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7 stories for “Art & Culture” · October 2026
Clear filtersBathukamma, the floral festival of Telangana that runs for nine days, is being celebrated from 10 to 18 October 2026. The festival is dedicated to the worship of Goddess Gauri and is marked by honouring nature and womanh...
World Architecture Day is marked every year on the first Monday of October and fell on 5 October in 2026. It seeks to build awareness of the part architecture plays in society and in shaping human settlements. The theme...
The Union government has sanctioned five Centres of Excellence for the classical languages Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit. They will support research and help preserve, document and digitise literary herita...
Mandar, a traditional folk percussion instrument of Jharkhand, has been granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai. The instrument has a cylindrical body made of red cl...
Five new sites have been added to India's UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, raising the total to 78. They are Bagh Cave Paintings, Group of Temples of the Chambal Valley, Udaigiri Caves, Ginnorgarh, and Site...
The Union government has sanctioned a ₹87 crore project to develop India's first world-class geological museum at Bhedaghat-Lamhetaghat in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The museum is intended to showcase the country's geolog...
Mizoram has organised its first-ever 'Pluck & Pay' festival at Tualte and Chawngtlai villages in Khawzawl district. Under the concept, visitors pick fresh produce directly from farms and pay the growers on the spot. The...
