The Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's premier cultural body under the Ministry of Culture, has added two iconic festivals of ...

Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme, dangerous sport, in which drivers could die. The teams attracted fierce passions from their supporters. The Circus Maximus ...

A five-member team from the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri, has reached Bargarh to survey and select ...

The main event consists of taking out the idol on a chariot (Ratha). Music, dances and rhythmic chants by devotees fill every corner of streets during this festival. This festival exhibits ...

SJTA team arrives in Bargarh to survey wood for constructing Rath Yatra chariots. The focus is on Padampur forest with DFO ...