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Travel Stories and Histories – The Stone Chariot, Hampi

June 20, 2021Indian Culture & History, Travel dairiesAncient Indian Culture, Heritage of India, Indian culture, Indian Heritage, Indian history, inspiration, mystery in history, offbeat travels, Travel dairies, Travel diaries, Travel stories, Travel Themes, traveler, traveller, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of IndiaASHWINI NAWATHE

Writing about my past travels is kind of making the lack of travelling more bearable but it’s also reminding me about how much I love to travel and then I’m missing it more…Urghhh such useless times! But anyway, C’est la vie – at least right now. So continuing with my travel stories.

Today I take you to my favourite state, Karnataka. I have travelled there five times now and each visit has just made me want to go back. I love the food, I love the people, I love all the dynasties that ruled there and all the resulting histories and heritages. Out of all the treasures, today we visit an iconic monument of Karnataka: The Stone Chariot of Hampi

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Lockdown Diaries – Happy Feet

May 5, 2021"Its all relative"covid protocols, Dance, Indian culture, Indian Heritage, inspiration, kathak, life, life in mumbai, Lifestyle, lock, lockdown, lockdown diaries, pandemic 2020, pandemic life, pandemic trendsASHWINI NAWATHE

Dance is like a therapy to our mind, body, and spirit. It was a much-needed stress reliever during this period of restrictions. I love to dance and I am a professionally trained Kathak dancer. And with a little bit of extra time on hand (thanks to the lockdown), I found myself dancing…

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List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India – Part VII

December 4, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryAncient Indian Culture, Cultural Heritage of India, Heritage, Heritage of India, India, Indian culture, Indian Heritage, Indian history, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

We have been looking at various sites that find a mention in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. I’m extremely sorry to have kept postponing the last part of the series for so long again. But I was really caught up in work. Hope you guys are still interested in knowing the latest additions to the UNESCO list from India.

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List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India – Part VI

November 27, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryCultural Heritage of India, Heritage of India, Indian Heritage, Indian Hostory, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

India is a land of diverse cultures. The variations in physical, climatic conditions and the extent of exposure to other cultures have greatly influenced the traditions and culture of the different regions. There is an underlying basic factor common to the whole of India, with variations in the practices based on their local needs and influences.

Further, the greatness of India has been in accepting the best from all the invaders and intermingling the new customs and styles with the existing – this is visible in all aspects – music, dance, painting, sculptures, and architecture.

Let’s continue our tour and look at the other heritage sites of India.

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Lists of UNESCO World Heritage Site of India – Part V

November 26, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryAncient Indian Culture, Heritage, Heritage of India, Indian culture, Indian Heritage, Indian history, Indian Railways, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

Continuing our journey of the Indian Subcontinent we will relive some really fascinating heritage sites of the country. India is a culturally rich country. People from different religions, castes and ethnic groups reside in our country adding to its vibrancy and diversity. Each ethnic group in our country has its own tale of origin and its set of unique traditions and culture.

Hoot…Hoot…fasten your seat belts!

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List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India – Part IV

November 25, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryAncient Indian Culture, Cultural Heritage of India, Heritage of India, Indian Heritage, Indian history, Indian Railways, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

First of all I would like to apologise for writing after a long gap of three days. I know today is the last day of UNESCO World Heritage Week and we still have to cover a lot of Indian Heritage Sites. I was debating on whether I should cram all of them together in one post but then it won’t do them justice. So, instead of wrapping up the series today, as it originally should have, I will continue it for three more days. Hope you guys are enjoying exploring India’s Heritage with me.

Each of the sites that we have discussed and those we will discuss in the coming days deserve a dedicated lengthy write-up. I hope I will be able to write them in detail in future, but for now I hope this much of information suffices. So continuing with our story:

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List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India – Part III

November 21, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryAncient Indian Culture, Heritage of India, Indian culture, Indian Heritage, Indian history, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

India, being one of the oldest civilisations of the world, has no shortage of history and heritage. It is the birth place of legends and a cradle of various religions and culture. We have discussed twelve breath-taking architectural and natural sites in past two blogs (You can find their links at the end). Now let’s continue forward with our journey.

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List of UNESCO World Heritage Site – Part II

November 20, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryAncient Indian Culture, Cultural Heritage of India, Heritage of India, Indian culture, Indian Heritage, Indian history, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

Along with its peculiar melange of cultures and traditions, India has wide spectrum of flora and fauna too. Being the seventh largest country of the world, India has a variety of geographical zones with at least three major biodiversity hotspots. It is also one of the 17 mega-diverse countries of the world. So it’s no surprise that Natural Sites of India have found its way into List of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the last blog we discussed six out of 38 UNESCO sites of India. Today let’s continue the journey!

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List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India – Part I

November 19, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryAncient Indian Culture, Cultural Heritage of India, Heritage of India, Indian Heritage, Indian history, List of UNESCO world heritage sites of India, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

UNESCO identifies such places that are considered to be of immense cultural and natural importance in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage Site can be any place such as a forest, lake, building, island, mountain, monument, desert, complex or a city; which has a special physical or cultural significance. Currently there are 1092 World Heritage sites in the world and India hosts 38 out of them, ranking 6^th in the world!

We will explore these exotic sites of India in series of blogs. Starting chronologically with the year in which these sites were deemed as World Heritage Sites:

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Celebrating World Heritage Week 2019

November 18, 2019Indian Culture & HistoryCultural Heritage of India, Heritage, Heritage of India, Indian Heritage, UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India, World Heritage Week, World Heritage Week 2019ASHWINI NAWATHE

Every year all countries around the world celebrate the World Heritage Week from 19th Nov to 25th Nov with an aim is to spread awareness for protecting and preserving our valuable assets. With a total of 38 heritage sites, India has the 6th largest number of World Heritage Sites in the World!

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