Assam’s Charaideo Moidams: Nominated To UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites Central government has decided to put forth the name of Assam’s Charaideo moidams burial sites in addition to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites list for 2023-24. If selected it will be the only cultural heritage site in the North East […]
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Charaideo Maidam Of Ahom Kingdom : Proposal For World Heritage Site
Charaideo Maidam Of Ahom Kingdom : Proposal For World Heritage Site Assam Chief Minister recently said that the Central Government has decided to send a proposal to UNESCO nominating Charaideo Maidam of Ahom Kingdom as a World Heritage Site. Charaideo commonly known as ‘Pyramids of Assam’ was the original capital of the Ahom Kings. Charaideo […]
Literature Festival : Jaipur
Literature Festival : Jaipur The Jaipur Literature Festival is celebrated in the month of January in the city of Jaipur, the Pink city. 16th edition of the festival is to be celebrated in 2023. The festival was introduced in 2006 and is the largest free literary festival in the world. Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah addressed […]
Magh Bihu
Magh Bihu: Prime Minister greeted the people on the occasion of Magh Bihu. Magh Bihu is a harvest festival of Assam where people express gratitude for a good harvest and marks the end of the harvest season. It believes in sharing the gifts of nature as a community and strengthening a sense of identity and […]
1200 Year Old Miniature Votive Stupas Discovered : ASI
1200 Year Old Miniature Votive Stupas Discovered : ASI Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has recently discovered two 1200-year-old miniature votive stupas during landscaping activities near Sarai Tila mound on the premises of ‘Nalanda Mahavihara’, a world heritage site in Nalanda district. Votive stupa are forms of the stupas, with their distinctive domelike drum, originating […]
Gangasagar Mela
Gangasagar Mela: West Bengal ministers have demanded National Mela status for Gangasagar mela as record pilgrims have come to the mela this year claiming that the annual pilgrimage was turning out to be the biggest religious gathering in the country. Gangasagar Mela is known as the world’s second largest human congregation after Kumbh. It happens […]
Remains Of Dinosaurs Species
Remains Of Dinosaurs Species: Scientists have found the remains of four species of dinosaurs, including a megaraptor, in an inhospitable valley in Chilean Patagonia for the first time. Megaraptor was a large theropod of the Cretaceous Period, 84 to 65 mya. Megaraptors possessed strong arms that wielded sickle-like claws that could inflict fatal wounds on […]
Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu And Pongal : 14th January 2023
Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu And Pongal : 14th January 2023 The President of India greeted fellow citizens on the eve of Lohri (which falls on 13th January 2023) Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu and Pongal (which fall on 14th January 2023). Bihu is one of Assam’s most prominent cultural events, celebrating the changing seasons. The festival […]
26th National Youth Festival Inauguration
26th National Youth Festival: Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the 26th National Youth Festival in Hubballi, Karnataka on 12 January 2023. The National Youth Festival is being held on National Youth Day, which is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, to honour and cherish his ideals, teachings, and contributions. Since 1985, the […]
Ottan Thullal : Dance Art Form Of Kerala
Ottan Thullal : Dance Art Form Of Kerala Ottan Thullal is a recite-and-dance art form of Kerala, India. It was introduced in the eighteenth century by Kunchan Nambiar, one of the Prachina Kavithrayam Seen at temple festivals and cultural programs, these performances use elaborate expressions and stories recited in verses to bring important mythological tales […]
