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Kundanpura Mound Or the Great Temple Mound
Kundanpura Mound, or Great Temple Mound, is an excavated temple-bearing mound at Indor Khera, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, dug in 1874-75 and now an ASI centrally protected monument.
Kundara Proclamation
The Kundara Proclamation (കുണ്ടറ വിളംബരം) was a January 1809 declaration by Velu Thampi Dalawa, prime minister of Travancore, calling on the people to rise against the English East India Company.
Kundashpi
Kundašpi, also written Kundashpi or Kundashpu, was a king of Kummuh, a Neo-Hittite state on the upper Euphrates, attested in Assyrian tribute lists of the 9th century BC.
Kundavai Pirāttiyār (குந்தவை பிராட்டியார்)
Kundavai Pirattiyar (குந்தவை பிராட்டியார்), elder sister of Chola emperor Rajaraja I, major temple donor whose gifts are inscribed on the Brihadeeswara central shrine; distinct from Rajaraja's daughter Kundavai who married Vimaladitya.
Kündekari
Kündekari (kündekârî; Ottoman Turkish كنده كارى) is an Islamic decorative joinery technique in which small geometric wooden pieces interlock without nails or glue, used on mosque doors and minbars.
Kundiman
Kundiman is a Tagalog love-song genre from the early 19th century, in triple meter, later adopted by nationalists as a coded expression of love of country.
Kundl
Kundl is a market municipality in the Kufstein District of the Austrian state of Tyrol, on the Inn River between Wörgl and Rattenberg, first documented in 788 as "ad Quantalas".
Kundu/Kyinda
Kundu/Kyinda, in Greek and Latin sources Kyinda or Cyinda, was a fortress city in ancient Cilicia, southeastern Turkey, famous as a royal treasury of the Assyrians, Persians, and Alexander's successors.
Kundun
Kundun (1997) is Martin Scorsese's biographical drama about the 14th Dalai Lama, written by Melissa Mathison, shot by Roger Deakins in Morocco with a Tibetan cast, released limitedly by Disney under Chinese pressure, and absent from streaming.
Kunduru Jayaveer Reddy
Kunduru Jayaveer Reddy is an Indian National Congress politician and MLA from Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda district, Telangana, who won the 2023 assembly election by over 55,849 votes; son of former minister Kunduru Jana Reddy.
Kunduru Raghuveer
Kunduru Raghuveer (Kunduru Raghuveer Reddy), Indian National Congress MP from Nalgonda, Telangana, in the 18th Lok Sabha since June 2024; won the 2024 election by a 5,59,905-vote margin over Saidi Reddy Shanampudi with 784,337 votes (60.50%).
Kunduz
Kunduz is a province of northeast Afghanistan named after its capital city, home to about 1.05 million people on a fertile plain bordering Tajikistan and drained by the Kunduz River.
Kunduz hospital airstrike
Kunduz hospital airstrike: US AC-130U attack on the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on 3 October 2015, killing at least 42; also called the Kunduz Trauma Centre bombing.
Kunekune
Kunekune: a small New Zealand pig breed, Māori for "fat and round," with jaw tassels (pire piri). Origin debated, likely European whaler introduction; nearly extinct by the late 1970s with about 50 purebreds, recovered from 6 sows and 3 boars in 1978; now a popular grazing pet pig worldwide.
Kunene River
Kunene River, also spelled Cunene, is a perennial river in southwestern Africa that originates in central Angola and flows to the Atlantic, supplying water and hydropower to both countries.
Kung Fu (1972 TV series)
Kung Fu (1972-1975), ABC western-martial-arts drama starring David Carradine as Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine, created by Ed Spielman; 63 episodes, the "Grasshopper" catchphrase, and a Bruce Lee casting controversy.
Kung Fu (2021 TV series)
Kung Fu is an American action-adventure TV series on The CW from 2021 to 2023, starring Olivia Liang as a Shaolin-trained crime fighter in San Francisco.
Kung fu (term)
Kung fu (功夫, gongfu) is a Chinese word for time, effort, and cultivated skill, not originally a martial arts term; the proper Chinese name is wushu. Bruce Lee's 1970s films made it the first Chinese martial arts term in the OED.
Kung Fu Dunk (功夫灌篮)
Kung Fu Dunk (功夫灌篮), also released as Da Guan Lan, is a 2008 Mandarin sports comedy directed by Chu Yen-ping, starring Jay Chou as a kung fu-trained college basketball star.
Kung Fu Fighting
Kung Fu Fighting: 1974 disco single by Jamaican-born singer Carl Douglas, written with producer Biddu, recorded as a B-side in 10 minutes; UK and US number one hit, 9 to 11 million copies sold.
Kung Fu Hustle (功夫)
Kung Fu Hustle is a 2004 Hong Kong action comedy directed by and starring Stephen Chow, about a small-time crook in 1940s Shanghai who stumbles into a slum of hidden kung fu masters.
Kung Fu Jungle (一个人的武林)
Kung Fu Jungle (一个人的武林, aka Kung Fu Killer) is a 2014 Hong Kong action thriller by Teddy Chen starring Donnie Yen and Wang Baoqiang; a jailed martial arts instructor helps police catch a killer targeting kung fu masters, winning the 2015 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography.
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is a DreamWorks Animation action-comedy franchise begun in 2008, starring Jack Black as Po, a panda kung fu warrior. Four films have earned over $1.9 billion, with TV series and an Oscar-nominated first film.
Kung Fu Panda (film)
Kung Fu Panda (2008) is DreamWorks Animation's computer-animated martial arts comedy directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, starring Jack Black as Po; it grossed over $630 million worldwide and set China's animated-film box office record.
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American animated martial arts comedy-drama directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, in which Po defends China against Lord Shen.
Kung Fu Panda 3 (功夫熊猫3)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (功夫熊猫3) is DreamWorks' 2016 animated sequel, the first Sino-US co-produced animated feature with Oriental DreamWorks, released January 29, 2016 in dual English and Mandarin versions with separate lip-sync animation, earning $519 million worldwide.
Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) is DreamWorks Animation's fourth Po film, directed by Mike Mitchell with Jack Black, Awkwafina, and Viola Davis; it opened March 8, 2024, grossed $549.1 million worldwide, and scored 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness is a Nickelodeon and DreamWorks computer-animated series (2011-2016, three seasons, 80 episodes) following Po as Dragon Warrior after the first film, voiced by Mick Wingert with Lucy Liu and James Hong reprising film roles.
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight is a DreamWorks CGI-animated Netflix series (2022–2023, 3 seasons) in which Jack Black's Po teams with English knight Wandering Blade (Rita Ora) to recover the four Tianshang weapons from weasels Klaus and Veruca Dumont.
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny is an animated web series produced by DreamWorks Animation, in which Dragon Master Po trains four young pandas bearing a mysterious chi energy.