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Kinhal
Kinnal also called Kinhal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code= 609700 Kinhal, Koppal, Karnataka It is located in the Koppal taluk of Koppal district in Karnataka. This village is famous for Kinnal Craft. Recently this Craft has been granted Geographical Indication and its GI tag number is 159. Demographics As of the 2001 India census, Kinhal had a population of 8873 with 4480 males and 4393 females. Transport There are buses from Koppal town to Kinnal Village on regular basis. Nearest major town is Koppal. From Koppal one catch buses and trains to other places. See also *Hampi * Anegondi *Kuknur *Kanakagiri *Yelburga * Karatagi *Kushtagi *Koppal *Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ... References External links * http ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinhal Craft
Kinnal Craft or Kinhal Craft (), is a traditional wooden craft local to the town of Kinhal, or Kinnal, in Koppal District, Karnataka, India. The town is famous for Kinhal toys and religious idols. Recently this Craft has been granted Geographical Indication and its GI Application number is 213*. History Kinhal was once a flourishing centre for crafts, the most well-known being carvings in wood. The famous mural paintings in the Pampapateshwara Temple, and the intricate work on the wooden chariot at Hampi, are said to be the work of the ancestors of the Kinhal artisans of today. Old paper tracings found in the ancestral house of one of the artisans further substantiates this belief. In 2007, students from the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art in collaboration with the Crafts Council of Karnataka, facilitated a project with local students and craftsmen, in an attempt to revive the Kinhal craft. Method The artisans are called ''chitragara''. Lightweight wood is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koppal
''Koppal'' is a district headquarters of Koppal district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Koppal is surrounded on three sides by hills. It was known as Kopana Nagara. The town has historical landmarks such as the Koppal Fort, Gavimath (a religious shrine), and the Male Mallappa Temple. Historically, Koppal was known as Jaina Kashi, meaning the "Kashi" or most sacred place for Jains. It was so named because there were more than 700 Basadis (also called Bastis), Jain meditation halls or Prarthana Mandirs. Koppal district was carved out of Raichur district, located in the northern part of Karnataka state, on 1 April 1998. Demographics As per the 2011 census, Koppal district had a population of 70,698. This gives it a ranking of 350th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.32%. Koppal has a sex ratio of 1006 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 79.97%. Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
:India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
