Culture

Preservation of Historical Monuments

Culture ppb - February 9, 2021

There are 3693 monuments of national importance under protection of Archaeological Survey of India. The encroachment in the premises of the protected monuments/area are removed...

Inscriptional Journey of Classical Odia Language

Culture Dr. Debasis Mohapatra - February 19, 2024

India is a multilingual country. The Constitution of India has an exclusive chapter for patronage of languages. In this chapter there are...

Focus on Temple Reforms

Culture ppb - October 6, 2018

The Jagannath temple is different from other shrines in the country. Any attempt to tamper its culture and tradition would be counterproductive. The devotees...

MINOR ATTACKS INTO PURI SRIMANDIR

Culture Dr. Prafulla Kumar Rath - June 23, 2020

Wooden images of Adi Shankara and the first pontiff of Gobardhana Matha Padmapada were enshrined on the Ratna Simhasan and were worshipped along with...

HERITAGE OF ODISHA

Culture Dr Prafulla Kumar Rath - August 7, 2020

Odisha, the place where flourished many religious tenets, gallantry of the local militia, architectural representations of extraordinary artistic skill and craftsmanship, prosperity through maritime...

Relics found by ASI in Maharastra’s Phupgaon, indicate towards Iron Age Settlement

Culture ppb - August 22, 2019

The recent excavation carried out by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Maharashtra’s Phupgaon has revealed evidence of an Iron Age settlement in the Vidarbha region....

Subtle beings & tantric mysteries

Culture Ramesh Patnaik - May 7, 2021

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Ratha Jatra in Sri Purusottama Kshetra

Culture Prof. Rajkishore Mishra - July 4, 2019

Badadanda (Grand Road) was not a continuous stretch as it was bisected by an intervening river Malini. There was then a need of constructing...

Worshipping formlessness

Culture Ramesh Patnaik - August 7, 2020

Point of view Worship of idols, however, has been considered idolatry in monotheistic religions as "veneration of false Gods". Opposition to idol worship has given...

Of soul’s transmigration

Culture Ramesh Patnaik - August 21, 2020

Point of View Rebirth or transmigration is a non-physical essence of a living being after biological death. Resurrection is a similar process hypothesized by some...