Category: Culture and Heritage
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Celebrating 50 years of Project Tiger || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Celebrating 50 years of Project Tiger || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Prime Minister Narendra Modi the other day. On a safari at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Social media splashed all over the visit of in Karnataka, to mark 50 years of “Project Tiger”. Media eschewed wittingly or unwillingly out of sheer ignorance. The…
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Gor-Karkun: The Apartheid of the Kashmiri Pandits || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
This picture was taken in 1903.A Kashmiri Pandit reciting the Vedas & doing Japa near Dal lake, Srinagar.It was a tradition of Kashmiri Pandits to wake up early morning, pay homage to Surya God & recite the Vedas & mantras.#Kashmir #KashmiriPandits #hindu #SantanDharma #JammuAndKashmir #TeamLostTemples #ancient Very recently, a well to do retired resident Kashmiri…
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Love, Exile, Redemption – Book Review || By Dr. S.N. Pandita || LIVE IMAGE
Love, Exile, Redemption – Book Review || By Dr. S.N. Pandita || LIVE IMAGE Destiny is the strongest magnet! When ‘ fate’ ordains everything falls into place. Perhaps, nothing fits as more appropriatea refrain to describe the making of an extraordinary new book: “Love, Exile, Redemption -The Saga of Kashmir’s Last Pandit Prime Minister (Ram…
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Lalla-(Lal-Ded) || By Prof. Trilok Singh || LIVE IMAGE
Lalla-(Lal-Ded) || By Prof. Trilok Singh || LIVE IMAGE Since long the idea of writing about the Gem of Kashmir was hankering in my mind especially Maqdoom Sahib, Sheikh ul Alam, Ahad Zargar, Rasool Mir and Lal-ded. When I tried to study about them, Got material after going through some book I failed to write,…
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दुनिया की सबसे महंगी कॉफी – Kopi luwak – ये कॉफ़ी सिवेट नामक बिल्ली के मल से तेयार की जाती है || By Rama Deepak || LIVE IMAGE
दुनिया की सबसे महंगी कॉफी – Kopi luwak – ये कॉफ़ी सिवेट नामक बिल्ली के मल से तेयार की जाती है || By Rama Deepak || LIVE IMAGE दुनिया में कॉफ़ी के दीवानो की कमी नही है। एक कप कॉफ़ी के लिये लोग कई हज़ार रुपये तक खर्च करने के लिये तेयार रहते है और…
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The Sanskrit Chronicles of Kashmir& Oral Tradition Among the Kashmiri Brahmins || By Dr. S.N. Pandita || LIVE IMAGE
The Sanskrit Chronicles of Kashmir& Oral Tradition Among the Kashmiri Brahmins || By Dr. S.N. Pandita The Enigma of Sikandar ‘Bhutshikan’ In The Sanskrit Chronicles of Kashmir& Oral Tradition Among the Kashmiri Brahmins (A first-time scan into Sanskrit terms used for Sikandar’s iconoclasm) Dr. S.N. Pandita Europe’s Earliest Attention to History of Kashmir Europe’s…
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Winged visitors find hosts inhospitable || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Winged visitors find hosts inhospitable || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Eventually seasonal winged visitors have started hovering over the Ranjit Sagar these days in an appreciable number after a long wait over the years. Too early to arrive at to any conclusive decision whether these migratory birds shall have a winter sojourn this time or shall…
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Wild Horses in Ladakh || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Wild Horses in Ladakh || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Hardly found any mention to be relied upon about the horses in wild Horses found anywhere in the Indian Subcontinent. Whereas, as a student of Nature this writer had an inkling of its existence here in the cold deserts of Ladahak. The reason…
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Save Martand of Jammu- The Purmandal Heritage Complex || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Save Martand of Jammu- The Purmandal Heritage Complex || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Shivites went into euphoric Jubilation the otherday.The moment Social media shared that the Prime Minister Narendra Demodardass Bai has shown his keen interest. In the pictorial Exhibition presenting the rich heritage of the Purmandal Utterbani complex. Put up at the…
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Happy Lohri 2025 || Dulla Bhatti || The Landlord || Real Story || Haroon Khalid || LIVE IMAGE
On Lohri, remembering Dulla Bhatti, the landlord who stood up to the mighty Akbar Legend goes that the rebel chieftain saved two Brahmin girls from the emperor and married them off on the day of the winter festival. Akbar Surrounded by thousands of others, there is nothing remarkable about the grave of Dulla Bhatti, on…