What is the North Indian equivalent to Kapi?
d88f82d3470fb12cd950c36402ae151c
Kapi (raga) Kāpi is a popular rāga in Carnatic music, the classical music of South India. "Kāpi" is a janya rāgam of "Kharaharapriya" with a meandering vakra scale. Typically performed at slow and medium speeds, it is capable of inducing moods of devotion, pathos and sadness in the listeners. "Kāpi" is different from the Hindustani raag and thaat "Kafi." The equivalent raag in Hindustani is Pilu
4f8857ed74066955ed0c9f230ea1fbeb
Pilu Pilu is a raga (melodic mode) of Indian classical music. It is mostly used in light-classical forms, like the Khayal, of north Indian classical style.
1d3fa03f32edd0e24f20c497c897d416
Gorava The term gorava refers to men and women belonging to the Kuruba community who have taken a special vow and dress in the traditional overcoat and headgear, and beat a damroo shouting "Elukoti.. Elukoti. Elukoti.", meaning "seven crores" - the number of Goravas Mailara, armed with a bow and arrows, took to battle against a demon, Mallasura and his brother. They also dance in ritualistic warrior-like dance called the Goravara Kunitha, which involves use of a small dollu in one hand and a flute in other. Goravas wear a headgear made of bear hair.
edbe9986742d1825822bf55e5495d80b
Guruvayur Ekadasi The Vrishchika Ekadasi (Sukla paksha) is called as Guruvayur Ekadasi in Guruvayur, Kerala. This falls in the Mandala season. The Navami (9th day) and Dasami (10th day) are also very important. Ekadasi Vilakku starts a month before the Ekadasi day as offering by different persons, families and organisations. After the temple is open on this day for Nirmalya darshan ( 3.00AM ), it is closed only at 9.00 am on Dwadasi Day (12th day). On Dwadasi day there is a custom of offering a token amount called Dwadasi Panam in Koothambalam
d703e4c35054ec6f0a27ff9f230cb68e
Cariappa Cariappa is a surname from northern Karnataka in India. It is found among Hindus of the Kodava community.
30fdbdefa48bb3fc83da5a8edba2e1d2
Deepak Deepak (दीपक) is a Hindi word meaning lamp from Sanskrit source of light. It is mostly used to decorate houses during Tihar in Nepal and Dipawali in India. In the twentieth century, it became very popular as a first name for male Hindus. Names like "Deepa" (male-though used for females by many Indians now), "Deepika" (female), "Deepthi" (female), "Deepan" (male), "Deepali" (female) and many others are related to "Deepak".
405a1bc4619381134716de09e303d4df
Panipuri Panipuri (   ) is a common street snack in several regions of the Indian subcontinent.
c32c910b005536372c6a4556f758b4c4
Indian numbering system The Indian numbering system is used in India as well as in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. The terms "lakh" or "lac" (100,000 or 1,00,000 in the Indian system) and "crore" (10,000,000 or 1,00,00,000 in the Indian system) are used in Indian English to express large numbers. For example, in India 150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 lakh rupees, written as 1,50,000 or INR 1,50,000, while 30,000,000 (thirty million) rupees becomes 3 crore rupees, written as 3,00,00,000 with commas at the thousand, "lakh", and "crore" levels, and 1,000,000,000 (one billion) rupees (one hundred crore rupees or one arab ارب ) is written 1,00,00,00,000
2648bdef2b67bedbb7f7301b7b2df5a3
Memons (Kathiawar) The ancestors of present-day Memons who settled a few centuries ago in various parts of the districts of India, particularly Kathiawar (now Saurashtra), commonly identified as simply Memons i.e.Vasavadi, Kodinar, Bantva, Dhoraji, Halari, Jamnagar, Jetpur, Gondal, Kutyyana, Manavadar sardagadh, Okhai, Upleta, Vanthali, Verawal Patan. Kathiawadi Memons are further divided into sub-group which is generally refer to their ancestral village or town such as Jetpur Memons, Kodinar Memons, Bantva Memons, Dhoraji Memons, Vasavad Memons
d7e3363703296db361a218d11c7ec40a
Pani Pāṇi is a surname used in India, found in the state of Orissa. There are two stories how this surname came about. The first one says the great grammar pundit Pāṇini is the descendant of Pāṇis, and the other story is that a king of Kalinga conferred the title Pāṇi to Brahmins who could easily memorize all of the Vedas.
