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73Kolam - The Traditional Floor Drawing of South India
Kolam is a drawing generally drawn at the entrance of a house or any other building. This is a very old practice in South India. Dried rice flour or other types of wkite powders are used for drawing kolams. Although there are numerous traditional...
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81Can Indus Script be Deciphered?
Indus Valley Civilization, one of the ancient civilizations of the world, was Flourishing in the nothern part of Indian sub-continent aroung 3500 Bc - 1500 BC. Ruins of the Cities of this civilaization had...
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70Gopurams - Dravidian Style Hindu Temple Gate Towers
Gopurams are unique to Hindu Temple architecture of Dravidian style, which developed in Southern India and mainly flourished in areas currently within the state of Tamil Nadu. Gopurams are towers found at the entrances provided at the walls...
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70South Indian Floor Drawings - 4
Drawing floor drawings (kolams) is interesting and can be fun. With an array of dots kolams can be drawn to different levels of complexities. Simple kolams can be drawn by using small loop od lines arranged in a symetrical way. In this page shows...
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74Coutryard Houses
Courtyard houses are houses in which the spaces are arranged around an inner courtyard. Generally these houses are inward looking and afford maximum privacy and security for the inmates. This form of houses are not limited to a particular community...
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71Dravidian Architecture
Dravidian Architecture is an Architectural style of South India, which evolved around 6th century A.D. and developed for about 10 centuries. This style has produced number of magnificient buildings. This growth had been patronised by various...
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64Frescos of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.
Sigiriya is a well known archaeological site in Sri Lanka. This consists of a large rock rising almost vertically to about 600 feet. The top of the rock is has a flat area of nearly 3 acres in extent. This area consists of remains of Palace...
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83What is the meaning of the spoked wheel in the flag of India?
When India's National flag was adopted in the Constituent Assembly, the then Vice President Dr. S. Radhakrishnan explained the meaning of the spoked wheel that featured in the centre of the flag as follows: "The Ashoka Wheel in the center of the...
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80Wedding customs in different cultures - Jaffna Tamils
Jaffna is a town in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka and the capital of that province. This is located in a peninsula attached to the mainland by a narrow strip of land. The above peninsula and a few small islands to the west side form the region...
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66Churches of Jaffna
Christianity has been introduced into Jaffna, the capital of Northern Province of Sri Lanka, in mid 16th century. Then Jaffna was the capital of a separate political entity called the Kingdom of Jaffna. Initially it was very difficult for Portuguese...
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