Static Quiz 30 August 2022 (Art & Culture)

Hindustani Music
• While the historical roots of both the music types belong to the Bharata’s Natyasastra, they diverged in the 14th century. The Hindustani branch of music focuses more on the musical structure and the possibilities of improvisation in it. The Hindustani branch adopted a scale of Shudha Swara Saptaka or the ‘Octave of Natural notes’.
• There are ten main styles of singing in Hindustani music like the ‘Dhrupad’, ‘Dhamar’, ‘Hori’, ‘Khayal’, ‘Tappa’, ‘Chaturang’, ‘Ragasagar’, ‘Tarana’, ‘Sargam’ and ‘Thumri’.

The gopurams built under the Nayaka rulers were some of the largest gopurams. The Meenakshi temple in Madurai has the tallest gopuram in the world. The art of gopuram reached its climax in the Nayaka style.

Neo-Buddhist Movement
• The Neo Buddhist movement (also known as the Dalit Buddhist movement, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement) is a religious as well as a socio-political movement among Dalits in India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar.
• It re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new school of Buddhism called Navayana.
• The movement has sought to be a socially and politically engaged form of Buddhism.
• It rejected Hinduism, challenged the caste system in India and promoted the rights of the Dalit community.

National Maritime Heritage Complex
• National Maritime Heritage Museum will be established at Lothal in Gujarat.
• It is India’s first maritime museum in Gujarat
• The museum will act as an independent research centre for archaeology of boat building, reconstruction of maritime history and materials traded.

Andelu: It is a ubiquitous component of the folk music / story­telling art known as “Burra Katha”. It is a pair of
hollow metal rings.
• It is also used in the less common “Saradha Kathalu“, and other folk forms of Andhra Pradesh.