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Adichanallur: Significance Of The Iron-Age Burial Site In India's Ancient History

Adichanallur: Significance Of The Iron-Age Burial Site In India's Ancient History

S Krishnan
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IRCTC Launches International Tour To Nepal And Shri Ramayana Yatra To Sri Lanka

IRCTC Launches International Tour To Nepal And Shri Ramayana Yatra To Sri Lanka

Arun Kumar Das
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Tamil Nadu: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman To Inaugurate On-Site Museum In Adichanallur On 5 August

Tamil Nadu: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman To Inaugurate On-Site Museum In Adichanallur On 5 August

S Rajesh
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Kashipath Day-1: Lepakshi, Where Jataayu Fell Fighting Ravana, And Siva Stands Tall

And after months of planning at Swarajya, and not to mention, several flip-flops, our Kashi trip actually took off. Here’s a ground report on Day One from the temple town of Lepakshi.

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Aravindan Neelakandan
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Kashipath 2019 Day 4: Ellora’s Kailasha Cave, Where The Depictions Of Shiva Have Inspired Millions Through Millennia

Aravindan Neelakandan
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Kashipath 2019 Day-5 : From Sacred Mother Narmada To Vikramaditya’s Ujjain, To Worship Mahakaleshwar

Aravindan Neelakandan
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Kashipath 2019 Day-6: At Bhimbetka, Looking Through A Window Into The Dawn Of Human Civilisation

Aravindan Neelakandan
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Kashipath 2019 Day-7: From Cave Shelters To A Temple - To View The Astounding Work Of Raja Bhoja And Dr K K Muhammad

Aravindan Neelakandan
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In Pictures: The Newly Inaugurated Keezhadi Museum In Tamil Nadu

S Rajesh
Keezhadi Museum

Makar Sankranti 2023: Traditional Rangoli In Myriad Modern Forms

Ranjani Govind
11mo Culture
Mandala Art for Makar Sankranti

Tamil Nadu: Sethusamudram Resolution Moved In Assembly Supported By All Parties

Swarajya Staff
Aerial view of Ram Setu.

Tamil Nadu: 'Sethusamudram Project Should Be Revived', Says Chief Minister MK Stalin

Swarajya Staff
Ram Setu

Tamil Nadu Plans To Restart Keezhadi Excavation

Swarajya Staff
11mo Insta
Keezhadi Excavation

Tamil Nadu: Two Historic Temples Saved From Demolition For Chennai Metro

Swarajya Staff
Sundara Varadaraja Perumal temple, Virugambakkam, Chennai.

Retired IG Ponn Manickvel Vs Suspended DSP Kader Batcha: CBI Begins Probe On Tamil Nadu Idol Theft Cases After Madras HC Order

Swarajya Staff
Pon Manickvel

Excavated Findings At Rare Buddhist Site In Karnataka At The Mercy Of Nature Even After Two Decades, Reveals CAG Report

Harsha Bhat
Faulty repair works at the Buddhist site in Kanaganahalli.

YUVA Tourism Clubs To Get CBSE Support

Arun Kumar Das
Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy

Rampant Theft Of Idols In Odisha: What Needs To Change

Arun Kumar Das
Idols recovered from Ratnachira Valley in Odisha by the group “Rediscover Lost Heritage” in 2021

How The Museums Of Yale And Harvard House Stolen, Ill-Gotten Indian Artefacts

S Vijay Kumar
12th–13th century Arch (Parikara) (Image: Yale Art Gallery)

Gods Beneath The Garbage: Treasure Trove Of Ancient Idols Discovered In Odisha's Ratnachira Valley, After Decades Of Neglect

Arun Kumar Das
Idols recovered beneath a garbage heap, by researchers from Rediscover Lost Heritage.

Another Feather In India's Cap: Telangana Rudreswara Temple Becomes Country's 39th World Heritage Site

Arun Kumar Das
Rudreswara temple, Warangal, Telangana.

Centuries-Old Post-Gupta Era Temple Discovered In Odisha

Arun Kumar Das
The discovered temple in Ratnachira Valley of Odisha and the explorers of INTACH (at right)

Respect The Past, And The Post, Urge Karnataka's Dispirited Epigraphists, As System Stops Filling Departmental Vacancies

Harsha Bhat
An inscription in Seerkazhi temple, which might soon be lost during ‘renovations’. 

Ramappa Temple Of Warangal: India's Stone Wonder Whose Nomination To UNESCO's List Of World Heritage Sites Stands Deferred

Swarajya Staff
Rudreswara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana

Reimagining Museums In India

Arunima Gupta
A section of the Indian Museum

Vishnu Without Lakshmi? Deeper Study Of Odisha Mutts Suggested To Ascertain, Recover And Preserve Hidden, Lost Treasures

Arun Kumar Das
A dilapidated building of the Emar Mutt in Odisha.

Bhandarkar Institute Returns With Online Course 'Introduction To Indian Heritage'

Karan Kamble
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

The Sinauli Chariots — An Analysis

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
Burials at Sinauli, Uttar Pradesh.

A 1,500-Year-Old Temple In Tamil Nadu That Should Have Been Renovated And Reinstated Is, Instead, Having To Fight For Its Land And Legacy  

Harsha Bhat
Sri Nareeswarar Temple.

Chennai Temple’s Land Restored From Mosque Committee After 20 Years Of Struggle, District Collector Silent Over Missing Pond

M R Subramani
The Madras High Court ruling over Virugambakkam temple.

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: A Feat Beneath The Ground In Ellora, Called Kailasanatha

R Gopu
7000 Wonders of India (Illustration: Swarajya Magazine) 

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: The Magnificence Of Virupaksha Temple At Pattadakkal

R Gopu
Left: Virupaksha Temple from southwest corner; Right: A Nandi shrine. (Arian Zwegers/Wikipedia)

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: Architecture — 'Prajaanaam Ishta Siddhyartham'

R Gopu
Kailasanatha temple, Kanchi.

US Returns 10 Smuggled Artefacts To India; Here Are Six Reasons Why This Is Significant

S Vijay Kumar
The idols which were restored to India.

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India Part III - Rajasimha Pallaveshvaram

R Gopu
Kailasanatha temple, Kanchi.

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: An Artistic Pilgrimage Of India’s Lesser Known Temples-Part I

R Gopu
Carvings of the 8th century Kailasanathar Temple in Kanchi (Wikipedia) 

A Millennium Of Sri Ramanuja, A Guiding Light On Spiritual Harmony

Shyam Krishnakumar
Sri Ramanuja (Debanjon/Wikimedia Commons)

Kashipath 2019 Day-11: Finally, In The Colour And Chaos Of Kashi, And Mesmerised For All Time To Come

Aravindan Neelakandan
Dashawamedha Ghat in Varanasi.  (Santosh Kumar Velamala/Wikipedia)

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