Culture

Tholpavakoothu is slowly beginning to experiment with new techniques and different stories, and at the helm of it is Shri Ramachandra Pulavar

The portal aims to document India’s languages, encouraging people to learn and speak in their mother tongues and gives endangered languages much-needed online visibility.

From the inclusion of an eighth vow in a wedding ceremony and celebration of diwali to death of a person, Professor Shyam Sunder Jyani is helping integrate sapling plantation in almost every custom that is practised in villages of Rajsthan.

The temple is amongst the few religious sites in the country to have been accredited with ISO certification

A temple bearing an inscription dating back to 1247, makes for a fascinating history lesson

Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great wasn’t the first one to start this tradition of honouring learned men as the nine jewels of his kingdom - through his navratnas are certainly the most famous.

From fasting and feasting to fireworks, Dussehra is celebrated in different ways in different parts of India even as central essence of the festival - the triumph of good over evil - remains the same.

The Indian Family Sticker took form from the very concept of how families had a certain connect amidst themselves that differentiated them from one another—in a positive way.

Ancient Mumbai’s historic architectural genius also reflects in more than 30 pyaus across the city which are fragments of history of a city that never sleeps.

Millions of women from different communities in South India practice this art form every day.