b969c41617d2ec98ca152a86b7ab08a8
Ka (Bengali) The Bengali letter ক is derived from the Siddhaṃ , and is marked by a similar horizontal head line, but less geometric shape, than its Devanagari counterpart, क. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter ক will sometimes be transliterated as "ko" instead of "ka". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, কো, gives a reading of /ko/.
e32aa6eb58332f5f2fd2c9c010e53e8a
Khē Keheh is a letter of Arabic script, used to write kʰ] in Sindhi. It is equivalent to ख in Sindhi's Devanagari orthography.
ab068988cd1ee9bef3e50d9af296bb90
Savuku Savuku (Tamil: சவுக்கு , Malay: "sauku") is the Tamil word for whip, used both for domestic purposes and traditionally also in hand-to-hand fighting. Its combat application is taught in the Indian martial arts, most notably in silambam and kalaripayat, as well as Indo-Malay silat. Whip techniques in silambam are known as "savuku adi" and are generally performed from mid-range.
b9021ff1372b6d464fb5c952e74cd6d0
Kanikkaran language Kanikkaran is a language spoken by about 19,000 Kanikkars in southern India. They dwell in forests or near to forests in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam in Kerala, and nagercoil Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu.
62aff18a16980873a5e25c91fb5ba4fa
Kuisi A kuisi (or kuizi) is a Native American fipple (or duct) flute made from a hollowed cactus stem, with a beeswax and charcoal powder mixture for the head, with a thin quill made from the feather of a large bird for the mouthpiece. Seagull, turkey and eagle feathers are among the feathers commonly used.
bade1f0d2683b2e5cde79f8c30896a0e
Common Indic Number Forms Common Indic Number Forms is a Unicode block containing characters for representing fractions in north India, Pakistan, and Nepal.
7e91dee404fde060c4ddd47f3cb568a3
Kar (suffix) Kar (Marathi: कर Kar , Konkani: कार Kār ) is a suffix used after village names in Western Coastal India, forming the most common types of surnames used by Marathi and Konkani people, in Maharashtra, Goa, and some parts of Karnataka.
ca240532b60936c81b3e47fb35a9ff15
Kadhi Kadhi or karhi is an Indian dish. It consists of a thick gravy based on chickpea flour, and contains vegetable fritters called pakoras, to which sour yogurt is added to give it little sour taste. It is often eaten with boiled rice or roti.
d4022f6567835199842ef3cbaf295db0
Longpi Longpi (pronounced "long-pee") is a general reference to two villages (Longpi Kajui and Longpi Khullen) in the Ukhrul District of the Indian state of Manipur. Longpi is about 37 km north of Ukhrul, connected by National Highway 150 (Imphal-Kohima via Ukhrul and Jessami Highway). The two villages together have a population of over 8,000.
a35a44a3a5fea3aa2f6944885d2a0e2b
Arival The Arivāl (Tamil: அரிவாள் ) is a type of billhook from India, particularly common in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is used both as a tool and a weapon. Tamils revere the weapon as a symbol of Karupannar. In popular culture, it is sometimes associated with gangsters. In movies, it is used as a weapon of choice. In Kerala, it's primary use is for agriculture, especially cutting coconuts.
4de40aeb12e61967bb9c1e9a7e9116f5
Qassab The Qassab (Urdu: قصاب‎ ; plural of قصائی "Qasai" from the Arbic word "Khasab", are members of a north Indian community or "biradari". The caste of commoners, labours and peasants .
2b16b6675123931372008b4eea39c63d
Nautch In North India, Nautch ( ) is one of several styles of popular dance, performed by girls known as "Nautch girls". The word "Nautch" is an anglicized version of नाच ("nāc"), a word found in Hindi and Urdu (where it is spelled , and several other languages of North India, derived from the Sanskrit, "Nritya", via the Prakrit, "Nachcha". A simple and literal translation of Nautch is "dance" or "dancing".