INSTA PT 2020 EXCLUSIVE ART AND CULTURE May 2019 – February 2020 INSIGHTS PT 2020 EXCLUSIVE (ART AND CULTURE) NOTES Table of Contents Festivals / Celebrations ............................................................................... 4 1. KUMBHABHISHEKAM .................................................................................................. 4 2. KAMBALA .................................................................................................................... 4 3. JALLIKATTU ................................................................................................................. 4 4. INDIAN HARVEST FESTIVALS ........................................................................................ 5 5. NUAKHAI: HARVESTING FESTIVAL OF ODISHA ............................................................. 5 6. ‘ZO KUTPUI’ FESTIVAL ................................................................................................. 5 7. WORLD HINDI DAY 2020 ............................................................................................. 5 8. HORNBILL FESTIVAL .................................................................................................... 6 9. BATHUKAMMA ........................................................................................................... 6 10. JAGANNATH RATH YATRA ........................................................................................ 6 11. ‘KHARCHI PUJA’ BEGINS IN TRIPURA ........................................................................ 6 12. INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY ..................................................................................... 7 13. BUDDHA PURNIMA ................................................................................................. 7 14. THRISSUR POORAM ................................................................................................. 7 Monuments / Places / Statues / Temples .................................................... 8 1. HAMPI ........................................................................................................................ 8 2. KONARK SUN TEMPLE ................................................................................................. 8 3. RAKHIGARHI ............................................................................................................... 9 4. BIBI KA MAQBARA ....................................................................................................... 9 5. GOTTIPROLU ............................................................................................................. 10 6. VISHWA SHANTI STUPA ............................................................................................. 10 7. THOTLAKONDA MONASTERY..................................................................................... 11 8. CHARDHAM HIGHWAY PROJECT ............................................................................... 11 9. MARKANDESHWAR TEMPLE ...................................................................................... 11 10. MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE ................................................................................ 11 Events / Conferences ................................................................................ 12 1. SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS MELA .............................................................. 12 2. RASHTRIYA EKTA DIWAS ............................................................................................ 12 Dance / Music / Painting / Other Arts ....................................................... 14 1. CHINDU YAKSHAGANAM ........................................................................................... 14 2. PATOLA SAREES ........................................................................................................ 14 3. PULIKALI ................................................................................................................... 14 4. LADAKHI SHONDOL DANCE ....................................................................................... 14 Personalities ............................................................................................. 15 1. SKANDAGUPTA ......................................................................................................... 15 2. GURU RAVIDAS ......................................................................................................... 15 3. GURU GOBIND SINGH ............................................................................................... 16 4. SRI VEDANTA DESIKAN .............................................................................................. 16 5. BASAVANNA ............................................................................................................. 16 6. SAVITRIBHAI PHULE .................................................................................................. 17 www.insightsonindia.com 1 www.insightsactivelearn.com INSIGHTS PT 2020 EXCLUSIVE (ART AND CULTURE) NOTES 7. DARA SHIKOH ........................................................................................................... 17 8. LORD CURZON .......................................................................................................... 18 9. LALA LAJPAT RAI........................................................................................................ 19 10. SUBRAMANIYA BHARATHIYAR ............................................................................... 20 11. SHAM SINGH ATTARIWALA .................................................................................... 20 12. PT. MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA ............................................................................. 21 13. SWAMI SHRADDHANAND ...................................................................................... 21 14. MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH ..................................................................................... 21 15. MAHARAJA DULEEP SINGH .................................................................................... 22 16. RANI LAKSHMIBAI .................................................................................................. 22 17. UDHAM SINGH ...................................................................................................... 22 18. THIRUVALLUVAR ................................................................................................... 23 19. PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA ............................................................................... 23 20. TIPU SULTAN ......................................................................................................... 23 21. VEER SAVARKAR .................................................................................................... 24 22. FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ .......................................................................................... 25 23. DADABHAI NAOROJI .............................................................................................. 25 24. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI .......................................................................................... 26 25. ISHWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR ........................................................................... 26 26. PERIYAR E. V. RAMASAMY ..................................................................................... 27 Awards / Institutions ................................................................................ 28 1. VARIOUS AWARDS .................................................................................................... 28 2. JNANPITH AWARD..................................................................................................... 28 3. SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD ....................................................................................... 29 4. MAHARSHI BADRAYAN VYAS SAMMAN’ AWARDS ..................................................... 29 5. SARASWATI SAMMAN ............................................................................................... 29 6. SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE ......................................................................... 30 7. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI ................................................................................... 30 8. SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI........................................................................................ 31 International Efforts / International Events ............................................... 32 1. UNESCO LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE .................................................. 32 2. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE ............................................................................... 32 Historical Events ....................................................................................... 35 1. TAANAJI MALUSARE AND THE BATTLE OF SINGHAGAD .............................................. 35 2. BHIMA-KOREGAON BATTLE ....................................................................................... 35 3. PAIKA REBELLION ...................................................................................................... 36 4. MAHARAJA SURAJMAL AND THE THIRD BATTLE OF PANIPAT ..................................... 36 5. INDIAN HISTORY CONGRESS (IHC) ............................................................................. 37 6. ISLAMIC REVOLUTION ............................................................................................... 37 7. BATTLE OF ÇANAKKALE ............................................................................................