Benoy K Behl Is it not wonderful that about half the patrons of monuments of ancient India were women? It is housewives, nuns, tailors and others who were responsible for the glorious architectural and artistic heritage which we have from early times! A total of 631 donation inscriptions survive at the Great Stupa at Sanchi. […]Read More
Taruna Sharma With sustainability being the key word these days, and various brands across different verticals going in for environment-friendly products for festivals, how can Rakhi be left untouched? One cannot rule out the fact that pandemic is one of the reasons behind this growing consciousness towards environment. Sajke, a Vadodara-based sustainable brand that makes […]Read More
Team L&M Proud moment for all Indians. Dholavira, a Harappan-era metropolis in Gujarat, is now included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. “Dholavira: A Harappan City, in India, just inscribed on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List. Congratulations!” UNESCO tweeted. The World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO is at present having its 44th session meeting. This session […]Read More
Benoy K Behl One of the important sites of the Indus Valley Civilization is at Lothal in present-day Gujarat, on the western coast of India. Here, a large structure has been identified as a tidal dock for sea-faring ships (a remarkable feat for its time). There is a great deal of evidence that the Indus […]Read More
Benoy K Behl In the fourth millennium BCE, one of the earliest civilisations of the world was developing in the river valleys of the Indian subcontinent. In these fertile valleys, with the growth of agriculture, civilisations prospered. Instead of fighting for survival, people could now begin to improve their lives. The first sites of this […]Read More
Magical music of Zakir Husain, Rahul Sharma and voice of Amitabh Bachchan mesmerises Ramayana is one epic that all artist derive inspiration from, be it dancers, actors, musicians or painters all have brought alive the epic through their art. This mythological tale will never go out of fashion and will always motivate generations to come. […]Read More
Team L&M Mumbai was once a group of several islands collectively called Bombay. From the Marathas to the Mughals, the British and even the Portuguese reigned over it at different points in time. Few know that Bombay was fortified to withstand enemy attack and several forts were built for this purpose. Though quite a few […]Read More
Team L&M In what can be termed as a momentous day in the history of Indian photography, the image of the original photograph and digitally-restored photograph of the earliest surviving painting in a Hindu temple: Queen and Attendants, Earliest-Surviving Hindu Painting, Cave 3, Badami, 6th century CE, photographed in 2001 and digitally restored by art […]Read More
On the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, we showcase a few ancient yet lesser-known Buddhist caves in MaharashtraRead More
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