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The Rangpur-Sivasagar Historical Ensemble in Assam has entered UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List, with India's dossier filed under cultural criteria (iii) and (iv). It includes Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar, the Namdang S...
The Archaeological Survey of India recorded a Chola inscription at the Vedapureeswarar Temple in Therazhundur, Mayiladuthurai district. Dated 1003 CE, the 18th regnal year of Rajaraja Chola I, it is in Tamil on a pillar...
The reconstructed Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was formally opened on August 30, 2026. Built in 1611 CE by Muthu Veerappa Nayak, brother of King Thirumalai Nayak, it stands near t...
A Megalithic burial complex with several dolmens and cist burials has been found at Kadamakuttai village in Krishnagiri district. Its enclosing wall is still visible and the monuments follow a planned layout. Neolithic f...
A 13th-century Tamil stone inscription found at the Thanthondreeswarar Temple, a Shiva shrine at Anandur near Pochampally in Krishnagiri district, records that four Jewish merchant guilds paid for the construction of a h...
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)–National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage (NIIMH) signed an MoU with the Sevadhi Museum and Indological Research Institute (SEMIRI) in Kerala to digitise...
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma inaugurated a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Eri silk weaving at Nongpoh in Ri-Bhoi district. The centre aims to preserve the traditional craft and pass it on to future generatio...
The 11th BRICS Culture Ministers' Meeting ended in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, with members adopting the Bhopal Declaration. The declaration sets out the shared commitments of BRICS countries on cooperation in culture and th...
The Mising, Assam's second-largest plains tribe, drew attention on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (9 August) for their age-old ways of coping with floods. They live mainly along the Brahmaputra a...
A centuries-old Veeragallu (hero stone) carrying a Kannada inscription has been found at the Lakshmi Narayana Swamy Temple in Neeragunda village, Hassan district, Karnataka. It records that a soldier named Boppa died sho...
Pithora painting is a centuries-old wall art tradition of Gujarat's Rathwa tribal community, found mainly in Panchmahal and Chhota Udaipur, and practised by the Rathwa, Bhil and Bhilala tribes since around the 13th centu...
Kharchi Puja is being observed in Agartala, the capital of Tripura, following the Ama Pechi (Ambu Bachi) period. According to tradition, Ama Pechi represents the menstruation of Mother Earth. Kharchi Puja marks the ritua...
