#ancientIndia – Swadesi

Yakshagana of Karnataka 2021

Swadesi, January 4, 2021, Culture, #ancientIndia, bhagavata, Chitradurga, costumes, folklore, hindu epic, history, jewelry, karnataka, kuchipudi, madhvacharya, mahabharta, Mandya, Moodalopaya Yakshgana, Moodalopaya: Hasana, ramayana, Tumkur, udupi, Yakshagana, 0

Karnataka has a long history of folklore, dances, theaters and all types of art. Yakshagana is one such type...

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Maghar India: Kabir, History, Location, and Facts

Swadesi, July 2, 2020, Travel, #ancientIndia, #religious, gorakhpur, hindu, kabir, maghar, moksha, muslim, Nawab Bijli Shah of Maghar, poet, Raja Veer Singh of Baghela, religious beliefs, saintkabir, salvation, Sant Kabir Nagar, tourist destination, uttar pradesh, Varanasi, 0

Maghar India Maghar is a town and a Nagar panchayat where 15th-century well-known poet Kabir’s samadhi is made by...

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The Shaniwar Wada Fort

Swadesi, February 24, 2020, Travel, #ancientIndia, #architectureofindia, #indian media, #indiatourism, #Mahabharat, #tourists, anandibai, art and architecture, artistic architecture, baji rao I, bajirao, british empire, Dilli Gate, Ganpati Rang Mahal, gateway, ghostly mystery, Hazari Karanje, jejuri, jungle of junnar, maharasthra, marble flooring, mumbai pune expressway, Narayan Gate, Narayan Rao la dhara, persian rugs, peshwa, Peshwa Bajirao I, Peshwa Narayan Rao, Peshwa Raghunath Rao, pune, ramayana, rich history, shaniwar, sixteen-petals lotus-shaped fountain, stone palace, the Ganpati Gate, the Khidki Darwaza, the Mastani Gate, The Shaniwar Wada Fort, wada, 0

The Shaniwar Wada fort in Pune, which covers about 625 acres, was constructed by Peshwa Bajirao I, as the...

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Terracotta art in India

Swadesi, December 31, 2019, Art, #ancientIndia, #IncredibleIndia, #indiandecor, #indusvalley, #past, clay, craft, crafts, culture, Decor, Handicrafts, India, painting, pots, swadesi, temple, unique, 0

Terracotta is the term normally used for sculpture made in earthenware, and also for various practical uses including vessels (notably flower pots), water and wastewater...

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Turmeric: The Yellow Gold

Swadesi, November 14, 2019, Food, #ancientIndia, #andhrapradesh, #organic dyes, #rituals, #tamilnadu, andhra pradesh, beautification, Cambodian cuisines, cuisine, curcumin, Dal, dyeing, fever, geelrys, Goan cuisine, haldi, herbal, high cholesterol, Indonesian, iran, Iranian, itching, kadhi, kankanabandhana, kannada, kannada brahmins, karnataka, kesari bath, konkani, liver disease, marathi, Moroccan, patoleo, purifying, rasam, sambar, spices, swadesi, Tamil Nadu, thai, tradition, turmeric, yellow, yellow gold, 0

Turmeric is a flowering plant, Curcuma longa of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the roots of which are used in cooking. The plant is native to the...