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Purkhouti Muktangan, Naya Raipur
Purkhouti Muktangan is a cultural and sculpture garden in Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Established in 2006 and inaugurated by former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, it offers a glimpse into the Chhattisgarh culture through its display of the habitat, artifacts, art, folk dances, and food habits of the state's tribal communities. Gallery File:Purkhauti Muktangan, Sector 24 Naya Raipur.png, Art showing pillars File:Purkhoti Muktangan.jpg, Near entrance File:Purkhoti Muktangan 2024.jpg, Statues File:Statues at Purkhoti Muktangan.jpg, Statues File:Purkhoti Muktangan statues.jpg, Statues File:Face statues at Purkhoti Muktangan.jpg, Statues of faces File:Cow statue at Purkhoti Muktangan.jpg, Statue of a cow File:Woman statue at Purkhoti Muktangan.jpg, Statue of a woman File:Purkhoti Muktangan Rocks.jpg, Design made from rocks File:Purkhoti Muktangan 2023.jpg References Gardens in India Buildings and structures in Chhattisgarh 2006 establishments in India { ...
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Sculpture Garden
A sculpture garden or sculpture park is an outdoor garden or park which includes the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings. A sculpture garden may be private, owned by a museum and accessible freely or for a fee, or public and accessible to all. Some cities own large numbers of public sculptures, some of which they may present together in city parks. Exhibits range from individual, traditional sculptures to large site-specific installations. Sculpture gardens may also vary greatly in size and scope, either featuring the collected works of multiple artists, or the artwork of a single individual. These installations are related to several similar concepts, most notably land art, where landscapes become the basis of a site-specific sculpture, and topiary gardens, which consists of clipping or training live plants into living sculptures. A sculpture trail layout may be adopted, either in a park or thr ...
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Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Nava Raipur, officially known as Atal Nagar-Nava Raipur, is a planned city and fully Greenfield city in Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is planned to replace Raipur as the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The Government of Chhattisgarh, the state's administrative body is situated here. The city is located between National Highway 53 and National Highway 30, about 17 km south-east of the capital city Raipur. Swami Vivekananda Airport separates Raipur and Nava Raipur. Nava Raipur Development Authority After the formation of the new state of Chhattisgarh in November 2000, the state government decided to create a well planned new city for Raipur. Hence a special area has been notified under section 64 of Nagar Tatha Gramnivesh Adhiniyam 1973. The authority thus formed is the Capital Area Development Authority (CADA) which is now called the Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran (NRDA). NRDA is the nodal agency undertaking comprehensive development of this 'greenfield' c ...
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Raipur And Naya Raipur Bus Rapid Transit System
Raipur and Naya Raipur BRTS is a bus rapid transit in Raipur and Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh India. It is operated by Naya Raipur Mass Transport Ltd (NRMTL). It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 November 2016 Routes The bus route has nine stations and connects riders to Raipur Railway station. Its two routes cover 40 km total, and the buses are equipped with basic features like a tracking system and automatic doors. Route I takes passengers from the railway station to the capitol complex, and Route II takes riders between Naya nd Raipur. See also * List of bus rapid transit systems The term ''bus rapid transit system'' (''BRT system'') has been applied to a wide range of bus, trolleybus, and electric bus systems. In 2012, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) published a BRT Standard to make it ea ... References {{Bus rapid transit in India Bus rapid transit in India Transport in Raipur, Chhattisgarh Naya Raipur 2016 e ...
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Government Of Chhattisgarh
Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Chhattisgarh, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Chhattisgarh is the governor, appointed by the president of India on the advice of the central government. The post of governor is largely ceremonial. The chief minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Raipur is the capital of Chhattisgarh, and houses the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Chhattisgarh High Court, located Bilaspur, has jurisdiction over the whole state. The present Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh is unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one ...
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Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List of states and union territories of India by population, seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Maharashtra to the southwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Odisha to the east, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the south. Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava, 1 November 2000 with Raipur as the designated state capital. The Jogimara and Sitabenga Caves, Sitabenga caves in Chhattisgarh, one of the earliest examples of theatre architecture in India, are dated to the Maurya Empire, Mauryan period of 3rd century BCE. The region was split between rivaling dynasties from the sixth to twelfth centuries, and parts of it were bri ...
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Gardens In India
A Mughal garden is a type of garden built by the Mughals. This style was influenced by the Persian gardens particularly the Charbagh structure, which is intended to create a representation of an earthly utopia in which humans co-exist in perfect harmony with all elements of nature. Significant use of rectilinear layouts are made within the walls enclosures. Some of the typical features include pools, fountains and canals inside the gardens. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India have a number of gardens which differ from their Central Asian predecessors with respect to "the highly disciplined geometry". History The founder of the Mughal empire, Babur, described his favourite type of garden as a charbagh. The term '' bāgh'', ''baug'', ''bageecha'' or ''bagicha'' is used for the garden. This word developed a new meaning in South Asia, as the region lacked the fast-flowing streams required for the Central Asian charbagh. The Aram Bagh of Agra is thought to have been the first ch ...
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Buildings And Structures In Chhattisgarh
A building or edifice is an enclosed Structure#Load-bearing, structure with a roof, walls and window, windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, monument, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the :Human habitats, human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much architecture, artistic expression. ...
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