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Women collect flowers and handcraft cotton wicks for small lamps in the afternoon.

Swarnima Kriti

Devari: The Other Diwali in Chhattisgarh

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Manikyapattanam Sree Chandhraprabha Digambara Basadi: A conversation on myth and memoryInterview

Jain Temples in Wayanad: Vishnugudi and JanardhanagudiArticle

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पोला/गौठान: मानव एवं पशु संबंधों की छत्तीसगढ़ी परम्परा, Pola/Gauthan: Chhattisgarh's Unique Relationship with CattleImage Gallery

Jungoo, Dooah and Songs of Jaunpur GarhwalInterview

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Celebrating Pus: the festivals of winter in Bastar

Practices and Rituals

The making of an artist: Sona Bai Rajwar/ सोना बाई रजवा…

Visual and Material Arts Practices and Rituals

Bamboo in Chhattisgarh/छत्तीसगढ़ में बांस की भूमिका

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A sculpture from the Chandraprabha basadi at Jainamedu in Palakkad district. The sculpture depicted on the pillar represents a male and a female figure riding on a horse (Courtesy: Rajesh Karthy)

Manikyapattanam Sree Chandhraprabha Digambara Basadi: A conversation on myth and memory

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Jungoo, Dooah and Songs of Jaunpur Garhwal

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Jungoo and Dooah

Knowledge Traditions Practices and Rituals People

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The Landscape of Lac Production in Bastar: a conversation between Arunpol Seal and Basant Yadav, President, Sahabhagi Samaj Sevi Sanstha

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पोला/गौठान: मानव एवं पशु संबंधों की छत्तीसगढ़ी परम्परा, Pola/Gauthan: Chhattisgarh's Unique Relationship with Cattle

Swarnima Kriti

Devari: The Other Diwali in Chhattisgarh

Rajim Maghi Punni Mela in Rudri

Rajim Maghi Punni Mela in Rudri

Articles

Jaseera CM

Jain Temples in Wayanad: Vishnugudi and Janardhanagudi

Practices and Rituals Built Spaces

Navina Lamba

Janmashtami: Prominent Places Where Krishna’s Birth is Celebrated

Practices and Rituals

Arunpol Seal

Winter Winds: Of Saps, Resins and the Forests of Bastar

Practices and Rituals Natural Environment

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Tusu is a harvest festival celebrated by the Kurmi community of Chhota Nagpur Plateau in West Bengal and Jharkhand. (Courtesy: Pinki Biswas Sanyal)

Pinki Biswas Sanyal

Tusu: A Harvest Festival of Chhota Nagpur

Transgender people from across India and abroad gather in Koovagam, a village in the Ulundurpettai taluka in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu. The festival takes place every year over an 18-day period in the month of Chaitra (April/May). Transgender women take part in the Koovagam festival to re-enact the marriage of Aravan with Mohini, a story which appears in the Tamil versions of Mahabharata.

G. Pattabiraman

Thousand Weddings and a Funeral: Koovagam Festival and Cult of Aravan

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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गोरखनाथ के समसामयिक सिद्ध/Gorakhnath ke Samasamyika Siddha

गोरख सिद्धान्त/Gorakh Siddhant

गोरखनाथ का अपदिष्ठ योग मार्ग/ Gorakhnath ka Upadishta Yoga Marga

गोरखनाथ/Gorakhnath

Chaumasa

सुवागीत/Suva Geet

Chaumasa

छत्तीसगढ़ी सुआ गीत/ Chhattisgarhi Sua Geet