Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU Mar 5: Press Information Bureau and Regional Outreach Bureau Jammu organised a webinar on Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat (EBSB) in close coordination with PIB Chennai and ROB Chennai in order to give wide dissemination to the themes of EBSB with special focus on Art and Architecture of J&K Ladakh and Tamil Nadu. The objectives of Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat is to celebrate the unity in diversity of our Nation to promote the spirit of national integration to showcase the rich heritage and culture customs and traditions of either State for enabling people to understand and appreciate the diversity of India. Neha Jalali Deputy Director PIB & ROB J&K said that though the pandemic had restricted field outreach but had opened up new vistas for increasing digital footprint of Government Departments especially in terms of information dissemination and outreach online. Kirpal Singh Conservation Assistant Dogra Art Museum Jammu threw light on the Basohli Paintings Block printing of Samba Krimchi temples and forts of Jammu like Mubarak Mandi Bahu Fort etc as art and architecture of the area. Prof Shawkat Kathju Deptt of Paintings and Fine Arts University of Kashmir spoke on Nakkashi Meenakari Paper machie wood works and other arts of Kashmir region of the UT of J&K. Tashi Morup Project Director Ladakh Arts & Media Organizations informed the participants via a PPT about pre historic bronze age Iron Age and historic petroglyphs. He also spoke on pre Tibetan Buddhist rock arts and Tibetan Buddhist art post the second and third diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet. Dr D Anuradha HoD History Loyala College Chennai shed light on the architecture from Sangam age Pallavas Pandyas Cholas Vijaynagar and Nayak architecture. She also informed about Indo Saracenic architecture using PPT. The webinar was attended by other officers and officials of ROB PIB J&K and Chennai such as T Shivkumar Dy Director FOB Puducherry; Syed Adil Shamim Andrabi FEO J&K; Mohammad Shahid Lone FPO Anantnag; Khursheed Yousuf FPO Udhampur. The webinar was moderated by Vijay Mattoo I/c Field Outreach Bureau Kathua. Students from the state of Tamil Nadu as well as from the UTs of J&K and Ladakh also participated in the webinar.

Stay updated with all the Latest Jammu headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.