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"The Natya Shastra is India's oldest exposition of the arts, attributed to sage Bharata. Classical Indian dance, whose purest practitioners are from South India, is called Bharat Natyam, named for that ancient text & it's author.
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The city of Amritsar was founded, when in 1577 Guru Ramdass started digging of the holy Sarovar - 'pool of nectar'. This Sarovar was completed by guru arjan Dev, who constructed the Harmandir sahib - Golden temple - in it's middle.
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Yoga may be defined as that physiological-mental exercise which helps harness ones internal vital energies. The earliest examples of Yoga are carved on seals some 4000 years old, on phallic stones used for ritual purposes.
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The Pushkar Fair is held every year in October/November, on the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartika. It attracts more than 400,000 tourists both Indian & foreigners to witness a mélange of activities, quintessence of rural Rajasthan.
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Indian Art “Luminosity of colour including vivid use of Gold, minute detail in every feature of human, animal, vegetative & floral life & harmonious balance in design rank the best of Mughal & Rajput painting among the world’s finest art”.
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Intrinsic to the spirit of Punjabiat, is an immense love of sports. In Punjab, about 70% of the population live in villages. It is but natural for this sturdy community to have it's own rural games.
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