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View of Sikles village in Kaski district. Sikles is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area, in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. The village is located in the shadow of the Annapurna massif (seen in the backdrop), which includes one peak over 8,000 metres (approximately 26,000 ft), 13 peaks over 7,000 metres (approximately 23,000 ft) and 16 more over 6,000 metres (approximately 20,000 ft).

Priyanka Chharia

Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

Practices and Rituals, People

छत्तीसगढ़ में गोदना प्रथा / The social role of tattooing in ChhattisgarhArticle

गोदना: सामाजिक एवं सांस्कृतिक सन्दर्भ/Godna: Tattooing as Cultural and Social PracticeArticle

Goncha: The Cult of Jagannath in Bastar/ गोंचा: बस्तर में जगन्नाथ उपासना Module

Mushtak Khan field diary 1983: Documentation of Godna/ मुश्ताक खान फील्ड डायरी १९८३: गोदना का प्रलेखनImage Gallery

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Godna: The Practice of Tattooing in Chhattisgarh/छत्तीसगढ़ की गोदना परंपरा Module

In Conversation with Suma Vishnudas: Paniya Practices and LifestyleInterview

Paniya People of Wayanad: A Brief Ethnography Overview

The Paniya Tribe of WayanadModule

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विश्वसों के मूर्तिकार : बस्तर के लोहार | The Lohars o…

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Goncha: The Cult of Jagannath in Bastar/ गोंचा: बस्तर म…

Practices and Rituals

Godna: The Practice of Tattooing in Chhattisgarh/छत्तीसग…

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Mushtak Khan in Conversation with Kamal Singh Lohar on the Process of Stone Carving

Visual and Material Arts Practices and Rituals People

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Process of Stone Carving ; Kamal Singh Lohar

Visual and Material Arts Practices and Rituals People

Suma Vishnudas (Courtesy: Vasundhara Krishnan)

In Conversation with Suma Vishnudas: Paniya Practices and Lifestyle

Practices and Rituals People

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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मुश्ताक खान

Mushtak Khan field diary 1983: Documentation of Godna/ मुश्ताक खान फील्ड डायरी १९८३: गोदना का प्रलेखन

Priyanka Chharia

Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

मुश्ताक खान

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

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Simran Agarwal

Astrology, Astronomy and Medieval Gardens

Practices and Rituals Built Spaces

मुश्ताक खान

रजवार भित्ति अलंकरण के लोकप्रिय शिल्पकार: पण्डितराम रजवार/ The changing face of Rajwar clay art : Panditram Rajwar

Visual and Material Arts Practices and Rituals

मुश्ताक खान

लोहे से प्रस्तर शिल्प तक बनाने वाले: बस्तर के लोहार / Working across Materials : Lohars of Bastar

Visual and Material Arts Practices and Rituals

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Women of the Gurung household weave together a garland for the departed soul; it is considered an offering that they might need in their journey to the afterlife. Hence, unlike regular floral garlands, these contain food items such as biscuits and snacks (Courtesy: Priyanka Chharia)

Priyanka Chharia

Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

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

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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

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सुवागीत/Suva Geet

Chaumasa

छत्तीसगढ़ी सुआ गीत/ Chhattisgarhi Sua Geet