The Tamil community celebrates the beginning of their New Year with great fervor and joy. This festival is known as Puthandu, which translates to “new year,” or Puthuvarudam,...
Pohela Boishakh is a cultural festival celebrated in Bangladesh and the Bengali-speaking Indian states like West Bengal. Also known as Bengali New Year, this festival is a time...
Bohag Bihu is a seven-day festival of joy and abundance celebrated in Assam, a northeastern state of India. It is also known as Rongali Bihu or the spring...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on April 14, mentioned an inscription from Uttaramerur in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, while discussing India’s democratic history. Uttaramerur has several inscriptions dating back centuries....
The recent granting of a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Ladakh’s wood carving has brought a significant boost to the region’s cultural traditions and local economy. The GI...
Mahavir Jayanti is an essential religious festival celebrated by the Jain community worldwide. It marks the birth of Lord Mahavir, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of...
Palm Sunday is a significant Christian feast that marks the beginning of Holy Week, leading up to Easter Sunday. This celebration is observed on the Sunday before Easter...
The Sarbat Khalsa, a term meaning “all congregation,” refers to a traditional assembly of all factions of Sikhs (Khalsa) to discuss political, social, and religious issues of great...
The Dalai Lama recently recognized an eight-year-old Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, one of the most important spiritual leaders in Tibetan...
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has recently launched the Vedic Heritage Portal, a digital repository of vedic knowledge and traditions from across the country....
