Chandigarh-based Pracheen Kala Kendra, the premier organisation dedicated for the promotion, preservation and dissemination of Indian classical art and culture with a pan-India presence, witnessed a soothing sitar recital by prominent sitar player Subrata De and a melodious Dhrupad recital by Mallick Bandhus at Triveni Kala Sangam Auditorium on the first day of the […]Read More
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Three-day Mehrauli Monsoon Festival kicks off tomorrow Team L&M Home to a large number of monuments and archaeological ruins, a large section of tourists limits their visit to the Qutub Minar. In order to highlight the cultural and ecological significance of Mehrauli as a tourist destination, Delhi Tourism is reviving the ancient tradition of visiting […]Read More
Team L&M Take time out and visit one of these museums this Independence Day which chronicle the history of our country’s freedom struggle and experience life, as our freedom fighters and our forefathers spent, back in those days… Partition Museum, Amritsar Located in Walled City’s historic Town Hall Building, the first museum in the country […]Read More
Benoy K Behl The seemingly-miraculous achievements of Indian civilisation, consistently over the ancient and medieval periods, have been because of a great sense of dedication. This dedication has come from a deep study of the science of life. Philosophy has been a way of life of the Indian people. What is remarkable is that the […]Read More
Benoy K Behl Most people are not aware that at least a score of Hindu deities are very actively worshiped in Japan. In fact, there are hundreds of shrines to Saraswati alone. There are innumerable representations of Lakshmi, Indra, Brahma, Ganesha, Garuda and other deities. In fact, deities we have practically forgotten in India, such […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh Forty years ago, the Kendra was perhaps the only institute to present an aesthetically refined Sampurna Ramayana. Now, it has become imperative for the Kendra to make a departure. This script runs parallel to the show which we have been presenting for the last six decades. What has, however, been done to […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha My first brush with Triveni (Kala Sangam) must have been in the late 70s or perhaps the early 80s — my maternal uncle had put up an exhibition of his batik works at Shridharani Gallery. A couple of visits happened thereafter during my college days with friends but only to grab a bite […]Read More
Team L&M The next time you happen to be in and around Rohtak, make sure you visit the famous Tilyar Lake. Or you can even plan a weekend trip to this beautiful destination in Haryana, especially if you stay in Delhi-NCR. The reason why we say this is because India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (ITDC) […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Before I introduce you to yet another historical jewel hidden in the middle of nowhere, there is a small request I would want to make on behalf of heritage-lovers like me. And this goes out specially for the officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as well as the local police. Why […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha When you are in Garli, you must take time out to visit the two important temples: Masrur Rock Temple and Kalinath Kaleshwar MahadevTemple. Both these temples are said to be constructed by Pandavas during their agyaatwas for Lord Shiva. Masrur Rock Temples is perhaps one of the most unexplored temples in the […]Read More