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Modern Bhutanese Dance at Naropa Festival

August 30, 20201360 Views

Modern Bhutanese Dance during the inauguration ceremony of Naropa 2016 at Hemis, Ladakh. Its slow and soothing dance, just perfect for everybody to join in. Billed as the "Kumbh Mela of the Himalayas" and "Ladakh's Largest Buddhist Festival in History", the Naropa festival takes place once every 12 years. It's celebrated by the Drukpa Order of Himalayan Buddhism in honour of their 11th century patron saint, Naropa. The festival included performances by prominent Himalayan artists and Bollywood celebrities, as well as an elaborate spiritual ceremony and public display of the holy Six Bone Ornaments that belonged to Saint Naropa. This year the festival was celebrated from 16th to 22nd September. The centre of the festival was the Hemis Monastery near Leh, which is the seat of the Drupka Lin...

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Manipuri Dance – Nupa Pala Sankirtan or the Poorvaranga

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August 11, 20202130 Views

Beautiful Manipuri Dance by Progressive Artiste Laboratory of Tiken Singh at Khajuraho Festival of Dances. Manipuri dance is a religious art and its aim is the expression of spiritual values. Here the team is performing Raas Sankirtana or Nupa Pala. Poorvaranga or Purvaranga of a Natyashastra is Sankirtana. “Sankirtana: Ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur” was also inscribed on the Representative List of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2013. Sankirtana originated from south but was revived in east by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Now it is an integral part of a Manipuri Dance. Enjoy this beautiful performance. https://youtu.be/DuXeHHkpLZE ...

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Beautiful Manipuri Dance – Vasant Raas

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August 7, 20202204 Views

Manipuri dance is a religious art and its aim is the expression of spiritual values. Aspects of this performance art is celebrated during Hindu festivals and major rites of passage such as weddings among the Manipuri people, particularly in the ethnic majority of Meitei people. The dance drama choreography shares the plays and stories of 'Vaishnavite Padavalis', that also inspired the major Gaudiya Vaishnava-related performance arts found in Assam and West Bengal. Vasant Raas is part of it, and as the name suggests, it is normally performed during Vasant or the spring. In Manipuri culture Vasant Raas is normally timed around festival of Holi. This performance is about Radha-Krishna raasleela. So, here is a beautiful performance of Vasant Raas in classical Manipuri Dance by Progressive Art...

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Everest View from Sandakphu

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July 28, 20201239 Views

Sandakphu at an altitude of 3636 m (11941 ft) is the highest peak in West Bengal. This place in the Singalila range of the Himalayas is one of the best places to have a panoramic view of Himalayas in India. Besides being known for its glorious views of Kanchenjunga this is said to be the only place in India from where one can see four of the top five peaks in the world- Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu. Located in the Darjeeling district on the West Bengal-Sikkim border, Sandakphu can be reached by a beautiful trek from Manebhanjang or through a once in a lifetime bone-shaking ride on a 2nd World war Land Rover. https://youtu.be/Gt58mNoJUVo ...

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Patal Bhuvaneshwar cave temple of Uttarakhand

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July 26, 20201574 Views

A video never seen before of the mysterious Patal Bhuvaneshwar cave temple of Uttarakhand, as till now the photography or the videography was not allowed inside the cave. A video recorded for the first time. Patal Bhuvaneshwar is one of the most revered cave temples in India and perhaps the most mysterious as well. It is located near Gangolihat town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. This limestone cave is 160 metres long and 90 feet deep. It is tough to go inside as there is a narrow passage down the cave where one has to slide down with the help of chains. Oxygen inside is less, hence there is a chance of suffocation or breathlessness. Cave temple is said to have a deep association with Hindu mythology. Undoubtedly it has some very amazing stalactite and stalagmite figures carved o...

