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Janardanaswamy Temple, Varkala, Kerala and tying of dolls on the fertility...
Janardanaswamy Temple, Varkala, Kerala. tourmyindia.comAbove image: Janardhana Swamy Temple, Varkala, Kerala. the holy tree with dolls of fertility.....Janardanaswamy Temple, Varkala, Kerala....
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Inspiring Janardhana temple of Varkala - a famous Hindu pilgrimage center in...
Temples of Kerala and the ritual traditions being followed by them are unique in their own ways. Among the Indian temples only in Kerala we can see certain temples following Tantric tradition of...
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Restored Scottish cemetery, Kolkata serves both as a monument and a...
restored Scottish cemetery, Kolkata. .telegraphindia.comScottish cemetery, Kolkata. findagrave.comrestoreden.wikipedia.orgThe Scottish Cemetery that came up in 1820 in Kolkata is the largest one...
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The largest Scottish cemetery of Kolkata outside Scotland
Among the colonial cemeteries of Kolkata the Scottish Cemetery was a popular one and is being visited by Scots whose forefathers were buried here centuries ago. Before the Scottish Cemetery was...
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First Protestant Mission in India at Tarangambadi, TN produced the first...
Lutheran Saints Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682–1719Tharangambadi, IndiaAbove image: Although he had his own printing press, he had to depend on two Dutch blacksmiths to create Tamil character molds....
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The earliest printing in the Tamil language and role of European missionaries...
The first printing press was set up by the Portuguese in Goa in 1556 CE through Joao De Bustamante. Thanks to the Portuguese jesuits who were on a mission to India along with the Portuguese explorers...
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The story of theft of World’s first printed Bible translation in Tamil from...
Oldest Tamil Bible stolen and recovered after 17 years.ndia.comIn India there are gangs of smugglers operating across the country, particularly in the southern states and their targets are invariably...
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St. John's Church, Meerut city, UP - bells never tolled for a few months...
St. John the Baptist, Meerut, India. studiodharma.inSt. John the Baptist church, en.wikipedia.orgThe St. John the Baptist, or John's Church, a parish church in the diocese of Agra under Church of...
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Pattern 1853 Enfield rifles introduced by the British started the 1957 great...
1857 revolt, India. Enfield rifles. hauntedindia.blogspot.comEnfield pattern 1853 musket cartridges hauntedindia.blogspot.com1857 revolt, India. Enfield rifles legalpaathshala.comPattern 1853 Enfield...
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The old cemetery of St. John's Meerut is in need of urgent repairs. Will the...
Meerut Military Cemetery commons.wikimedia.org/At St John’s Cemetery of Meerut a 200-year-old burial place there are lots of graves hidden under the fallen leaves and among them under the foliage,...
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Architecture of the Music College of Vadodara - Robert Chisholm got...
One of the most versatile and prolific architects to work in British India, "Robert Fellowes Chisholm, a maverick in architecture, was able to design buildings in a variety of impressive styles...
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Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, Vadodara, GJ - impressive Indo-Saracenic...
Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery gujarattourism.comThe purpose of museums is to preserve and interpret things related to present and past activities of humans as material evidence of societal...
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Shaking Minarets of Ahmedabad, Gujarat - an architectural riddle
Shaking minarets,Sidi Bashir mosque,Ahmedabad, GJen.wikipedia.org.Shaking minarets,Ahmedabad,gujarattourism.comShaking minarets,Sidi Bashir mosque,Ahmedabad, GJ in.pinterest.comAmong the innumerable...
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To prevent idol thefts in temples of Tamil Nadu, stone idols are recommended...
Idol theft from Tamil nadu opindia.comThe thefts of idols from the temples of Tamil Nadu continue unabated regardless of beefed-up security and no full-proof security system is in place yet. The...
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Idol Wing recovered in 2022 12th CE Parvati idol of TN from the US stolen 50...
''The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution. The solution he and his fellow advocates propose emphasizes “acts of transparency,” starting with the restitution of ancestral cultural...
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Temple Idol theft near Kumbakonam, TN: Local police for 48 years never...
Temple idol thieves english.makalukhabar.comTheft of temple jewelry. siasat.comFor archaeologist like Erin Thompson whose main area of research is art crime- theft of artifacts, idols, paintings, etc.a...
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Pune's Head Post office building - a British legacy inspired by architect...
Head Post office, Pune, MH sahapedia.orgAbove image: HPO, Pune. 19th century building. location: Sadhuwasvani Chowk, Church Path, beside Samaj Kalyan, Agarkar NagarHead Post office, Pune, MH...
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St. Paul's Church of Pune, an early British legacy modeled after St. Chapelle...
St. Paul's Church, Pune, MH.localguidesconnect.comNecessity arose to have an Anglican church built in Pune, then part of the Bombay Presidency to cater to the spiritual needs of the European soldiers...
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Puri Jagannath temple Rath Yatra 2023 of Puri, Odisha - a unique chariot...
The most exciting and colorful chariot festival takes place annually at Puri Jagannath temple (12th-century stone temple), Odisha and it is considered as the grandest rath yatra in India, drawing the...
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The slowly dying heritage palaces of Mysuru ought to be saved soon
When it comes to listed heritage buildings, no serious attention is paid to their periodic repairs and proper maintenance by the state department in charge of historical and heritage buildings. In...
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