Heritage

The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, today unveiled ‘Statue of Peace’ to mark the 151st Birth Anniversary celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj, via video conferencing. The Statue unveiled in the honour of the Jain acharya, has been named as ‘Statue of Peace’. The 151-inch-tall statue has been made from Ashtadhatu i.e. 8 metals, with Copper being the major constituent, and is installed at Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jetpura, in Pali, Rajasthan.

India is home to many museums, and now it seems it is on its way to receive a sandalwood museum, too. The country’s very first, this museum is likely to come up later this month in Mysuru in Karnataka.

Sora, also known as Saura, is an indigenous language spoken, according to the 2011 Indian Census, by about 409,549 people in parts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha and the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh. Latin and Odia alphabets are used for Sora along with Sorang Sompeng, and its limited usage is partly explained by the competition with those two majority writing systems.

Kibithoo is India is easternmost inhabited place which stands on the line of control (LAC). It is uniquely located on the tri- junction, with China to the north and Myanmar to the east. A small village in the Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district, it is located on the last road head of extreme northeast of north eastern India and the very place that the Lohit River enters India.

For the first time since its excavation in the 1930s, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has started restoration work of the Neolithic archeological site of Burzahom in Srinagar outskirts. The site which is known to be the first Neolithic site to be discovered in Kashmir dates back to 3000 to 1000 BC.

: A pipeline structure with 21 pipes fitted continuously was found in Adhichanallur, Tuticorin district.
The Tamil Nadu State Archaeology department is on an endeavour to find the habitation at the site that is considered to be one of the oldest archaeological sites in India.