Padmashri Dr. Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar Ji’s 102th Birth Anniversary

Culture researcher, Archeologist, Padma Shri Dr. Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar Ji’s 102th  Birth Anniversary program. Arts, literature and culture experts from all over the country will express their reverence. Organizer: Sanskar Bharti Madhya Pradesh https://www.facebook.com/SanskarBharatiCentral/videos/474660226925254/

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RSS to honour man who discovered Bhimbetka caves

The cultural wing of the RSS, Sanskar Bharati, plans 100 heritage walks in honour of Wakankar. Government-run cultural institutions like Lalit Kala Akademi have scheduled year-long programmes in his honour. In its bid to rewrite the colonial history from an Indian perspective, the Sangh Parivar has turned to archaeologists like

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An exhibition on the Legacy of Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar (Haribhau) May 2 to 30, 2019 at IGNCA, New Delhi.

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), an autonomous trust of Government of India, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi is going to organize a three days National Seminar on Rock Art to commemorate Dr. V. S. Wakankar Centenary Celebration year at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA),

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Only 5% rock art at Bhimbetka caves is open for tourists: Experts

INDORE: Which continent developed first? We can find about it with international-level research in field of rock art. Rock art found in Europe and Africa can be compared with that of India to find which continent developed first, said Wakankar Cultural Research Trust secretary Dilip Wakanar. Read more…

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Ujjain: Rock Art Society conference begins

Ujjain: The inauguration ceremony of Rock Art Society of India’s (RASI) 23rd conference was organised on Friday at Hotel Ashray. The conference was inaugurated by lighting of lamps by mentor Saskar Bharti Yogendra Vashishtha, Dr Vyankteshvarlu and Dr Arvind Jamkhedkar and other invitees at Hotel Ashray. The programme was presided

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Ujjain: 3-day international Rock Art Congress begins today

The event is being organised, under the joint aegis of RASI, ICHR and Wakankar Bharati Sanskriti Anveshan Nyas, to mark the birth centenary of Padma Shri Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar, who is known as the father of rock art discipline in India. Read more…

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The centenary year of Dr. Vishnu Wakankar

Suprabhat, On this important day of Gandhi Jayanti, i would like to share some interesting facts on another Bapu in my life – Bapu Wakankar. Bapu or Lipikar as Laxman Wakankar was more popularly known as, ran a successful cosmetics manufacturing company of 1940s – Asha, which was way before

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