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Till 2019, India Gate used to be the starting point of events on Republic Day, where the Prime Minister laid a floral wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti, followed by two minutes’ silence in the memory of martyred soldiers. In 2020, this event took place at the newly built National War Memorial.

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Marching to Military Music: Republic Day Parade Rehearsals

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Porattukali: Performance Art of Kerala’s Dalit CommunityModule

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Vighnesh Hampapura

Theatre Space of Rangayana

Performing Arts Institutions

Haritha Vijayakumaran

Porattukali: Performance Art of Kerala’s Dalit Community

Performing Arts

Goutham Raj Konda

The Hip-hop Culture of Dharavi: A Subaltern Art Form

Performing Arts

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Nagānandam Night 7: Malayavati's Desperation

Performing Arts

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Vighnesh Hampapura in Conversation with Bhagirathi Bai Kadam: Living Theatre

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Subhadrādhanañjayam Srastum Vanchati

Performing Arts

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Mattavilāsam Night 3, Part 2

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Jai Thakur

Marching to Military Music: Republic Day Parade Rehearsals

Haritha Vijayakumaran

Porattukali in Pictures

Goutham Raj Konda

Dharavi’s Hip-hop: A Culture in Images

Shreyosee Sen

Halua Haluani Khon: An Image Gallery

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Abhilasha Ojha

Khemchand Prakash: The Man Who Discovered Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar

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Chandradasan

How Ebrahim Alkazi Revolutionised the Destiny of Indian Theatre

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Ajeya Vajpayee

The Evolving Storyline of Rajasthan’s Kaavad

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Military regiments from the Indian Armed Forces rehearse for the Republic Day Parade on Rajpath for days before the main event on 26th January each year. They are joined by the Indian Military Bands who put up an exclusive show on 29th January when the ceremony closes on Vijay Chowk, known as Beating Retreat.

Jai Thakur

Marching to Military Music: Republic Day Parade Rehearsals

Thira is a ritual dance-drama where various deities of the land are invoked and they give divine blessings for the welfare of the land and the people. Thira is unique to the Malabar region in Northern Kerala, where it is performed in sacred shrines and ancestral temples located in kavus (Courtesy: Kirthana Devdas)

Kirthana Devdas

Spirit of the Sacred Groves: Thira of Northern Kerala

The Tuluvas engage spiritually with a host of local spirits and deities during the annual celebration of Bhuta-Kola; bhuta meaning spirit and kola meaning play or performance, in the Tulu language. During the ritual, oracles summon bhutas and are temporarily possessed by them, forecasting future events or acting as mediators to provide moral guidance and resolve legal disputes.

Pradeep KS

Dance of the Spirits: Bhuta-Kola of Dakshin Kannada

The Chinese word gun refers to a long staff used as a weapon. It is one of the four major weapons, along with the qiang (spear), dao (sabre), and the jian (straight sword), used in Chinese martial arts.

Sujata Khanna

Training the Body and Mind: Kung-Fu Nuns of Kathmandu

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मध्य प्रदेश आदिवासी लोक कला प्रकाशन

भिम्मा, Bhimma

Chaumasa

महाभारत की वाचिक परंपरा का लोकस्वरूप 'पांडवानी'

Chaumasa

साधना और संघर्ष: परिवर्तन ही श्रेयष्कर है

Chaumasa

साधना और संघर्ष: तीजन बाई से एक भेंट

छत्तिसगढ़ी पंडवानी कला मंच, रायपुर

पंडवानी स्मारिका

मध्य प्रदेश शासन संस्कृति विभाग

तुलसी सम्मान 1990-91