Neriyathu
The upper cloth of the traditional Kerala dress, worn over the shoulder with the mundu.
Also: neriyathum, neriyathu, mundum neriyathum
The neriyathu is the second piece of the old Kerala women's dress, the mundum neriyathum. It is a narrower cloth with a border that matches the mundu. One end is tucked into the waist of the mundu, and the cloth is then carried across the chest and over the left shoulder. It is worn over a blouse. In the past this pair was the usual dress of Nair and Syrian Christian women, and a form of it remains the Kerala bridal and festival dress. Today the pair is often sold as a set-mundu.