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While menstruation has long been considered a taboo topic in India, ancient Hindu traditions recognise women as a representation of Mother Earth. In certain parts of the country, menses is equated with the ritual of regeneration and fertility, and is thus celebrated. We look at two such festivals—…
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आकृति 1: दंतेश्वरी देवी
प्राचीन समय में बस्तर को चक्रकोट के नाम से तथा वर्तमान दंतेवाडा क्षेत्र को तरलापाल के नाम से जाना जाता था। चालुक्य राजवंश के काकतिय राजाओं ने आरंभ में बारसूर को अपनी राजधानी बनाया। कालांतर में उन्होने अपनी राजधानी दंतेवाड़ा स्थाानांतरित कर ली। काकतिय राजाओं के साथ उनकी…
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Introduction
The state of Himachal Pradesh is located in the midst of the snow-laden Himalayas. It is named thus because of its location: him is derived from the Sanskrit word for ‘snow’, and achal means ‘land’ or ‘abode’. According to ancient Indian mythology, the Himalayas were born from the…
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Kullu Dussehra is an annual event that happens in the month of October in the Kullu town of Himachal Pradesh. The objective of this research is to document the unique structure of the Devi-Devta system in Kullu district and how this culminates into a large religious and social festival.
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Rani ki Vav is one of the most unique and exceptional stepwells in the world. Nowhere do we have a stepwell of the kind of monumentality Rani ki Vav has. Rani ki Vav is situated in Patan, in north Gujarat. It is nowadays a small town in northern Gujarat, but in earlier times it was the capital of…
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Pather Panchali ('Song of the Little Road') [1955]
Amidst huge financial constraints was born a great masterpiece—and a cinematic movement. Pather Panchali heralded the ‘parallel’ school of filmmaking in India, realism being one of its core concerns. Shot over a period of four years, it is an…
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Satyajit Ray (1921–92) is no longer the only Indian filmmaker the world has heard of, but he remains the best-known. Ray’s international reputation, however, does not adequately reflect the complexities and ideological nuances of his films. This module is an attempt to uncover the many layers that…
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Satyajit Ray (1921–92) is no longer the only Indian filmmaker the world has heard of, but he remains the best-known. Ray’s international reputation, however, does not adequately reflect the complexities and ideological nuances of his films. Initially hailed as an Indian incarnation of Robert…
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