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The cranes are revered by the Monpas as the embodiment of the 6th Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso, who was born in Tawang in 1683. He has written about the majestic bird in poems, and has used it as an imagery of his return. This year’s first black-necked crane arrived in its wintering site in Pangcheng valley, along the Nyamjang Chhu river, in Tawang district, on 25 December.
Another mesmerising finding from Sinclair’s study of the Singapore Stone, which was actually blown up by the British in 1843 for smoothening of their passage through the Singapore River, is: Singapore had ‘Tamil connections’ built through the ‘Strait of Singapore as far back as 1,000 years ago.’
An artist, flutist, artiste and cardiologist. Colonel K Sitaram who served in the Indian Army for 28 years, is a man of many talents. His stint in the army led to him witnessing what a war could do a country and its citizens. And he himself was in the thick of it. “That was memorable,” Col Sitaram said while discussing those turbulent times at his home at Gunrock Enclave in Secunderabad.
National Farmers Day 2019: Every year India celebrates National Farmers Day on December 23 to mark former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh’s birth anniversary. The government organizes many programs and debates, seminars on agriculture on this day.
The temple of Chauhaath Yogini (which resembles the Parliament building itself), also known as Ektto Mahadev Temple, is an 11th Century temple located in the Murena district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Ananyo Bhattacharya, a 22-year old student of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology in Surat, suggested the name Bibha for the star, and 13-year-old Vidyasagar Daud of Singhad Spring Dale Public School in Pune suggested the name of Santamasa for the planet.
Tandav dance is the dance called Lasya or the dance moves of goddess Parvati. Its name means beauty, grace, happiness and compassion. The rhythmical steps of this dance are full of harmony, grace and tenderness and are supplementing to the brute male energy of the dance of Shiva. It is a symbol of the harmony of the ancient tempo of the creation of the world.
Created by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay over the last three years, the portal — www.indianculture.gov.in — is a digital resource of documents, artefacts, paintings and other items available in the archive. The minister said the project is a part of the prime minister”s Digital India initiative to showcase information about the rich tangible and intangible cultural heritage of India both at home and abroad.
Claimed to be a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, the department will make the information available on its official website. “These state-protected monuments include palaces, forts, heritage buildings, inscriptions, archaeological sites, temples, mosques, and dargahs. Monuments located in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi and Belagavi divisions will be included in this project,” an official said.
A new research — led by the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, in collaboration with IIT-Bombay — has reported “unequivocal evidence” that there existed a perennial river on the plains of northwestern India. The river, according to the researchers, flowed roughly along the course of the modern Ghaggar. Researchers say that this river was the Saraswati mentioned in the Rig Veda.
