Page-3 of Indian Art, Culture and Heritage
Shigmotsav
Shigmotsav is a Goan festival that celebrates the harvest of paddy and the coming of spring season. It is celebrated by the local agricultural tribal communities- Kunbis, Gawdas...
Holla Mohalla
Holla Mohalla of Hola is a Sikh festival celebrated in March. A 3-day long fair and celebrations at Anandpur Sahib in Rupnagar district of Punjab is the highlight...
National Monuments Authority
National Monuments Authority is a statutory body set up as per the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010. It functions under...
Sita Eliya temple
Sita Eliya temple is a temple dedicated to Goddess Sita in Sri Lanka. It is believed to be built at the site where Sita was held captive by...
Rabindra Kuthi Bari
Rabindra Kuthi Bari is a country house in Kushtia in Bangladesh. It was built by Dwarkanath Tagore, the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore, the noted Bengali poet and Nobel...
Sugandha Shaktipith temple
Sugandha Shaktipith temple is a temple dedicated to Goddess Sunanda and is located in Shikarpur in Barishal district of Bangladesh. It is an important pilgrimage destination for the...
Matua Mahasangha
Matua Mahasangha is a religious reformation movement founded by Harichand Thakur in 1860 CE. Matua is a sect of Vaishnava Hinduism. The movement originated in Orakandi in Bangladesh....
Xorai
Xorai is tray used in Assam when offering prayers or when serving betel nuts or tamale paan to guests. It is made of bell metal and has sand...
Gamosa
Gamosa is a piece of cloth that has varied uses- as a towel (called ‘uka gamosa’), for felicitating celebrities or dignitaries (called ‘phulam gamosa’ i.e. floral version) during...
Jaapi
Jaapi is a conical bamboo hat that is covered with the dried leaves of a palm tree that grows in the Upper Assam’s rainforests called tokou. It is...
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Pritzker Architecture Prize is considered as the Nobel Prize of Architecture. It is an annual prize that was founded in 1979 by Jay and Cindy Pritzker and is...
