Culture, History, Places Lakshmi Vilas Palace He pioneered the Indo-Saracenic style or architecture and built grand landmarks across India. And yet, he did not trust his own designs and never READ MORE WATCH NOW
Culture, History, Places, Religions What Do Japan’s Torii, China’s Paifang & Korea’s Hongsalmun Have in Common? What’s common to the Torii of Japan, China’s Paifang and Korea’s Honsalmun? All these ceremonial gates have a shared inspiration – the toranas of READ MORE WATCH NOW
History, People, Places The Prison That Secured Aurangzeb’s Throne | Gwalior Fort Beneath the palaces of Gwalior Fort lies one of the most dreaded prisons of medieval India. Here, princes vanished and rivals were erased from READ MORE WATCH NOW
Culture, History, Mythology, Places, Religions Why the Original Sanchi Stupa Had No Images of Buddha | Sanchi Did you know the first human images of the Buddha appeared nearly 500 years after his death? Before that, artists used symbols to represent READ MORE WATCH NOW
History, People, Places, Religions The Strange Partnership that saved Bateshwar | Madhya Pradesh In the ravines of Chambal in Madhya Pradesh, lies Bateshwar, a complex of 200 ancient temples. For centuries they lay in ruins, swallowed READ MORE WATCH NOW
Culture, History, Places Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, Madhya Pradesh The Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madhya Pradesh are among the 10 oldest prehistoric cave painting sites in the world. Some of these paintings are READ MORE WATCH NOW
History, Places Why Does the Dome of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Look Like the Sanchi Stupa? The distinctive architecture of Rashtrapati Bhavan combines many elements of Mughal and Sultanate architecture. But it is the Sanchi Stupa, an icon of ancient India, that leaves the most visible stamp on Rashtrapati Bhavan.
