An Indian vision, carved in limestone
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WASHINGTON - The newly opened National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is what its director likes to call &quot;different.&quot; Unlike past museums set up by outsiders, this showplace is directed, curated, and staffed largely by native Americans.
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Buddha statues are the inspiration for Rudolf Stingelâs new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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The provenance of a man-made forest in the shape of a swastika near the edge of the Himalayas presents a complicated mystery.
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The new Indian Museum is set to open September 21 in Washington, DC and it&#39;s collection includes hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the native cultures of both North and South America.
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When disabled Hindu worshipers in the   southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering   temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi   Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
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From the wetlands out front to the undulating exterior, the new National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is built on native ideas. Includes photo gallery.
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Photographer Prashant Panjiar documents the pilgrimage to Hindu's most sacred rivers
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VARANASI, India -- Deep in a labyrinth of stucco buildings,  in a dark, cave-like warehouse, Mohamed Javen, 18, switched on a light bulb, sat before his rickety loom and began working on what was once the prize possession of every Indian bride: the hand-woven silk sari.
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MAKRANA, India  - A Mughal emperor famously used it to entomb his beloved wife, bathrooms around the world are lined with it and business executives brush up against it in hotel lobbies: Makrana's much-admired marble is everywhere.
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India celebrates the 350th anniversary of its most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, today - although historians cannot agree on its precise age and fears of damaging the enormous white marble structure have dampened plans to mark the event.
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Indian art over a period of 1,500 years will be displayed for the first time in Europe at a four-month "festival of India" to be held in Brussels in October.
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Researchers use X-ray scanners to create 3-D models of prehistoric creatures preserved inside rocks.
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Reader Senguttuvan S sends us a photograph.
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Jesus' disciple Thomas is thought to have ministered in India's south. Today, 24 million Indians are Christian.
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Reader Abhinay Tibdewal sends us a photograph.
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Meet the Indian American comics spreading that funny feeling. A series of portraits.
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In the caves of South Africa's Cederberg mountains, an ancient people left a legacy of rock art that could teach modern man a valuable lesson or two about living in harmony with nature.