India Republic Day: A Celebration of Unity and Pride

Every year on January 26, India celebrates Republic Day, an unforgettable day that makes all Indians feel proud and patriotic. India will celebrate its 76th Republic Day in 2025, enjoying another year of independence and democracy. This day is more than simply a public holiday; it's an opportunity to honour the variety and togetherness that define our country, remember its rich history, and pay tribute to the Indian Constitution.


Sky Tales: India Magnificent Kite Festival: Fly Up with Colourful Traditions.

India is a country where many festivals are celebrated monthly, including National, Religious and Harvest festivals. January is the month of the new year and in India, it is the month of harvest festivals like Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujarat and Lohri in Major cities of North India. These festivals are celebrated as the Kite Festival in India.  With kites of different sizes, shapes, and colours strewn across the skies, this spe

Rann Utsav 2024: The Enchanting Desert Festival of Kutch you won't want to miss!

Every year, the vast white salt plains of the Rann of Kutch transform into a kaleidoscope of cultural brilliance, heritage, adventure, and natural beauty, making it a must-visit destination for every traveller. This remarkable transformation is none other than the world-renowned Rann Utsav—a festival that attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world to the mesmerizing landscape of the Kutch region in Gujarat, India. Whether you are a

Dasara Festival in Coorg

Dasara/Janotsava or Vijaydashmi, as it is known to be in northern states of India, is a time of the year in Madikeri when the gung ho crowd enshrouds in gaiety and fun to celebrate good over evil. This ten days festival is celebrated in the months of September and October with full fervour. A splashy festival, Madikeri Dasara seconds the Mysore Dasara in the state of Karnataka.

Celebrated uniquely with decorated

Dylan Music Festival

“Rock on at the scintillating concert where fans bow to the god of the guitar”
If you visit Shillong once, you will keep coming back again and again, goes an old saying. The same sentiment echoes for the annual Bob Dylan fest in Shillong which began on May 24, 1972, to celebrate Dylan’s music, a tradition that continues every year on his birthday. As a young performer in the heydays of Kolkata’s Park Street, the now-i

Konark dance and music festival a divine romance

The land of the world-famous Sun Temple and the magnificent Chandrabhaga beach lures discerning tourists with another attraction. No points for guessing we are talking of the Konark Dance & Music festival an annual feature at the Konark temple. 

The festival, a brainchild of Guru Gangadhar Pradhan provides an ideal treat for the art connoisseurs as well as a platform to the well known as well as emerging

Traditional Performing art of Kerala

Kerala is bestowed with some ancient traditional art forms that are still today performed with the same zeal and enthusiasm. We discuss here two art forms. 

Kathakali
The art form of Kathakali is the oldest form in the world, which crystallized at around the same time as Shakespeare was scribbling the plays, though elements of it stem from 2nd-century temple rituals. The Kathakali performanc

Most Unusual Museums In India

Sri Rallabandi Subba Rao Museum, Rajahmundry
Sri Rallabandi Subba Rao museum finds merit for its nondescript entity as nearby people are oblivious of this treasure trove of antiquity. Located on the banks of Godavari it is well ensconced from the public view. The Museum has a good range of outdoor exhibitions of sculptures, well-preserved palm leaf manuscripts, a number of stone inscriptions, ancient and medieval coins.

Pooram Festival in Thrissur

The Thrissur’s Pooram Festival is associated with the caparisoned elephants that symbolize Kerala. Pooram is an annual festival held after the summer harvest. The legend has that in the 18th century AD there was a quarrel among 10 temples about participation in the festival held at Arratupuzha. To finish this dispute, the king (raja) Rama Varma decided to unite these temples and decreed them into one temple festival. Since 1798, it became th