Often referred to as festival of colours, the 2025 edition of Ojude Oba took place in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on Sunday, amid colours, glamour and flamboyant celebrations, Weekend Trust reports.Ojude ...

Meghna Ghodawat's upcoming 'Classic Basics' resort-wear collection embraces tropical aesthetics and sustainability with its bamboo silk fabric. Designed for comfort and UV protection, the collection ...

In the decades following Queen Victoria’s wedding, we continued to see British royal brides adorned in shades of white, and particularly ivory, cementing what a traditional wedding dress should ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. Whether through inner line permits, Schedule Tribe status, or official language recognition, the Kodavas are demanding a voice ...

The trigger for the march was a temple entry row that has pitted two prominent communities in Kodagu―the ... festival in their traditional attire, some Arebhashe Gowdas stopped them from entering the ...

In an interim order, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities at the Kattemadu Maha Mrityunjaya Temple in Kodagu ... traditional clothes which are decent enough”. The court was ...

The Court’s interim order now ensures that devotees can wear their cultural dress while entering the Temple. The controversy, which has been simmering for the past month and a half in Kodagu, has ...

More than 25,000 Kodavas, dressed in traditional attire, took part in a rally and marched for six days from Kutta, a Kodagu-Kerala border ... devotees to follow the dress code,” he said.

Described as historic, it was the first such event in Kodagu that ... members clad in traditional Kodava attire were denied entry into a temple because it violated the dress code.

During the meeting, there was opposition to the dress ... traditional attire from any community. Janardhan said that the temple committee would submit its report to the Kodagu deputy commissioner ...

A Kodagu temple committee meeting addressed the issue of prohibiting traditional Kodava attire, which led to a temporary ban around the temple area. No consensus was reached, and the committee ...