Mahabharata Current Affairs, GK & News
Putola Nach- Puppetry Art-form of Assam
A trust based in Assam recently made videos using the traditional art called “Putola Nach”. The art form was used to take the messages related to COVID-19 to the public through social media. The videos were produced in collaboration with the UNICEF. The names of the videos were COVID Shatru (enemy), COVID Bibharat (confusion). These ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Mahabharata • putola nach • Ramayana • Tholpavakoothu • UNICEF
Nepal invited as a partner country for Gita Jayanti Mahotsav 2019 of India
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has invited Nepal to be the partner country for the ‘Gita Jayanti Mahotsav 2019’ scheduled to be held at Kurukshetra. He extended the invitation to Ambassador of Nepal to India Nilamber Acharya. The Geeta Jayanti falls on the Shukla Ekadashi of the waxing phase of Moon in the Hindu ..
Topics: Bhagavad Gita • Deities • Ekadashi • Gita Jayanti • Hinduism • Jayanthi • Krishna • Kurukshetra • Kurukshetra district • Mahabharata • religion • Swami Gyananand
India designated as Guest of Honour at 33rd Guadalajara International Book Fair
India has been designated as the Guest of Honour at the 33rd Guadalajara International Book Fair (GIBF) 2019 in Mexico, which is scheduled to be organized from Nov 30 to Dec 8. The book fair will be the largest book fair in the Spanish speaking world. The dedicated India pavilion at the fair will showcase ..
Topics: Chennai • Creative works • Dangal • Films • Guadalajara • Hindu literature • Hindu texts • Mahabharata • Rama • Ramayana
Ramayana Themed Stamp Released by Indonesia
Indonesia has released a special commemorative stamp on the theme of Ramayana to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its diplomatic ties with India. About the Stamp The stamp is designed by renowned Indonesian sculptor Padmashri Bapak Nyoman Nuarta. The stamp features a scene from Ramayana in which Jatayu valiantly fought to save ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Topics: Act East Policy • Asian-African Conference • Bandung • Bapak Nyoman Nuarta • Buddhist • Hindu • India-Indonesia • Indonesia • Jakarta • Jatayu • Look East • Mahabharata • Muslim • Non-Aligned Movement • Philately • Philately Museum • Ramayana • Sita
Mauritius partner country at 2018 International Gita Festival
The International Gita Festival 2018 will be held at Kurukshetra in Haryana from December 7-23 to commemorate the birth of ‘Srimad Bhagwat Gita’, the sacred scripture containing invaluable advice of Lord Krishna that he proffered to Arjuna, the third Pandava in the battlefield of Kurukshetra on the first day of the famous 18-day battle in ..
Topics: Arjuna • Bhagavad Gita • Bharatayuddha • Deities • Hindu mythology • Hindu pilgrimage sites in India • Hinduism • Krishna • Kurukshetra • Kurukshetra district • Mahabharata • Puranic chronology