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Architecture (Prize & Awards)

Architecture Pritzker Architecture Prize 2025 Aspect Details Awarded To Liu Jiakun (China). Awarded For Designs that celebrate everyday life. Awarded By The Pritzker family through the Hyatt Foundation. Royal Gold Medal 2025 Aspect Details Awarded To Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. Awarded For Innovative and user-centered designs recognised for simplici

13 May, 2026
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Art/Culture/Cinema (Award & Honour)

Art/Culture/Cinema Grammy to the Dalai Lama At the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the Dalai Lama won his first-ever Grammy at the age of 90. He won in the Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording category. The award was for his spoken-word album Meditations. International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 2025 The 56th International Film Festival of India was held in Goa. Aspect Details Country of Focus Japan

30 April, 2026
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Rashtra Prerna Sthal

Rashtra Prerna Sthal On 25th December 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rashtra Prerna Sthal in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The memorial complex is dedicated to the life, ideals, and contributions of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Key Features of Rashtra Prerna Sthal Component Details Location Located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Dedicated To Honors the life and ideals of former Prime Minister Atal Biha

09 May, 2026 Architecture
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Mailani–Nanpara Railway Line Declared a Heritage Line

Mailani–Nanpara Railway Line Declared a Heritage Line On 8th October 2025, the Railway Board declared the Mailani–Nanpara railway line as a heritage line. The railway route passes through the ecologically important Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. Key Features of the Heritage Line Component Details Heritage Declaration Declared a heritage railway line by the Railway Board on 8 October 2025.

07 May, 2026 Visual Art
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Nagoba Jatara

Nagoba Jatara Nagoba Jatara is an eight-day holy pilgrimage event of the Mesram clan of Adivasi Gonds, held in January-February in Keslapur village, Adilabad district, Telangana. The festival is an important expression of tribal faith, clan identity and inter-state cultural participation among Gond communities and related tribal groups. Aspect Details Tribal Festival It is one of the most important tribal pilgrimage festivals of Telangana.

17 April, 2026 Architecture
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Madhavpur Ghed Fair

Madhavpur Ghed Fair Madhavpur Mela is a religio-cultural fair taking place every year in Madhavpur, a village on the Porbandar coast in Gujarat. The fair reflects a unique blend of mythology, pilgrimage traditions and cultural connections between western and northeastern India. Aspect Details Temple Association Madhavpur village has temples of Madhavraiji or Lord Krishna and his consort Rukmini, believed to have been built in the 15th century.

17 April, 2026 Architecture
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Rongali Bihu

Rongali Bihu Rongali Bihu, also known as Bohag Bihu, is celebrated across Assam in mid-April. It marks the Assamese New Year and the beginning of the agricultural season. The festival represents agricultural renewal, community celebrations, cultural traditions and the vibrant social identity of Assam. Aspect Details Major Festival Rongali Bihu is one of the most important festivals of Assam, observed during the month of Bohag or April.

17 April, 2026 Architecture
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Ramman Festival

Ramman Festival On 3rd November 2025, President Droupadi Murmu attended a special session of the Uttarakhand Assembly, where Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan presented her with a Ramman mask and a book on the centuries-old Ramman festival celebrated in the state’s Garhwal region. Ramman represents a rich blend of ritual traditions, folk performance, mythology and village identity rooted in the cultural landscape of the Garhwal Himalayas. Aspect Details

16 April, 2026 Architecture
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Sarhul Festival

Sarhul Festival The tribal communities in Jharkhand and the larger Chhotanagpur region celebrate the New Year and the arrival of spring with the Sarhul festival. The festival reflects deep-rooted traditions of nature worship, sacred groves and community-based tribal cultural practices across eastern and central India. Aspect Det

16 April, 2026 Dances in India
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Maratha Military Landscapes Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Maratha Military Landscapes Added to UNESCO World Heritage List On 11 July 2025, at the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the Maratha Military Landscapes of India were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. This became India’s 44th World Heritage Site, following the 2024 inscription of the Moidams of the Ahom Dynasty. India now ranks sixth globally and second in the Asia-Pacific region for the number of World Heritage Sites. Aspect Details