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The journey of Puri's Jagannath Rathyatra to Ahmedabad is rooted in centuries of shared faith. Seen as a manifestation of Lord Krishna, whose final relic floated from Gujarat to Odisha, Jagannath was embraced by local Vaishnav traditions.

The Dhamrai Rath Yatra, a 500-year-old tradition in Bangladesh, once drew subcontinental pilgrims with a colossal 60-foot chariot. Despite its brutal destruction by the Pakistani Army in 1971, the festival endures today as a testament to deep-seated cultural resilience.

"The Prambanan temple is a symbol of the shared cultural heritage between the two countries," PM Modi expressed.

Pakistan’s sudden embrace of the pre-Islamic history of the Indian subcontinent is pretentious, agenda-driven, a tactic of retrofitting facts to appropriate the history of ancient India. One or two pre-partition name changes do not change the fact that Pakistan’s foundation is still rooted in the Two-Nation Theory that essentially says that Muslims cannot co-exist with Hindus.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has formally asked Pakistan to reverse recent ‘reconstructions’ and “unnecessary interventions” at Mohra Moradu, a Buddhist monastery and stupa complex from the Kushan era, and Sirkap, the Indo-Greek city layer.

From claiming custodianship and inheritance of the Indus Valley Civilisation or the Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation, Pāṇini, Chanakya, Raja Porus/Purushottam to decoupling Hindu aspect of these, Pakistanis are concocting a corrupted, dishonest, and desperate ‘ancient Pakistan’ identity.

The Asiatic lion has staged a remarkable recovery in Gujarat, reaching a population of 891 by 2025.

Modern discussions often associate the word "caste" exclusively with India. Yet historically, social stratification existed across Asia, Europe and even parts of Africa.