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CULTURE

Why are Mango Leaves hung Above our Doors considered auspicious?

Walk along almost any lane in India during a festival, and you will see a string of mango leaves, sometimes broken up with orange...

Swami Swaroopananda’s New Book “You Are The Sky”: Exploring Emotions Through Vedantic Wisdom

How do feelings steer us, and who is holding the wheel? Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head of Chinmaya Mission, answers that question in his new...

The Muslim Craftsman Who Builds Ravana’s Chariot Every Year for Prayagraj’s Oldest Ramlila

Every year, a few weeks before Dussehra, a man in Prayagraj's Chowk area begins building Ravana's chariot. He has...

A Muslim Sculptor Has Built the Kingdom of the Ramayana in Guwahati

A Muslim sculptor from Assam has built the monkey kingdom of the Ramayana in the middle of a Guwahati...

Nainital’s Ramlila Will Not Begin Without This Muslim Artist

Nainital's Ramlila will not begin until a Muslim man finishes his work. The curtain waits for him. The actors...

150 Years of Shared Heritage: The Dussehra Festival of Almora

Almora's Dussehra is one of those rare cultural festivals where history is not simply preserved in museums. Instead, it...

Why Did India’s First Mosque, Church and Synagogue All Appear on Kerala Coast?

Three of the oldest houses of worship in India- one Muslim, one Christian and one Jewish- stand within a...

Jaipur’s Famous Blue Pottery Has a Story That Crosses Borders 

Pick up a blue pottery bowl in a Jaipur shop, and you are holding an object with no clay...