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88What is the meaning of the spoked wheel in the flag of India?
When India's National flag was adopted in the Constituent Assembly, the then Vice President Dr. S. Radhakrishnan explained the meaning of the spoked wheel that featured in the centre of the flag as follows:...
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75Gopurams - Dravidian Style Hindu Temple Gate Towers
Gopurams are unique to Hindu Temple architecture of Dravidian style, which developed in Southern India and mainly flourished in areas currently within the state of Tamil Nadu. Gopurams are towers found at the...
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81Great Temple of Thanjavur - An Architectural Masterpiece of Chola Rule in South India
Thanjavur was the capital of Chola Kingdom during 9th to 13 centuries in Tamilnadu. As the kingdom became powerful the kings patronised arhitects and artisans. This period was one of the important phases in...
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83Can Indus Script be Deciphered?
Indus Valley Civilization, one of the ancient civilizations of the world, was Flourishing in the nothern part of Indian sub-continent aroung 3500 Bc - 1500 BC. Ruins of the Cities of this civilaization had...
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82Kolam - The Traditional Floor Drawing of South India
Kolam is a drawing generally drawn at the entrance of a house or any other building. This is a very old practice in South India. Dried rice flour or other types of wkite powders are used for drawing kolams....
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78Palaces of South India
South India has a long history. Currently, South India is part of India includes four states namely, Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala. In the past this region had been broken into many small...
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66Ancient Buildings and Sculptures of Mamallapuram in South India
Mamallapuram was a florishing port city, during 6 to 9 centuries A.D, in the modern indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pallava dynasty was powerful during this period in this region and a regional architectural style...
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66Ancient Sculptures of Pallava Period, Tamilnadu, India
Pallavas ruled Tamilnadu from 6th century AD to 9th century AD. Budhism and Jainism were the main religions before this period started fading away during Pallava rule. Hinduism had a great revival during this...
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67South Indian Floor Drawing - 5
In South Indian Floor Drawing -4, we drew a simple kolam which contained 9 separate closed loop. In this hub we can see how the same kolam can become a bit complicated. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 Fig. 1 above shows...
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70Kolam - South Indian Floor Drawings - 2
South Indian floor drawing patterns are drawn either with an array of dots or without it. This page shows some examples of these patterns drawn using dots. Shown above are two small kolam patterns. First...
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