Indian Art And Culture (Part-II) (Railway)

The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Connaught in 1921 and it was designed by Edwin Lutyens.

• The walls of the gateway have been inscribed with the names of 13,516 soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919, besides 90,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who were martyred in World War I.

The India Gate is similar to France's Arc-de-Triomphe.

• The paintings are an extension of the mural painting tradition from Ajanta to Badami in south India.

• Paintings of the Nayaka dynasty in the seventeenth and eigtheenth centuries are seen in Thiruparakunram, Sreeran. gam and Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu.

• This art style is a religious scroll painting style.

• It got its name from the long piece of cloth or scroll it is painted on.

• It was originated by the Joshi family in Shahpura, near Bhilwara district in Rajasthan.

The 328 ft tower is dedicated to Baba Banda Singh Bahadur who had the distinction of establishing the Sikh rule in India in 1711.

• From the references to Vedic writings, it can date back to around the first millennium B.C.

• The Saraswativeena is the predominant Carnatic music and the Rudraveena the most played veena in Hindustani music.

• It is believed that the sanchi stupa is housing the relics of Buddha.

• It became world heritage site in 1989.

Khambhat in Gujarat.

• It forms both geographical and cultural extension of Rajasthan.

This is a festival of community bonding celebrated in May for 3 days.

• As a celebration, the villagers express their friendship for each other by exchanging gifts, making new friends, feasting, bon fire etc.

• She was the founder director of the Delhi International Arts Festival.

• She awarded the Padma Shri in 2016.

• She is the youngest recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for dance (2001).