About Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is the flagship festival of the Ministry of Culture organized since 2015. It is organised with the active participation of Seven Zonal Culture Centres and has been playing a pivotal role to take the vibrant culture …
Why in News? Encouraged by the archaeological findings in Keeladi that testified to the existence of an ancient urban Tamil civilisation, the Department of Archaeology has decided to launch excavations at seven more sites and field studies in two places. …
What is Risa? It is a cloth which is a part of Tripura’s customary attire. Total 3 type of clothes form the part of traditional attire: Risa: handwoven cloth, is used as a head gear, stole, female upper cloth or …
About: It is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism in close collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Archeological Survey of India (ASI), State/ UT Governments and the Private/ Public sector companies/ Trusts/ NGOs/ Individuals. This is to make the …
About: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under the Ministry of Culture is the premier organization for archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation. Maintenance of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance …
About the temple The 13th century shrine, which has been found in Warangal Urban district in Telangana, is unfinished but extraordinary and exquisite in its architecture. It contains a very wide ground plan possibly for a trikuta shrine with spacious …
About Veeramamunivar Veeramamunivar, the Jesuit priest, is known in the Tamil literary world for his epic Thembavani. The Christian missionary also wrote minor literary works including a Thevaram, on the lines of hymns sung by Saivaite saints. Veermamunivar was attracted …
Neolithic Period The Neolithic (also known as the “New Stone Age”), the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts …
About the 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 …