About It is awarded to a person who has made a significant contribution to Carnatic music. It is considered the highest honour in the world of Carnatic music. The Sangita Kalanidhi award is announced by the Madras Music Academy(MMA). In …
Who is he? Devasahayam Pillai, who embraced Christianity in the 18th century became the first Indian layman to be declared a saint by Pope Francis during a canonisation ceremony at the Vatican. With the completion of the process, Devasahayam, who …
Why in News: DNA samples collected from two human skeletons unearthed at a necropolis of a Harappan-era city site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana have been sent for scientific examination, the outcome of which might tell about the ancestry and food …
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 …