Why in News: A team of lawyers and opposing legal parties led by a court-appointed advocate commissioner conducted a videographic survey of the Maa Shringar Gauri site located at the back of the western wall of the Gyanvapi Mosque in …
About the festival Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in September or October, most notably in Kolkata, in West Bengal, but also in other parts of India. It marks the ten-day worship of the Hindu mother-goddess Durga. It is …
What’s in News: The discovery of several prehistoric artefacts and archaeological remains along the banks of three rivers flowing through the Attappady hills straddling Kerala and Tamil Nadu, indicates the presence of a mature settlement What did the archaeologists find? …
Why in News: The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, which remained suspended for the past three years, will resume soon. About Amarnath Yatra is a pilgrimage visit to Amarnath cave which is a Hindu shrine located in Kashmir. …
What’s in the news? In its judgment upholding restrictions on Muslim women wearing hijabs in educational institutions, the Karnataka High Court held that wearing the headscarf is not an “essential religious practice” in Islam. The court dismissed the petitions challenging …
Why in News: A process is under way to translate and publish hundreds of original Buddhist manuscripts from Nalanda and Vikramshila, saved during the burning of the ancient universities in the 12th and 13th centuries About the university The Nalanda …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education launched a campaign ‘Bhasha Certificate Selfie to encourage cultural diversity and promote mulitlinguism and to foster the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Bhasha Certificate Selfie initiative aims to promote Bhasha Sangam …
Why in News: Statue of 11th century reformer and Vaishnavite saint Ramanujacharyulu will be unveiled soon The ‘Statue of Equality’, as it is called, is being installed to mark the 1,000th birth anniversary of Ramanujacharyulu. It is built of Panchaloha, …
About the scheme The ‘National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive’ (PRASHAD) was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in the year 2014-15 with the objective of integrated development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations. The scheme …