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Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste ...
The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings of all these traditions is thought to be humans satisfying the very basic need of shelter and protection. [ 1 ]
Kali Puja – Diwali is most commonly known as Kali Puja in West Bengal or in Bengali dominated areas. Karthikai Deepam – the festival of lights observed by Tamils of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Lehyam, often prepared on the occasion of Deepavali to aid the digestion.
The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, India, c.250 BCE. Its crowning features [ 1 ] are four life-sized lions set back to back on a drum-shaped abacus. The side of the abacus is adorned with wheels in relief, and interspersing them, four animals, a lion, an elephant, a ...
Siddhartha Gautama, [e] most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened one'), [4] [f] [g] was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia (the Himalayan foothils of present-day Nepal and the eastern Ganges plain of northern India), during the 6th or 5th century BCE [5] [6] [7] [c] and founded Buddhism.
Ashoka Chakra. Illustration of the Ashoka Chakra, as depicted on the flag of India. The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka 's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the Dharmachakra. It is called so because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, [1] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka. [2]
A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered lime stone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.
v. t. e. The báhay kúbo, kubo, or payág (in the Visayan languages), is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. [1][2] Often serving as an icon of Philippine culture, [3] its design heavily influenced the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato architecture.