Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle: Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle’ has been unveiled in Madagascar to mark Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The word green in the plaque (a flat piece of stone or metal) signifies their commitment to sustainable development and saving the environment. The naming of this park as Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle is a tribute […]
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Theyyam: Annual Temple Festival
Theyyam: Annual Temple Festival Kerala Tourism department have started live streaming of an annual temple festival called Theyyam performances, to promote cultural tourism. Theyyam is a popular ritual form of dance worship in Kerala and Karnataka, India. It consisted of thousand-year-old traditions, rituals and customs. The people consider Theyyam itself as a channel to a […]
Konark Sun Temple To Run On Solar Energy
Konark Sun Temple To Run On Solar Energy: Konark is going to be the first model town in Odisha to shift from grid dependency to green energy. The Odisha government has issued a policy guideline in this regard. In May 2020, the central government launched a scheme for solarisation of Konark Sun Temple and Konark […]
Devayatanam: Conference On Temple Architecture
Devayatanam: Conference On Temple Architecture The Union Culture Minister inaugurated Devayatanam, a one-of-a-kind conference on temple architecture of India, at Hampi, Karnataka. It is a part of the celebration under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and is being organized on 25th-26th February by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) of the Ministry of Culture. The […]
What Is Chintamani Padya Natakam?
What Is ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’? The Andhra Pradesh government has banned a 100-year-old play named ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam The play was written in 1920 by playwright Kallakuri Narayana Rao, who was also a social reformer. The play is about Chintamani, a courtesan and a devotee of Lord Krishna, who finds salvation by singing bhajans. […]
What Is Chintamani Natakam?
What Is Chintamani Natakam? Earlier this year, the Andhra Pradesh government banned a 100-year-old play named ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’ Chintamani Padya Natakam’ was written in 1920 by playwright Kallakuri Narayana Rao, who was also a social reformer. The play is about Chintamani, a courtesan and a devotee of Lord Krishna, who finds salvation by […]
Centrally Protected Monuments : Site-Specific Limits
Centrally Protected Monuments :Site-Specific Limits The 100-metre radius around Centrally protected monuments where construction is prohibited could be replaced with site-specific limits to be decided by an expert committee, as the Union Culture Ministry was working on amendments to the relevant Act. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958, was […]
World Heritage Nomination 2022-2023
World Heritage Nomination 2022-2023: The Union Ministry of Culture has nominated Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas temples for consideration as a World Heritage site for the year 2022-2023. The sacred ensembles of the Hoysalas, built in the 12th-13th centuries and represented by the three components of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka. All these three […]
Statue of Equality: World’s Second-Largest Statue
World’s Second-Largest Statue (Statue of Equality): PM Narendra Nodi is all set to unveil the world’s second-largest statue (Statue of Equality) The 216-foot-tall statue of 11nth-century social reformer and saint, Ramanujacharya will be in a sitting position. The world’s second tallest statue in a sitting position is made up of ‘panchaloha’, meaning a combination of […]
New Circuit House At Somnath
New Circuit House At Somnath: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Circuit House at Somnath on 21st January, 2022. Somnath Temple is visited by lakhs of devotees from India and abroad every year. The need for the new Circuit House was felt as the existing government facility was located far off from the […]
