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Kandyan jewellery comes from the hill capital of Ceylon or Sri Lanka. The Kandyan Kingdom lasted till 1815 resulting in the original sets of jewellery and designs still being preserved and worn by Kandyan families today. Kandyan jewellery is handmade and was designed specifically for the royal families. It carries symbols of wealth, prosperity ...
The Kanchipuram silk sari is a type of silk sari made in the Kanchipuram region in Tamil Nadu, India. [ 1] These saris are worn as bridal & special occasion saris by most women in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh. It has been recognized as a Geographical indication by the Government of India in 2005–2006. [ 2][ 3][ 4]
2007–2010: Start-up phase. Flipkart was founded in October 2007 in Bangalore [ 11] by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, alumni of the IIT, Delhi and former Amazon employees. [ 12][ 13][ 14] The company was started from a two-bedroom apartment in Kormangala, Bengaluru. The initial investment was provided by their families, which was INR 2 Lakh ...
A sari (sometimes also saree [1] or sadi) [note 1] is a women's garment from the Indian subcontinent. [2] It consists of an un-stitched stretch of woven fabric arranged over the body as a robe , with one end attached to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole (shawl) , [ 3 ] sometimes baring a part of the midriff .
2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election. Categories: 2020 events in Sri Lanka by month. August 2020 events by country.
Thanks to protections put in place, the population of seals is now stable at over two million, and many seal-based products are banned in Europe and other places which drives down the demand for them.
other Indo-Aryans [ 14] The Sinhalese people ( Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva ), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. [ 15][ 16] They are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, constituting about 75% of the Sri Lankan ...
Rajani Thiranagama (née Rajasingham) (23 February 1954 – 21 September 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil human rights activist and feminist who was assassinated by LTTE cadres after she had criticised them for their atrocities. [1] At the time of her assassination, she was the head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Jaffna and an ...