Urumi
Sign in to savethumb|170px|Urumi usage in Kalaripayattu demonstrated by Gangadharan Gurukkal in Perambra, [[Kozhikode.]]
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Urumi
- Weapon.image
- Welding Urumi.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- Kerala kalari practitioners wielding urumi in a friendly spar.
- Weapon.origin
- Kerala, India
- Weapon.type
- Sword
- Weapon.is_bladed
- Yes
- Weapon.length
- approx.
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Use
- Legacy
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
thumb|170px|Urumi usage in Kalaripayattu demonstrated by Gangadharan Gurukkal in Perambra, [[Kozhikode.]]
An urumi is an Indian sword with a flexible, whip-like blade, secretly worn around the waist. Originating in modern-day Kerala, a state in southwestern India, it is thought to have existed from as early as the Sangam period.