Given urban life as well as the many influences and images that are now readily accessible, autumn may well evoke both our festivals with their Indianised marigold flowers as well as the American fall, Halloween and the like, even if the latter is confined to the urban, upper classes. But...
In India, take a walk down the Mumbai waterfront in the early morning mist, and you see ordinary citizens quietly feeding the fish and the birds. Their daily day doesn’t really begin until the deities in their home shrine have been venerated with fresh flowers and offered prasadam. It is...
Update your formal wardrobe with the best designer outfits. Style your season with these trendy dresses and make your festivals more charming! Have a look at the below posted categorical form of the latest designs of Manish Malhotra dresses and get inspirations. Latest Gowns Designs A ball gown,...
The fascinating, stimulating and sad elements of the exhibition are the “presence” of the historical photographs. These photographs range from the European architectural documentation of Indian temples through European colonial-ethnographic images which document Indian ethnic “types” – in the case of...
with the recognition of this fact by the scientific community, a partial redemption has been made by adding the original Indians’ names to the existing name(s). Again, it would have been more appropriate to remove the Europeans’ names and simply put those in parenthesis as “the earlier or...
“not to eat during prohibited hours, not to take part in festivals and amusements, not to use garlands, perfume or ointments, not to use a bed (or chair) that is too large or luxurious and not to use money (for oneself). This distinction between the lay followers and monks and ...
Its website informs that in countries that have a sizeable ethnic Indian population, the centers focus on teaching Indian dance, music, languages and yoga, and organize national days and festivals. Further, since 2006, the Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children grants scholarships of up to ...
in these inscriptions, the Prakrit term ‘Gani’ ( leader of a Gana , a group) becomes “Kani’; ‘Acharya’ becomes ‘Acirikar’; names like ‘Nanti’ become ‘Nattai or Nattu’; sacred images Prathima (Patima) be comes ‘tirumenai’; and,’Sranana’ ( a Jain monk) becomes ‘Amana...
Visually they are images that speak in lines and colours and are drawn for some rituals or festivals on household and village walls to mark the seasonal festivals or special events of the life cycle. Intricate flora, animal and birds motifs can also be found along with geometrical designs to ...
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