ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture & Development
The ELINEPA, in collaboration with the St. Xavier College in Kolkatta and the Open University (The Ferguson Centre for Asian and African Studies) in London submitted a project in line with the objective of the EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme on June 3rd 2004 at the office of the EU delegation in New Delhi. The project entitled, “Exploring the present …
Ένα τριμελές μουσικό συγκρότημα Ινδικής κλασσικής μουσικής έχει δημιουργηθεί στα Χανιά της Κρήτης και έχει μαγέψει τα τελευταία χρόνια τους φιλόμουσους κρητικούς. Το συγκρότημα συστάθηκε τον Ιούνιο του 2000 από τους Νεκτάριο Μητριτσάκη Ένα τριμελές μουσικό συγκρότημα Ινδικής κλασσικής μουσικής έχει δημιουργηθεί στα Χανιά της Κρήτης και έχει μαγέψει τα τελευταία χρόνια τους φιλόμουσους κρητικούς. Το συγκρότημα …
The Athenian Artist, Danae Stratou traveled by boat on the Ganga River and visited Varanasi and Allahabad amongst others cities in order to produce a documentary film on the River Ganges. The documentary forms part of her project “The River of Life” that includes documentaries from seven major rivers of the earth: the Danube, the Amazon, …
ΣΥΝΑΥΛΙΑ ‘ΝΤΡΟΥΠΑΔ’ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΑ ΓΙΑΝΝΕΝΑ Η Ελληνο-Ινδική Εταιρεία Πολιτισμού και Ανάπτυξης διοργάνωσε με μεγάλη επιτυχία το πρώτο καλλιτεχνικό της πρόγραμμα στην Ελλάδα σε συνεργασία με το Πνευματικό Κέντρο του Δήμου Ιωαννίνων στις 22 Οκτωβρίου 2003. Το πρόγραμμα ήταν αφιερωμένο στην αρχαία ινδική μουσική που είναι γνωστή με την ονομασία “Ντρουπάδ” και που συγγενεύει στενά με …
The first informal meeting for the foundation of the Hellenic Society for Indian Studies (that finally took the form of the Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture and Development) took place the evening of the 23rd July 2002 in the hospitable residence of Mrs Dione Dodis in the centre of Athens opposite from the green Lykavittos and …
The Presidential Decree 83/2004 by which the Department of Turkish and Asian studies is established in the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens was published in the Official Journal of the Hellenic Republic (Government Gazette) issue A 65/2-03-2004. The beginning of the department’s educational function and the introduction of the first students …
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Bollywood, the Indian moviemaking industry, traces its roots to Bombay (now Mumbai) to the 1930s, and since then has been producing as many as 1,000 feature films annually in a variety of cities and scenic landscapes all over India and the world. Enormous amounts are spent in majestic environments and foreign countries for the production …
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The Greek-Indian Association in Athens has published an almost forgotten manuscript, containing more than 9.000 words in Sanskrit, English and Greek, which was lying in the National Library of Greece for almost 170 years. The Dictionary was composed by the renowned Greek Indologist, Demetrios Galanos who lived in Varanasi for 40 years in the beginning …
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Renowned Greek music composer Yiannis Chryssomallis (professionally known as Yanni), became the First Western Artist to be permitted to perform at the Taj Mahal, one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage. Yanni and his international team comprising of almost 300 members performed live for three consecutive nights from 20 to 22 March 1997 …
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The Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Foundation for Hellenic Culture and the Embassy of Greece, New Delhi in cooperation with the India International Center organized a Symposium “India – Greece: 2500 years of Cultural Exchanges” in New Delhi from 25th March to 2nd April, 1995. The symposium was welcomed by a message from the …
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