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Mesmerizing Jagjit Singh in sound & light show at Golconda Fort

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July 24, 2020637 Views

Its easy to narrate a story but tough to make it feel. That's what sound and light show at Golconda fort near Hyderabad successfully does. Golconda, one of the most famous and the biggest fortress in the Deccan plateau, is an important milestone in Indian history. Enthralling, making you miss a heartbeat, and blink an eye or two is the Golkonda fortress citadel, which has an amazing acoustical system, whereby a clap of your hands can leave behind resounding noise that reverberates all-around you. The various edifices are so placed as to transmit sound to different far away points. One of the most popular attractions on the tourists' list in Hyderabad is the sound and light show at Golconda fort. Scores of tourists who come to this monument ensure that they don't miss the sound and light s...

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Nanda Devi Rajjat – Traditional dance at Waan

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July 23, 2020723 Views

Traditional folk dance at Waan during Nanda Devi Rajjaat Yatra 2014. Last inhabitated village on Rajjaat route towards Bedini Bugyal, Waan is famous for its Latu temple. Latu is considered to be brother of Goddess Nanda Devi. Here onwards Latu leads the Yatra till Homkund. The video here is of traditional 'Jhora' in Nanda Devi's praise by men & women in traditional attire. Most special are women ornaments, these ornaments also reflect their social status. Sung in local dialect, group of men first recite a couplet, which is repeated by the women folk. This can go on for hours, the flow of words and rhythm (steps as well) of dance keep on changing, but tempo remains the same. Normally it is a slow paced dance. People keep on joining or moving out of the sequence as per their convenience...

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Traditional Ladakhi Dance at Naropa Festival

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July 21, 20201153 Views

Traditional Ladakhi Dance during the inauguration ceremony of Naropa 2016 at Hemis, Ladakh. Billed as the "Kumbh Mela of the Himalayas" and "Ladakh's Largest Buddhist Festival in History", the Naropa festival takes place once every 12 years. It's celebrated by the Drukpa Order of Himalayan Buddhism in honour of their 11th century patron saint, Naropa. The festival included performances by prominent Himalayan artists and Bollywood celebrities, as well as an elaborate spiritual ceremony and public display of the holy Six Bone Ornaments that belonged to Saint Naropa. This year the festival was celebrated from 16th to 22nd September. The centre of the festival was the Hemis Monastery near Leh, which is the seat of the Drupka Lineage.This edition of the festival was also special because of the...

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Modern Ladakhi Dance at Naropa festival

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July 19, 2020552 Views

Modern Ladakhi Dance during the inauguration ceremony of Naropa 2016 at Hemis, Ladakh. Billed as the "Kumbh Mela of the Himalayas" and "Ladakh's Largest Buddhist Festival in History", the Naropa festival takes place once every 12 years. It's celebrated by the Drukpa Order of Himalayan Buddhism in honour of their 11th century patron saint, Naropa. The festival included performances by prominent Himalayan artists and Bollywood celebrities, as well as an elaborate spiritual ceremony and public display of the holy Six Bone Ornaments that belonged to Saint Naropa. This year the festival was celebrated from 16th to 22nd September. The centre of the festival was the Hemis Monastery near Leh, which is the seat of the Drupka Lineage.This edition of the festival was also special because of the 1000...

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Amarnath Yatra – Opening of lock & first prayers

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July 18, 2020976 Views

This year due to COVID-19, Amarnath Yatra is not just starting late but it is also curtailed in terms of number of days and number of pilgrims. So while Yatra is yet to start this year, we take you down the memory lane in this video to the day when Yatra started in 2017 The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday, 29th June 2017 despite inclement weather as the then Jammu and Kashmir governor NN Vohra attended a prayer inside the Himalayan cave shrine marking the formal start of the pilgrimage. Over 6,000 pilgrims were allowed to move towards the shrine from north Kashmir's Baltal base camp while 5,000 pilgrims proceeded from the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route. Vohra, who was also exofficio Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), performed prayers at the cave shr...