{"id":34816,"date":"2022-11-18T12:48:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=34816"},"modified":"2025-04-20T17:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:02:39","slug":"indian-cultural-heritage-at-display-during-bali-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-cultural-heritage-at-display-during-bali-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Cultural Heritage at Display During Bali Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why In News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>At the G20 summit in Bali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted world leaders a range of artworks, representing India\u2019s diversity.<\/li>\n<li>During his address, PM Modi also mentioned Baliyatra, one of the country\u2019s largest open-air fairs that commemorates the 2,000-year-old maritime and cultural links between ancient Kalinga and Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>News Summary: Key highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Miniature paintings from Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The art originated in a small hill state \u2018Guler\u2019 in the first half of the 18th century when a family of Kashmiri painters trained in Mughal Style of painting sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh of Guler.<\/li>\n<li>This style reached its zenith during the reign of Maharaja Sansar Chand Katoch who was a great patron of Kangra art.<\/li>\n<li>The central idea behind Kangra paintings is often the immersive love story of Radha and Krishna.<\/li>\n<li>Today, the Kangra art form is a serene celebration of life and its simplicity, using naturalistic colours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gujarat\u2019s Mata ni Pachedi<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a handmade textile of Gujarat meant to be an offering in the temple shrines which house the Mother Goddess.<\/li>\n<li>Mata Ni Pachedi was crafted by the nomadic community of\u00a0<strong>Waghris\u00a0<\/strong>as homage to various incarnations of the Goddess.<\/li>\n<li>It is said that in this form of art, the goddess forms the central figure in the design, flanked by other elements of her story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patan Patola scarf from Gujarat<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This ancient art of double ikat or Patola woven in pure silk dates back to the 11th century.<\/li>\n<li>The Patola fabrics bear an equal intensity of colours and design on both sides.<\/li>\n<li>This peculiar quality has its origins in an intricate and difficult technique of dyeing or knot dyeing, known as \u2018bandhani\u2019, on the warp and weft separately before weaving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agate bowl from Gujarat<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Agate, a semi-precious stone, is found in underground mines of Rajpipla and Ratanpur in riverbeds, and extracted to produce a variety of ornamental objects.<\/li>\n<li>The art of turning the stone into a range of products has been passed down through generation of artisans since the Indus Valley civilization days and is currently practiced by Artisans of Khambat.<\/li>\n<li>The healing powers attributed to agate stones have sustained the use of agate over centuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pithora from Chhota Udaipur in Gujarat<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>These paintings are made by the Rathwa artisans from Chhota Udaipur in Gujarat.<\/li>\n<li>These painting are depiction of the cave art that tribals used to make reflecting the social, cultural and mythological life and beliefs of those tribals.<\/li>\n<li>These paintings bear a striking resemblance the Aboriginal dot painting from the indigenous communities of Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kinnauri shawl from Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>These shawls are made using the extra-weft technique of weaving.<\/li>\n<li>Every element of the design woven uses the knotting method \u2014 where the weft is inserted by hand and to lock the design, producing the lift in the pattern formed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kanal brass set from Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is used on ceremonial occasions, such as the processions of village deities.<\/li>\n<li>It is also used to welcome the leaders of the Himachal Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>This traditional musical instrument is now increasingly used as a decor object and is manufactured in Mandi and Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Baliyatra<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In his address to the Indian diaspora in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit, PM Modi mentioned the annual Baliyatra on the banks of the Mahanadi in Cuttack.<\/li>\n<li>This yatra celebrates the ancient trade relations between India and Indonesia.\n<ul>\n<li>This year\u2019s Baliyatra, which concluded recently, also found a place in the Guinness World Records for\u00a0<u>achieving an impressive feat of origami, the creation of beautiful paper sculptures<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Key highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Baliyatra, literally \u2018voyage to Bali\u2019, is one of the country\u2019s largest open-air fairs.<\/li>\n<li>It is organised every year to commemorate the 2,000-year-old maritime and cultural links between ancient Kalinga (today\u2019s Odisha) and Bali and other South and Southeast Asian regions like Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Burma (Myanmar) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).<\/li>\n<li>The festival begins on Kartik Purnima (full moon night in the month of Kartik).<\/li>\n<li>The festival is organised by the Cuttack district administration and Cuttack Municipal Corporation in association with several other government agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baliyatra celebrates the ancient trade relations 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