Kumbh Mela
Omicron: Modi sleepwalks taking India towards 3rd wave
December 30, 2021
If one scans the headlines from the past two weeks, there have been two different kinds of stories that have dominated the national news. One is a political rally, or an inauguration of a multi-billion rupee project by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, preferably somewhere in Uttar P...
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Upcoming festive season: A trigger for third wave?
July 22, 2021
Ever since the pandemic hit India, different state governments as well as the Centre officially promoted social distancing and banned large gatherings. However, the reality as seen in pictures and various events was something else. According to a study by Indian Council of Medica...
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Indian cultural heritage inscribed in UNESCO list
December 20, 2019
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage under UNESCO established a list in 2008 to protect and create awareness about intangible cultural practices which define the diversity in heritage of a country and would be lost to the world if n...
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Kumbh Mela
March 5, 2019
Von den verschiedenen Pilgerfahrten der Hindus ist der Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, heute Prayagraj, eines der wichtigsten Feste des heiligen Kalenders. An den Ufern des Ganges, am Zusammenfluss von Yamuna und Saraswati, zieht es immer mehr Anhänger an. Es ist die größte Versammlu...
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Gangasagar Yatra: An annual Hindu pilgrimage in India
January 20, 2017
Every year, millions of Hindus from India and beyond undertake an arduous journey to an island of West Bengal to take a dip in the holy Ganges, where it meets the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
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