the planned Khelo India Youth Games 2021, expected to be held in Haryana. This is...
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    quite differently in Sanskrit. The homonym kālá (time) is distinct from kāla (black), but these became associated through popular etymology. Kali is...
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    said that he had significant interest and knowledge in Hindu culture and martial art of Kalaripayattu. St. Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal Pariyaram Mathew...
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    combat techniques of the Sangam period were the earliest precursors to Kalaripayattu In Europe, the earliest sources of martial arts traditions date to Ancient...
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    in a non-Vedic Indo-Aryan culture (Bronkhorst 2007); and "popular or local traditions" (Flood 1996, p. 16) and prehistoric cultures "that thrived in South...
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    Studies in the History of the Sangam Age. New Delhi: Kalinga Publications. p. 6. ISBN 978-8185163871. "Martial Arts (Silambam & Kalaripayattu)". fitindia...
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    beings hold cultural significance in the mythological traditions of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures, and within Hinduism and Buddhism....
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    did not include humans. One of the most popular images of Shiva is called "Ravananugraha", which was popular in the Gupta era. It depicts Ravana beneath...
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    (Satyanarayana Dasa). Jindel, Rajendra (1976). Culture of a Sacred Town: A Sociological Study of Nathdwara. Popular Prakashan. pp. 34, 37. ISBN 978-8171540402...
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    for Gananath Obeyesekere, Anthem Press, ISBN 978-0-85728-435-8 Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1969), Caste and Race in India, Popular Prakashan, pp. 235–236...
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    Mishra, Baba (1999). "Radha and her contour in Orissan culture". In Orissan history, culture and archaeology. In Felicitation of Prof. P.K. Mishra. Ed. by...
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    record label in 1969. The single was a commercial success, peaking at number 12 in the UK, and led to the Temple devotees appearing on the popular British...
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    Bengali traditional games (category Bengali physical culture)
    soldiers in the Chola dynasty, who saw it as related to the martial art of kalaripayattu. Also known as Phul Tokka, players are separated by an equal distance...
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  • trained in Kalaripayattu to frighten their enemies from the southern part of Travancore. As a result, this art form can be traced back to Kalaripayattu's rich...
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