Context Recently, a group of heritage enthusiasts recently gathered, to celebrate World Heritage Day at the ancient Buddhist site of Thotlakonda in Visakhapatnam. About Thotlakonda A partial excavation of the…
Context Shigmo Festival as it is called in Konkani, is another vibrant celebration full of colour, song and dance rooted in Goan culture and traditions. What is Shigmo Festival or…
Context Recently, the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh has released a book titled “Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh”. The book has valuable data on endangered…
Context Recently, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India’s DekhoApna Desh Webinar Series titled, “The Mystical Triangle- Maheshwar, Mandu & Omkareshwar” was organised. Back to Basics Maheshwar or Mahishmati One of…
Context Recently Zardozi artists in India are suffering from economic distress due to the lockdown, demonetisation and expensive local raw material. Back to Basics ‘Zardozi art’ Zardozi embroidery is a beautiful…
Context The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of reprinting of 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM). Back to Basics: The National…
Context The excavations at Kodumanal village have thrown light on burial rituals and the concept of afterlife in megalithic culture. About Kodumanal: It is a village located in the Erode…
Context Recently, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India and Nepal for the construction of a sanitation facility at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu. The facility will be constructed…
Context Recently the traditional art of ‘talamaddale’, a variant of Yakshagana theatre, has gone virtual in times of Covid-19. About Talamaddale The word Talamaddale is derived from the word ‘tala’ (Cymbal)…
Context The Khudai Khidmatgar was a non-violent movement against British occupation of the Indian subcontinent led by Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a Pashtun freedom fighter, in the North-West Frontier Province. Qissa…
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