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Lakshmi Narasimha Temple: Hoysala Architecture
The 13th century Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Bhadravati of Shivamogga district, Karnataka is being renovated. About Lakshmi Narsimha Temple The...
30 Oct 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Mauryan Popular Art Apart from the court art or royal patronage, cave-architecture, sculpture, and pottery took the expressions of art by individual...
24 Oct 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Mauryan Art and Architecture- Part 1
Introduction The Great Mauryan ruler Ashoka embraced Buddhism (as a part of shraman tradition) and the immense Buddhist missionary activities that...
22 Oct 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Recently, graves of Chalukyan rulers have been unearthed in a village near Pattadakal, Karnataka. The findings are significant since there are no...
12 Oct 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Megalithic Sword Unearthed in Kozhikode
The State Archaeology Department in Kozhikode recently has unearthed a Megalithic era iron sword, a chisel and a few decorated pottery from a...
05 Sep 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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India’s First and Longest Sea Ropeway
India’s first and longest sea ropeway project that will connect Mumbai with the Elephanta Caves, is scheduled to start by the end of the year...
12 Aug 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Inclusion of technology in the making of traditional Pathamadai silk mat through the use of electronic powerloom is ensuring higher production and...
06 Aug 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Protection and Preservation of Endangered Language
The Government of India is running a scheme known as “Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages” for conservation of threatened...
27 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Introduction Most of the architectural remains that survive from Ancient and Medieval India are religious in nature. In different parts of the...
22 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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World Heritage Committee’s Concerns
The World Heritage Committee (WHC) has flagged some concerns related to the conservation of the heritage site of Hampi and the Darjeeling Himalayan...
15 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Visa-Free Access to Kartarpur Corridor
Recently, Pakistan has agreed to give year-long visa-free access for Indian pilgrims to the Gurdwara of Kartarpur Sahib. It allows visa-free...
15 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Excavations, inscriptions, chronicles, genealogies of kings and artists, literary sources, sculpture and painting of different periods provide...
10 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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The Pink city, Jaipur (Rajasthan), has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was taken at the 43rd session of the UNESCO...
08 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Kailash Mansarovar in Tentative List of World Heritage Sites
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State of Culture and Tourism clarified that proposal for ‘Sacred Mountain Landscape and...
02 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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National Film Heritage Mission
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), during his visit to the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), said that the government is...
01 Jul 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Bacterial Spray and Decaying Monuments
A Study has identified bacteria responsible for calcification and hardening of lime. In calcification process, lime is deposited. When the rain...
29 Jun 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Nilgiri Tribals Tensed Over Destruction of Rock Art
40% of the rock paintings in Karikiyoor at Kil Kotagiri in the Nilgiri forests have been destroyed by trekkers, tourists, and vandals. Irula...
03 Jun 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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The world still remembers ragas for spring but has forgotten summer ragas. A raga is defined as a collection of musical notes which are arranged in a...
31 May 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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Architectural Heritage of Orchha
The architectural heritage of Orchha town has been included in the tentative list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites. Orchha town in Niwari...
28 May 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
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The National Monuments Authority (NMA) has given the go-ahead for the development of 54 row houses in the regulated zone of the 500-year-old Golconda...
20 May 2019 Indian Heritage & Culture
