by CulturoAdmin | Apr 6, 2020 | National Symbols of India
The National Calendar is based on the Saka Era with ‘Chaitra’ being its first month. It was adopted from 22nd March 1957 along with the Gregorian calendar inter alia for the following official purposes: Gazette of India; news broadcast by All India Radio; calendars... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 6, 2020 | National Symbols of India
Vande Matram: The song ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji (Chattopadhyay) on November 7th, 1875 in a mixture of Sanskrit and Bengali words. Jadunath Bhattacharya was asked to set tune to this song just after it was written in Raga ‘Desh Malhar’.... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 6, 2020 | National Symbols of India
Jana Gana Mana: The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on Tuesday, 24th January 1950. Rabindranath Tagore wrote it at the request of... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 6, 2020 | National Symbols of India
The State Emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. It depicts four lions, standing back to back. The four lions symbolizing power, courage and confidence, rest on a circular abacus. The abacus is girdled by... by CulturoAdmin | Mar 29, 2020 | National Symbols of India
Tricolour or Tiranga: The National flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (‘kesaria’) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportions. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white stands...