Category: Culture

Article in The Hindu – ‘Jali’ as a symbol of syncretic India.

‘Garba of Gujarat’ declared as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.
UNESCO recognises Ramadan meal tradition of iftar.

Ahilya Fort is to present the 20th Sacred River Festival in February 2024, after a 3-year gap due to the Covid pandemic.

In 2023, the 24th edition of the Hornbill Festival, a lively event showcasing culture, music, and dance, will take place in Nagaland.

Article on Chebrolu in The Hindu.

Prime Minister participated in the 525th birth anniversary celebration of Sant Meerabai in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

Recently, Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a state-wide ban on products being sold with halal certificates.

A farmer in Goa unearthed a pot that contained 832 copper coins from Portuguese era (around the 16th or 17th Century) in Goa.

Recently, a team of archaeologists discovered a 3,000-year-old geoglyph in the form of a circle in the Medchal-Malkajgiri district of Telangana.

The rampart wall from the Qutb Shahi era in Golconda is on the brink of collapse, prompting experts to call for the attention of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

UNESCO published the list of 55 new creative cities on the World Cities Day.

Recently, Government announced that the National Museum (India’s first museum built post-independence) will be demolished and the collection shifted to the Secretariat.