Art & Culture IAS Current Material GS 1

Art & Culture IAS Current Material GS 1

1.     Orchha town of Madhya Pradesh has been included in tentative list of the world heritage of UNESCO. Situated on the banks of the river Betwa in Niwari dist of Bundelkhand region. Famous for two elevated minars – Saavan and Bhadon and four places Jahangir place, Rai Praveen mahal, Raja mahal and Sheesh Mahal .(The site houses Sri Ram raja mandir . It is the only place in India where lord Ram is worshiped as  king not as a deity.

2.     Elephanta festival of art and Culture begins at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai Maharastra. Started in  -2012 , held on gharapuri Island known as elephant island, where elephant caves located.

3.     Remarkable Achievement: India gets its 38^th world UNESCO world Heritage site as PINK city Jaipur during 43^rd session of the world Heritage Committee held at Baku, Azerbaijan. India has 38 world heritage site , that include 30 cultural properties , 7 natural properties and mixed site.

4.     Restoration of 18^th century Ghodbunder Fortr in Thane, Built by the Portuguese, Under the states adopt a monuments scheme , adopted by Mira Bhayander Municiple Corporation . Fort was built by the Portuguese in 1730 and later captured by Marathas under Chimaji Appa in1737. Later British capture it in 1818 and make ii HQ of dist adm for the east India company.

5.     Taj Mahal- In Uttar Pradesh, Period – 17^th century , Built by emperor Shahjahan in memory of his third wife Begum Mumtaj Mahal who had died in 1631. UNESCO world heritage list in 1983, under category as a cultural property/monuments.

6.      Kharachi Puja – festival in Tripura, celebrated at Agartala in  a temple premises of fourteen gods. Royal puja falls in Jul on the eight day of the new moon. Kharachi is derived from Khya whivch mean earth.

7.     JATAN- Ministry of Culture, JATAN is a virtual Museum software. , Full name : JATAN : Virtual Museum Builder. Used for creating the digital collection in various museums and digital archival tools that are used in background for managing the National Portal  and Digital Repository for Indian Museums. Developed by Human Centers Design nad Computing (HCDC) Group , C-DAC pune.

8.     Odisha delta site is 3600 years old remains reveal rural settelment with proto sun worship , domesticated cattle. ASI discovered ancient artefacts and grains during excavation at Bharati Huda in Jallarpur village in Odisha’s Cuttack district last year .

9.     Excavation commenced at Keezhadi (TN) , a ring well has been unearthed. Ring , measuring 1.5 feet in diameter , are made of terracotta , and five rings are visible now. Ring well is an indicator if the advance water conservation techology of that period.

10. The state Archaeology Department in Kozhikode has unearthed what it calls a Megalithic era iron sword, a chisel and a few decorated pottery from a rock cut cave at Pothuvachery in Kannur district. 105 cm sword found by Archaeology Department is belived to be 2500 years old.

11. Nuakhai Juhar major arrarian festival of WesternOdisha is celkebrated in every nook and corner collectively with much fanfare and religious fervor.

12. Union Minister of state for culture, Prahalad siongh patel, inaugrated an e-portal and a you tube channel of Rashtriya centre for culture Resources and training (CCRT) at an ‘Digital Bharat –Digital Sanskriti’ Programme being held at CCRT HQ in New delhi.  Union Minister also release a book titled ;Dewas ki sanskritik parampra’ written by Jeevan singh thkaur and published by CCRT.

13. A new record was created in Ayodhya as six lakh earthen lamps or diyas ewre lit on the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of Diwali. The Guinness World Record certificate said “ The largest display of Oil lamps was achieved by the Departmet of Tourism, Government of UP and Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya Awadh University duriong Deepotsav 2019 in Ayodhya, UP. India on 26 Oct 2019.

14. Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill 2019 has been passed by RS, Earlier passed in LS.

15. Valley of Flowers- located in Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora.

16. According to a study published in ‘Nature” a cave painting found on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, Depicting Human like figures hunting animals appears to be the earliest known pictorial record of story telling. Dated 44,000 years ago. The name of cave is “Leang Bulu Sipong 4”