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South Indian culture
South Indian culture refers to the culture of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. South Indian culture though with its visible differences forms an important part of the Indian culture. The South Indian Culture is essentially the celebration of the eternal universe through the celebration of the beauty of the body and motherhood.〔Beck, Brenda. 1976. "The Symbolic Merger of Body, Space, and Cosmos in Hindu Tamil Nadu." Contributions to Indian Sociology 10(2): 213-43.〕〔Bharata (1967). The Natyashastra (), 2 vols., 2nd. ed. Trans. by Manomohan Ghosh. Calcutta: Manisha Granthalaya.〕〔Dehejia, Vidya, Richard H. Davis, R. Nagaswamy, Karen Pechilis Prentiss (2002) The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. ISBN 0-295-98284-5〕〔Kallarasa Virachita Janavasya Ed: G.G. Manjunathan. Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe, University of Mysore, Mysore 1974〕〔Wadley, Susan, ed. 1980. The Powers of Tamil Women. Syracuse: Syracuse U. Press.〕 It is exemplified through its dance, clothing, and sculptures.〔〔〔〔〔
== Traditional clothing ==
South Indian women traditionally wear the ''sari'' while the men wear a type of sarong, which could be either a white ''dhoti'' or a colourful ''lungi'' with typical batik patterns. The sari, being an unstitched drape, enhances the shape of the wearer while only partially covering the midriff. In Indian philosophy, the navel of the Supreme Being is considered as the source of life and creativity.〔〔〔〔 Hence by tradition, the stomach and the navel is to be left unconcealed, though the philosophy behind the costume has largely been forgotten.〔〔〔〔〔 This makes the realization of ''sharira-mandala'', where in ''Angikam bhuvanam yasya'' (the body is your world) unites with the ''shaarira-mandala'' (the whole universe), as expressed in the Natyashastra.〔〔〔〔〔 These principles of the sari, also hold for other forms of drapes, like the lungi or mundu or panchey (a white lungi with colourful silk borders in kannada), worn by men.〔Boulanger, Chantal; (1997) Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping, Shakti Press International, New York. ISBN 0-9661496-1-0〕 The lungi is draped over clockwise or counterclockwise and is tied at the back or fixed just along the waist line. It's sometimes lifted to the knee and tied at the waist leisurely or just held in hand to speed up walking.
Traditionally, South Indian men do not cover their upper body. Sometimes, in a formal situation, a piece of cloth may cover the upper body. Certain temples in South India even ban men from wearing upper-body garments when inside the temple. In Andhra and parts of north Karnataka men wear kachche panchey where it is tied at back by taking it between legs. A similar pattern is seen in women. All over the peninsular coastal region men wear coloured lungis and women wear saris in a manner of tying them at the back.
The Araimudi (araimuti) () is a small silver metal plate, shaped like a heart or a fig leaf, formerly worn by young Tamil girls on their genitals.〔(Tamil to English Dictionary "Meaning of 'iravirekku'" (Meaning of இராவிரேக்கு) )〕〔(TAMIL TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY இராவிரேக்கு - iravirekku - [irāvirēkku] )〕〔(அரசிலை aracilai )〕 "Arai" means loin and "mudi" means cover.〔Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 3 Sep 2008〕 The araimudi is also known as the "Genital shield" and an araimudi was mentioned in the "Guide to the principal exhibits in the Government Museum, Pudukkottai", by M. S. Chandrasekhar, published in 1966 as being displayed in an exhibit in the Madras Government Museum.〔Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 6 Jun 2011 Length 129 pages〕 "A Manual of the Salem district in the presidency of Madras, Volume 1" said "The children sometimes, to the age of ten years or more, go in a state of nudity, relieved perhaps by a piece of string round the waist which sustains the "araimudi" or heart-shaped piece of silver, which calls attention to what it purports to conceal."〔Compiled by Henry Le Fanu Original from Oxford University Digitized 6 Jun 2007〕 The "Madras district gazetteers, Volume 1, Part 1" said 'Little girls, up to the age of about 3, wear nothing but the little heart-shaped piece of silver suspended by a waist-cord (arai- mudi) " which calls attention to what it purports to conceal."'〔Original from the University of Michigan Digitized
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