Why in News: According to Culture Ministry officials, Culture mapping of 80 villages associated with noted personalities in history, in particular the freedom movement, unique crafts and festivals, had been started as a pilot project. About the project Villages with …
Why in News: Ghare Baire, the popular museum-exhibition in Kolkata that showcased two centuries of art in Bengal is shutting down. Ghare Baire (at home and the world) derived its name from the title of Rabindranath Tagore’s iconic novel, which …
What’s in the News: Members of Kattupaniya, a nomadic tribal group ( Kerala) that was rehabilitated from caves near the South Wayanad-Nilambur Forest Division, have enrolled for Aadhaar cards on the intervention of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). About …
Why in News: The Habibganj railway station in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) has been renamed after Gond queen Rani Kamlapati. Who is Rani Kamlapati? Rani Kamlapati, the Gond queen of the region in the 18th century, was the widow of Ginnorgarh’s …
About Kartarpur Corridor The crossing allows Sikh devotees from India to visit the gurdwara in Kartarpur, 4.7 kilometres from the India–Pakistan border on the Pakistani side without a visa. It is in Kartarpur Sahib that Guru Nanak Dev had spent …
Why in News: Prime Minister is set to inaugurate the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor project in Varanasi. About the temple Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most famous temples in Varanasi, also known as the Golden temple dedicated to …
About Adi Shankaracharya Adi Shankara is said to have been born in Kaladi, Kerala in 788 CE on the bank of the Periyar, the largest river in Kerala. He opposed the practise of ritual worship. He also felt that when …
About the scheme The initiative ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st October, 2015 to commemorate the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel to revive a sense of ‘nationhood’. The programme aims to actively …