Team L&M Buddha Purnima is a festival celebrated by Buddhists all over the world signifying the Birth, Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha.six places that form the Buddhist Circuit of UP namely- Kapilvastu, Shravasti, Sankisa, Kaushambi, Sarnath and Kushinagar. In Kapilvastu, located in Siddharthnagar district, Siddhartha Gautama spent his first 29 years and then renounced […]Read More
As Independence Day approaches, I’m reminded of Swaraj is my birthright slogan. Today it has a totally new meaning: I ,me, myself. Tilak, Bal (nothing childish about him) Gangadhar was a Puneite. Well, that’s how we remember him even if he was born in Bombay he was brought up in Pune. Growing up in Punjab […]Read More
Team L&M The Ramcharitmanas (authored by Goswami Tulsidas), Panchatantra (authored by Pt. Vishnu Sharma) and Sahṛdayāloka-Locana (authored by Acharya Anandvardhan) have been included in ‘UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register’, confirming country’s rich literary heritage and cultural legacy. This inclusion signifies a step forward in global cultural preservation efforts, highlighting the importance of […]Read More
नेहा मंगल अक्षय तृतीया या आखा तीज वैशाख मास में शुक्ल पक्ष की तृतीया तिथि को कहते हैं। पौराणिक ग्रंथों के अनुसार इस दिन जो भी शुभ कार्य किये जाते हैं, उनका अक्षय फल मिलता है। इसी कारण इसे अक्षय तृतीया कहा जाता है। वैसे तो सभी बारह महीनों की शुक्ल पक्षीय तृतीया शुभ होती […]Read More
Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the “Crown of the State”, occupying its north-eastern end. It is bounded by Kamareddy and Sangareddy districts of Telangana state on the eastern side, Latur and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra state on […]Read More
Bonoy K Behl From the 1st century onwards in India, the human form became the main embodiment of philosophic concepts. These exquisite forms were made to move us and to transport us beyond our worldly concerns, to that which was more important. Temples were conceived as homes for the deity: where the formless eternal takes […]Read More
Shajapur got its name after the Mughal Emperor Shah-e-Jahan (Kind of the World), as a memory of the young prince return from his invasion and crusade of the Deccan plateau, in early 1600s. After a fierce war and the triumph of victory of the Mughals, while returning from Southern part of India, the young prince […]Read More
Rain water harvesting that is usually taken to be a Western thought process of the recent times has been a part of the Indian culture since time immemorial. Not just Rain Water harvesting, in Bharat, we even had the concept of flood Water harvesting. There have been numerous examples of Water intelligent city planning done […]Read More
Raja is not a word, it is a state of being. Raja aadmi means dil se raja – large hearted. Not merely royalty. Merely? Them royals might kill me and the story of Seraikella killings come to mind. Seraikella Chhau on cover of Surya mag (March 1977) of Maneka Gandhi Seraikella is a small principality which […]Read More
Team L&M People are getting excited as Puthandu, the vibrant celebration of the Tamil New Year, draws near (April 14). Families will get together to celebrate customs and embrace Tamil Nadu’s rich cultural legacy during this time. Choosing what to wear is one of the many aspects of this joyous occasion that frequently causes people […]Read More