Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally inaugurate Mahakumbh-2025 on December 13 and launch over 600 projects worth ₹7,000 crore, undertaken and completed ahead of the mega once-in-12-years fair. During this time, he will inaugurate Mahakumbh-2025 with a formal Ganga Pujan and also inaugurate more than 600 projects from the site of his public meeting at Sangam Ghat. At present, there …
On the highway southeast of Madurai, leading to Sivaganga district, the dust rises in the afternoon heat, swirling in circles, and mirages turn the road into imaginary mirrors. The historic wealth that the Keeladi digs have yielded clearly suggest that the second urbanisation that was observed in the Gangetic valley happened in Tamil Nadu too in 6 BCE. From deep …
Keeladi continues to redefine Tamil history. In the latest development, the Sangam age has been pushed to 800 BCE based on the archaeological findings from the first two phases of excavation carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India in this sleepy hamlet along the Vaigai river, about 13 km from Madurai. Based on the results of stratigraphy of the …
A few months before the pandemic put an end to all excursions, about 10,000 people lined up to tramp through the remains of an ancient township in Keeladi in southern Tamil Nadu, about 12km from Madurai. It was stunning,” recalls Tamil Nadu state archaeological officer B. Aasaithambi, who worked at the Keeladi excavation site in Sivaganga district from 2017-20. This …
New Delhi: The political wrangling has started in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the crucial assembly election next year with BJP's Pratapgarh MP Sangam Lal Gupta on Saturday accusing former Congress MP Pramod Tiwari of leading a mob of his party workers to beat him and his party's activist. "Instructions have been issued for speedy and strict action in the incident …