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The quaint green village of Athimalaipattu, 14 km from Arani in Tamil Nadu, wakes up before sunrise. By dawn, the roads are alive with colour: long rows of silk threads stretched carefully from end to end, beaten gently to bring out their shine. Children run around, carrying ropes, sticks, and scissors, helping their weaver-parents with…
Sarasvati Mahal Library in Thanjavur. File | Photo Credit: M. Srinath The Public Works Department’s Building Centre and Conservation Division has set the ball rolling to restore the historic Sarasvati Mahal Library in Thanjavur. This iconic structure will be taken up as an additional project, apart from the many other heritage conservation projects sanctioned this…
Sivanagireddy and heritage activists at a cave at Ananthagiri in Vikarabad district on Saturday (May 31, 2025) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT A group of 15 rock-cut Jain caves in Anantagiri — a hill station in Vikarabad district — dating back to the 9th century CE, are in dire need of protection. Archaeologist and CEO of…
The exhibition, completed by April 30, was installed over ten days and includes murals painted on electricity boxes and backlit posters mounted on lamp posts. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement On the occasion of the 104th birth anniversary of acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray, a 120-foot stretch of wall outside his residence on Bishop Lefroy Road…
At Raghurajpur, art flows like a river through time. Situated in Odisha’s Puri district, this heritage village is a living testament to creativity. Narrow, winding lanes are lined with homes that double as workshops, their verandahs adorned with intricate Pattachitra scrolls, delicate palm-leaf engravings, and vibrant wooden toys. Seated on low stools, men and women…
A large number of tourists from Telangana have been making a beeline to the ‘Heart of India’ — Madhya Pradesh (M.P.) — with many preferring temples and other pilgrimage centres in that State, thanks to enhanced road and air connectivity between both the States and improved facilities at tourist destinations across M.P. Although M.P. is home to more…
One of the pieces from the collection | Photo Credit: special arrangement In the remote villages of Tamil Nadu, under the canopy of a tree, rest the sapta kannika. The seven goddesses represented by seven bricks, smeared in turmeric and adorning bright pieces of Chinnalapatti cloth, come to life in the artwork displayed at the centre of Forum…
In South Mumbai’s ‘Heritage Mile’, home to many colonial buildings, including the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, there’s a hidden gem. It is Sarmaya’s new outpost, which opened last month on the second floor of the 146-year-old Lawrence & Mayo building in Fort. The 3,500 sq.ft. space, once home to a bank, now houses the decade-old hybrid museum’s archive…
