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  The attire of people has to say a lot about their roots, the geography, the climate, and most important the tradition. The most significant part of ancient Indian culture is the Fabric market. Each region had and of course has a specific forte about their fabric. Lets go on a tour of Most Loved Indian Fabrics PASHMINA :  Pashmina refers to a fine variant of spun cashmere, the animal-hair fiber forming the downy undercoat of the CHANGTHANGI goat. Pashmina accessories are known for their softness and warmth. This goat is exotic and is only found there, 15000 feet above sea level in Ladakh - Jammu and Kashmir, making the art of pashmina even rarer and revered all over  the world. PATAN PATOLA : Many consider Patola as the "ultimate manifestation of weaving perfection" because the displacement of even one thread can resulted in a deformed pattern. Also, the dyeing and the weaving process is extremely complicated, requiring mathematical precision coupled with a vivid im...

     CHATURANGA or CHATUR   for short, is an ancient Indian strategy game that is commonly theorized to be the common ancestor of the board games Chess, Xiangqi, Shogi, Siltuyin and Makruk.     It is first known from the Gupta Empire in India around 6th century AD. In 7th century it was adopted as chatrang (shatranj) in sassanid Persia, which in turn was form of chess brought to late Medival Europe. The exact rules of chaturanga are unknown. In particular, there is uncertainly as to the moves of the GAJA(elephant).     Myron Samsin argues that chaturanga originated in the kingdom of Bacteria 255-53 BC, in a fusion of the many short moving men derived from the various moves of an Indian Race game, perhaps Seega or Chaupur on the Ashtapada the board of another race game.       Sanskrit caturanga is a bahuvrihi compound, meaning "having for limbs or parts" and in epic poetry often meaning "Army". The name comes from a battle ...

W hat do you think of temple in this modern era. A place where people go and worship their respective deities. And you are right, temples are a place of worship. But for now lets focus on the integral part of temple architecture. The design aim to integrate architecture with nature, the relative functions of various parts of the structure, and ancient beliefs utilizing geometric patterns(yantra), symmetry, and direction alignments. The most essential parts of a ''Mandir'' are: 1.VAHANA:  It is the vehicle(which carry or pulls) of god. Vahana denotes a mythical entity or an animal, a particular Hindu deity is said to use a vahana.                        Some deities  associated with their vahana:                                                   ...