ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్

Andhra Pradesh

State · Capital Amaravati · 49.6 million people (2011)

నమస్కారంNamaskaram: hello in Telugu

• Art and craft

  Kalamkari is an ancient natural-dye textile art from Andhra Pradesh, hand-painted at Srikalahasti and block-printed at Machilipatnam. Machilipatnam Kalamkari holds a GI tag (2008).

• Music and dance

  Kuchipudi (classical dance)

• Festival

  Sankranti; Ugadi

• Taste

  Bandar laddu (Machilipatnam)

• Official symbols

  Animal: Blackbuck · Bird: Rose-ringed parakeet · Flower: Jasmine · Tree: Neem

Kuchipudi, one of India's classical dance forms, originated in the village of Kuchipudi in Andhra Pradesh.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · te.wikipedia.org: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ · omniglot.com: telugu · en.wikipedia.org: Kalamkari · GI Registry, application 90 · forests.ap.gov.in (archived): statesymbol · en.wikipedia.org: Kuchipudi; traditions from the India map’s sources.