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12 stories for “Art & Culture” · August 2026
Clear filtersWorld Sanskrit Day is observed every year on Shravana Purnima; in 2026 it fell on August 28. It aims to promote and preserve the Sanskrit language and its cultural heritage. Sanskrit Day has been officially observed in I...
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...
World Photography Day is observed every year on 19 August to honour photographers and recognise how photography preserves important moments; its 2026 theme is “HOME.” The International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to t...
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...
The GI & Beyond 2.0 Summit in New Delhi promoted India's Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged handloom and handicraft products and launched the Digital Handloom Atlas, "One Platform. Endless Markets", to widen market acce...
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...
Chola-period Gajasamharamurti sculptures in Tamil Nadu reflect the excellence of ancient bronze and stone art. Gajasamharamurti, called Yanai Uritha Thevar in Tamil, is Shiva's fierce form after slaying the elephant demo...
More than 13,000 tribal women and girl students performed the Dhimsa dance at the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport, Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh.The performance entered the Guinness World Records as the largest D...
