Bakshi-ka-Talab near Lucknow has an interesting story. Nawab Nasir-ud-din Haidar tasked Bakshi Tripur Chand with buying an ...

Dr Vikas Sharma, Komal Sudan Jimikand, commonly known as Suran or elephant foot yam (botanically known as Amorphophallus ...

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past.

The objects themselves are "gorgeous": we see much "lively, expressive, dynamic sculpture", from "rudimentary" yakshas and ...

In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year. Boots crunch ...

Elephants have long held a special place in Indian culture and ecosystems, but the way we engage with them is evolving — and rightly so. Whether it's walking alongside them in peaceful ...

“(My work is) a nucleus of Modern Indian Art. I was very much aware that we have to evolve a language which is our own, based on our roots, our culture. My language (art style) is ...

The Supreme Court of India remarked on Monday that the use of elephants in festivals is part of the country’s culture. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a ...

Thrissur (India) (AFP) – It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's ...

Dalí wanted to bring a parallel between the fascination of Westerners for Indian spirituality, and of Indians for Western culture ... but with an elephant. According to reports, Air India ...

HYDERABAD: With an impressive line-up filled with Padma Vibhusan, Bhusan and Shri awardees, the Indian Institute of ... an impressive lineup of cultural icons, including Padma Vibhushan awardee ...

Instead, its value comes largely down to cultural status and scarcity. The difficulty of hunting an elephant in older times — accompanied by the fact that elephants are found in a relatively ...