South Indian culture with its visible differences forms an important part of the Indian culture. The South Indian Tradition is essentially the celebration of happiness eternally through the celebration of the beauty of the body and motherhood exemplified through their dance, clothing, and sculptures.
Territory : It is about south India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. South India lies in the peninsular Deccan Plateau and is bounded by the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal in the west, south and east respectively.
Clothing: South Indian women traditionally wear the Saree while the men wear Dhoti, which could be either a white pancha or a colorful lungi with typical South Indian patterns.
Cuisine : Rice is the staple diet, while fish is an integral component of coastal South Indian meals. Whereas Coconut is the main ingredient of their cuisine. Dosa, Idli, Uttapam are popular throughout the region.
Dance Forms : Koodiyattam, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Yakshagana, Theyyam, Ottamthullal, Oppana, Kerala Natanam and Mohiniaattam are the traditional dance forms of South India which is the home for several dance forms of India.
Language : They speak languages that are a part of Dravidian linguistic family including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tulu.
Education : South Indians have very high rate of literacy and education is highly valued in the Deccan part of India. This part is also known for giving birth to India's best-known physicists and mathematicians. However, Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India.
Technology and Development : Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India, is India's largest Information Technology hub followed by Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh. Bangalore has over 200 software companies including the most famous ones in the world such as Microsoft and IBM.
They revere the natural world and believe in lying low where Nature is concerned as manifested in the Shaivite tradition in South India. Unlike other parts of India, the South Indian community is feminist and motherhood!
