Thewa Art: During Prime Minister of India visit to Slovakia, he gifted Thewa motif cufflinks to Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, bringing global attention to Rajasthan’s centuries-old Thewa craft.Thewa is an extraordinary traditional jewelry-making and decorative craft that involves the precise, delicate fusion of hand-carved sheets of pure gold onto vibrant, specially treated molten glass. The […]
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Anthropological Survey of India
Anthropological Survey of India: Human skeletal remains excavated from the archaeological site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana have been formally handed over by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) recently. It is a government-funded organization that conducts anthropological research and studies on the diverse cultures of India. It is […]
Sarinda
Sarinda: Tripura’s rich cultural heritage has received a major boost with the traditional Tripura Sarinda being granted the Geographical Indication, or GI, tag. Sarinda is a bowed string musical instrument which is crafted from a single block of wood with a hollow resonator. It is associated with the indigenous communities of Tripura an used during […]
Ambubachi Mela
Ambubachi Mela: The annual Ambubachi Mela which is one of the largest and most significant religious gatherings in eastern India started at the revered Kamakhya Temple. Ambubachi Mela festival is held during the monsoon, generally in June at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. It is a shrine to the Goddess Kamakhya and one […]
Kalamkari Painting
Kalamkari Painting: The Prime Minister of India gifted a Kalamkari Mahabharata painting to French President. Kalamkari Painting is a highly popular form of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile and paintings, practised in Andhra Pradesh. It came up as a textile tradition during the reign of Qutb Shahis at Golconda in the 16-17th century. “The word […]
Masroor Rock-Cut Temples
Masroor Rock-Cut Temples: Tucked away in the hills of Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Valley lies Masroor Rock-Cut Temples, an extraordinary piece of Indian heritage that is mostly ignored. Masroor Rock-Cut Temples, also referred to as Masroor Temples, is an early 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in the Kangra Valley of the Beas River in Himachal […]
Virupaksha Temple
Virupaksha Temple: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently removed the walls built inside the main gopuram of Virupaksha Temple, where a mantapa was converted into an office The Virupaksha, also known as the Pampapathi temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Virupaksha, a form of Lord Shiva. It is located in Hampi, within […]
Algoza
Algoza: Rajasthan’s celebrated folk artist Taga Ram Bheel received the Padma Shri in Art for preserving and promoting the traditional music of the Thar Desert through the rare folk instrument, the Algoza. Algoza is a traditional pair of woodwind instruments, widely associated with Rajasthan, Punjab, Sindh, and parts of western India and Pakistan. It is […]
Uttarakhand Plans ₹450 Crore Ropeway Between Rishikesh and Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
Uttarakhand Plans ₹450 Crore Ropeway Between Rishikesh and Neelkanth Mahadev Temple: The state government of Uttarakhand will built the ropeway between Rishikesh and Neelkanth Mahadev Temple to cut the travel time for the devotees. The proposed project estimated around ₹450 crore aims it aims to reduce the current journey from almost three hours to just […]
Kukke Subrahmanya Temple
Kukke Subrahmanya Temple: The Popular Nagaradhana temple in Karnataka, the Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple in Subrahmanya of the Dakshina Kannada district, has registered a revenue of ₹167.89 crore during 2025-26, the highest so far. Kukke Subrahmanya Temple is a 5000-year-old Hindu temple located in the village of Subramanya, in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. […]
