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During Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chavithi, devotees bring home or install Lord Ganesha’s idol and worship him for ten days, marking his symbolic presence on earth. The worship culminates with the immersion or Visarjan, which has a spiritual and cultural meaning. According…
Every year on September 5, India celebrates Teachers’ Day to honor Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, one of the nation’s most respected scholars and the second President of India. Born in 1888 in Tiruttani, then part of the Madras Presidency, he hailed…
Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, holds deep cultural as well as political significance in modern Indian history. Though the worship of Ganesha is an age-old tradition, the public celebration of the festival gained prominence in…
Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, earns its title of “Pink City” from the warm rose-colored façades that dominate its historic quarters. The practice began in 1876, when Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II had the city painted in this color to…
Jodhpur, Rajasthan’s second-largest city, is known as the “Blue City” for the cluster of azure houses surrounding the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort. The custom began with the Brahmin community, who painted their homes blue to signify status and align with the…
Pondur, a small town in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, is renowed for its centuries-old tradition of producing khadi of exceptional quality. This handspun, handwoven fabric has earned admiration from figures like Mahatma Gandhi, poet C. Narayana Reddy, and actor Akkineni…
Unakoti, in Tripura’s Unakoti district, is an ancient Shaivite pilgrimage and archaeological marvel, famed for its colossal rock-cut sculptures and intricate bas-reliefs. Bas-reliefs are shallow carvings on a flat surface where figures slightly stand out from the background. The name…
Sallekhana, also known as Santhara, is a voluntary Jain religious vow of gradually reducing food and water intake with the intent to purify the soul and embrace death in a state of detachment. The term comes from the Sanskrit sal…
In 1914, as the First World War raged, the British Empire needed more than rifles and rations: it needed soldiers. Over a million Indian soldiers were called to serve in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. But a deep cultural…