Company Secretary - Aditi Maheshwari & Associates. Author- The Unblinking Eye! and Walking The Rainbow of Life! With an illustrious history dating back centuries, the conch’s story weaves through ...

In Hinduism, the blowing of the conch shell, known as the "Shankha," is a tradition that's been around for a very long time. It's not just a musical instrument but rather a symbol of something deeply ...

The artisans at Shankhari Bazar who hold the rich tradition of making shankha are now struggling to survive as their centuries-old profession is going through hard times. Made from conch shells, ...

A few surviving examples of 1,500-year-old shell script (shankha lipi) in the neglected rock shelters of Manua Bhan ki Tekri have been brought to focus by #Bhopalwalk, a Twitter-based initiative to ...

Shaankha is the white bangle made from conch shell that is traditionally worn by Hindu married women in Bengal. It is generally paired with pola, or bangles made of coral. A set of shaankha and pola ...

Parul Saha came from Agartala, India to visit her relatives in Bangladesh. She lost no time in going to Shankhari Bazar to buyshankha(a kind of bracelet, a symbol of identification that a Hindu woman ...

Bablu Nandi at work and (right) the National Award-winning conch shell Courtesy: Bablu Nandi However, he wanted to do more and began training in khodai, or engraving work, with his school teacher ...