Before the Tricolour, India’s identity did not rest on a single flag. It moved through symbols used by empires, kingdoms, and ...

It is a symbol that commands respect, not through coercion, but through the inherent values it represents and the collective ...

But now India's national emblem seems to have undergone a bit of rebranding, complete with a new bronze sculpture of the lions. It's huge - about 21 feet tall and weighing almost 10 tons.

"To completely change the character and nature of the lions on Ashoka's pillar at Sarnath is nothing but a brazen insult to India's national symbol," said Jairam Ramesh, the Congress party’s ...

India celebrates 17 national symbols representing its heritage, culture, and values. Key symbols include the Tiranga flag, the Ashoka Chakra emblem, the Jana Gana Mana anthem, and the Vande ...

A carving of four lions that once topped one of Ashoka's pillars at Sarnath is now the national emblem of India A man of peace It is always said that Ashoka, after winning a great battle, turned ...

Row Over National Emblem ... “To completely change the character and nature of the lions on Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath is nothing but a brazen ... “The 6.5-meter state emblem of India, ...

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained ... It is one of 19 pillars that still stand today. Ashoka, ... The National Emblem is taken from the four Lions on the ...

That the Ashoka Chakra would be adopted as the national emblem was decided during the Const­ituent Assembly debate of 1949, he says. Nehru presided over the debate.

Lions perched on top of a pillar, an image taken from an ancient sculpture - this has been India's national emblem since the country gained independence in 1947. It's on stamps, passports, coins ...