Cultural Heritage
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Hinduism is oldest religion of Punjab. But it has become a minority religion. Just like Mughals, Khalistanis systematically destroyed several 100s of Hindu temples to terrify Hind...
A remote village in south-eastern Bali, Indonesia, a bustling city in central Gujarat, India, and the Amami Ōshima, one of the largest islands in the Amami archipelago in Japan, ha...
Kanneganti Hanumanthu and Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy, two great freedom fighters from Andhra Pradesh, both of them sacrificed their life for cause of freedom on the same date. Thre...
1. India's Expeditions and Empires in Central Asia : A Forgotten Legacy of Hindu Influence https://t.co/EOXCpeRpN0
The Konark Sun Temple is one of the greatest scientifically designed structures ever built. Do you know why? #Thread https://t.co/3Rrj0y6rFL
9 reasons why the Brihadeeswara Mandir is one of the greatest structures ever built. 1. The Mandir is built using the interlock method where no cement, plaster, or adhesive was us...
Native Americans Left A Code Of 20 Rules For Mankind To Live By 1. Rise with the sun to pray. 2. Be tolerant of the people who are lost on their path. 3. Search for yourself, by y...
From the Kufi to the Taqiyah to the Ghuttra, headdress worn by men in Muslim cultures is wonderfully diverse and super stylish - influencing mainstream fashion over the centuries....
From the bagpipes to the guitar, to the piano, many musical instruments came into Europe from Muslim cultures. Much of this is hardly known & rarely acknowledged. Music is one of t...
1 Any Hindu visiting Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti’s Dargah at Ajmer is actually celebrating the desecration & destruction of an ancient Mahadeva temple. Not just the tomb, but in fact t...
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, painted by Pablo Picasso in 1907, is probably the most influential work of modern art. But he didn't come up with it all himself. Picasso borrowed from...
⚜️Do you know? 🌺There are usually 33 different types of Shaligrams associated with the 24 incarnations of Sri Vishnu and the Shaligram is usually collected from the Kali Gandaki r...
Moroccan design is all about colour, texture & fluid lines. It is a unique blend of North African, Mediterranean & Islamic styles, creating a distinctive look which has inspired ar...
Around 2:45 hours of some extraordinary, some rare music from masters long forgotten and few immortal ones—from north to south India , recorded some time in early 1950s. https://t...
Songs in Bollywood movies inspired from elsewhere aren’t something unheard of. But a song created from three different songs almost 50 years ago that continues to charm us even tod...
10 Extremely Beautiful Swaminarayan Temples across the World 1. Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Bhuj, Gujarat https://t.co/EFkwXQ0jV6
Gothic architecture wasn't just a single style. It had hundreds of versions, some strange and some beautiful, in different places and at different times. So here is a journey thr...
20 Traditional Indian State Dishes that everyone must try once in lifetime 1. Litti Chokha, Bihar https://t.co/fwAFDYvdjw
The Konark Sun Temple is one of the greatest scientifically designed structures ever built. Do you know why? #Thread https://t.co/oGybXh1Lfe
🌺Odissi, also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the temples of Odisha.🌺 This dance was accorded the status of a...
Learnt something new today, while the popularity of Ramayana in the orient is well known, it appears to exist on the banks of Volga too. The Kalmyk Mongols of Russia preserved a f...
This is the Welbeck Street Car Park in London. It was built in 1970 and knocked down in 2019, one of many Brutalist buildings demolished in recent years. Love it or hate it, the...
What is Mahyāwa مهياوه? (Also known as mahva, mahya, mishāwa). It's an umami fish sauce, popular in southern Iran (southern Fars, eastern Bushehr, and Hormozgan provinces), and in...
Afghanistan is rich in architectural heritage & natural beauty. Located in the major network of ancient trade routes, connecting India & China to Persia & beyond, Afghanistan is la...