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Onlyias Udaan Plus: Art and Culture ONLYIAS UDAAN PLUS: ART AND CULTURE • Tribal Handicrafts è The festival showcased • Bindusagar is the sacred pond near the several tribal handicrafts such as: temple which is the second most attractive o Maheshwari sarees of Madhya Pradesh place after the temple. o Toda embroidery from Tamil Nadu o Bindusagar is considered as the union of o Moga silk from Assam drops of water from various sacred rivers • Tribal dishes è The festival also showcased of India. several tribal dishes from different parts of the OTHER IMPORTANT MONUMENTS IN ODISHA è country namely: o Konark Sun Temple (UNESCO World o Dal Pitha, Dhooska, Chilka roti from Heritage Site) Jharkhand o Jagannath Temple Gurudi, Jowar papad and roti on o o Tara Tarini Temple Mahalpatta from Maharashtra, and o Udaygiri and Khandagiri Caves. o Samai urundai, Ragi kali and Thenai rice preparations from Tamil Nadu. PRABUDDHA BHARATA JOURNAL LINGARAJ TEMPLE WHY IN NEWS? • The Prime Minister will address the 125th- WHY IN NEWS? anniversary celebrations of the ‘Prabuddha • Recently, the Archaeological Survey of India Bharata’ journal. The event is organized by the (ASI) have written to the organisation’s director Advaita Ashrama in Uttarakhand. general and sought inquiry into demolitions by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) ABOUT around the 12th century Lingaraj temple. • It is an English monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order founded in 1896, by ABOUT LINGARAJ TEMPLE: Swami Vivekanand. • It is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, • It was named by Swami Vivekananda to situated in the city of Bhubaneswar. manifest the spirit of India as a nation. • The temple was built in the 7th century by the • Purpose è The journal carries articles on social King Jajati Keshari. sciences and humanities comprising • Lingaraj is referred to as "Swayambhu" i.e. self- historical, psychological, cultural, and social originated Shivling. sciences themes. • The temple marks the culmination of the • Significance è The journal has been a temple architecture in Bhubaneswar which significant medium for the outreach of the was the cradle of the Kalinga School of Temple knowledge and message of India’s ancient Architecture. spiritual wisdom. • The temple can broadly be divided into four o Personalities like Netaji Subhas Chandra main halls i.e. Bose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sister Nivedita, o Garba Griha (Sanctum Sanctorum), Sri Aurobindo, Former President Sarvepalli o Yajana Mandapa (the hall for prayers)' Radhakrishnan, have contributed to the o Natya Mandapa (dance and music hall) and Journal over the years. o Bhoga Mandapa (where devotees can have the Prasad (offering) of the Lord). RAMAKRISHNA ORDER: • It signifies the syncretisation of Shaivism and • It is the monastic lineage that was founded by Vaishnavism sects in Odisha. Ramakrishna. • Bhubaneswar is called the Ekamra Kshetra as • It gave birth to twin organizations the deity of Lingaraja was originally under a Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna mango tree (Ekamra) as noted in Ekamra Mission both headquartered at Belur Math in Purana, a 13th-century Sanskrit treatise. Kolkata. https://onlyias.com/ 5 [email protected] /+91-7007931912 .
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