INSIGHTS PT 2019 EXCLUSIVE (ART AND CULTURE) Table of Contents FESTIVALS / CELEBRATIONS ..................................................................................................... 5 1. Indian Harvest Festivals ...................................................................................................................... 5 2. Makaravilakku Festival ....................................................................................................................... 5 3. Hornbill Festival 2018 ......................................................................................................................... 5 4. Dwijing Festival................................................................................................................................... 6 5. Kambala ............................................................................................................................................. 6 6. SANGAI TOURISM FESTIVAL ................................................................................................................ 6 7. India International Cherry Blossom Festival ......................................................................................... 7 8. Behdienkhlam Festival ........................................................................................................................ 7 9. Ambubachi Mela................................................................................................................................. 8 10. Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2018 ................................................................................................... 8 MONUMENTS / PLACES / STATUES ....................................................................................... 10 1. Monuments of National Importance ................................................................................................. 10 2. Panj Tirath ........................................................................................................................................ 10 3. Chowmahalla Palace ......................................................................................................................... 10 4. Heritage Park in Elum Valley ............................................................................................................. 11 5. Buddhist Site Museum at Lalitgiri in Odisha ...................................................................................... 11 6. Char Dham Pilgrimage....................................................................................................................... 11 7. STATUE OF LORD BUDDHA ................................................................................................................ 12 8. Statue of Unity.................................................................................................................................. 12 9. Khirki Mosque .................................................................................................................................. 13 10. Statue of Ramanuja ........................................................................................................................ 13 11. Rani- ki- vav .................................................................................................................................... 13 12. Badshahi Ashoorkhana ................................................................................................................... 14 13. Sanchi Stupa of India and Pho Minh Pagoda of Vietnam .................................................................. 14 14. Nalanda University.......................................................................................................................... 15 EVENTS / CONFERENCES ........................................................................................................... 17 1. Kumbh Mela 2019 ............................................................................................................................. 17 2. SANJHI-MUJH MEIN KALAKAR ........................................................................................................... 17 3. Bhima Koregaon Anniversary ............................................................................................................ 18 4. World Hindi Day 2019 ....................................................................................................................... 19 5. World Hindi Day vs National Hindi Diwas .......................................................................................... 19 6. 11th World Hindi Conference ............................................................................................................ 19 7. Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha ................................................................................................ 20 8. Kendriya Hindi Samiti........................................................................................................................ 20 9. 2018 World Sanskrit Conference (WSC) ............................................................................................. 20 DANCE / MUSIC / OTHER ARTS ............................................................................................... 21 1. MANIYARO ....................................................................................................................................... 21 2. Mayurbhanj Chhau ........................................................................................................................... 21 3. Kamsale Dance ................................................................................................................................. 21 4. Ghumot to be Goa’s Heritage Instrument .......................................................................................... 22 www.insightsonindia.com Page 2 www.insightsias.com INSIGHTS PT 2019 EXCLUSIVE (ART AND CULTURE) PAINTINGS AND OTHER ART FORMS .................................................................................... 23 1. Earliest-known Cave Painting of Animal ............................................................................................ 23 2. Tholu Bommalata ............................................................................................................................. 23 PERSONALITIES ............................................................................................................................ 24 1. Rajkumar Shukla ............................................................................................................................... 24 2. Pingali Venkayya ............................................................................................................................... 24 3. Nabin Chandra Das ........................................................................................................................... 25 4. Veer Surendra Sai ............................................................................................................................. 25 5. Sir Chhotu Ram ................................................................................................................................. 26 6. Sant Kabir ......................................................................................................................................... 26 7. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ....................................................................................................... 26 AWARDS / INSTITUTIONS ........................................................................................................ 28 1. Various Awards ................................................................................................................................. 28 2. Philip Kotler Presidential Award ........................................................................................................ 28 3. Gandhi Peace Prize ........................................................................................................................... 29 4. Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar ......................................................................... 29 5. Rashtriya Bal Puraskar ...................................................................................................................... 29 6. National Tansen Samman ................................................................................................................. 30 7. Jnanpith Award................................................................................................................................. 30 8. National Unity Award ....................................................................................................................... 30 9. Sahitya Akademi Award .................................................................................................................... 30 10. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony ................................................................................................ 31 11. Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Award ....................................................................................... 31 12. Ramon Magsaysay Award ............................................................................................................... 31 INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS / INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ................................................ 32 1. World Capital of Architecture ...........................................................................................................