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Guruvayur Dorai, a leading mridangam artiste and exponent of the Pudukottai style, died in Chennai on 10 October 2026. Born in Guruvayur on 2 July 1935, he began performing at eight and was active in Carnatic music for more than eight decades. Accounts gave his age as either 91 or 92.
On 8 October 2026, the NFDC–National Film Archive of India (NFDC-NFAI), based in Pune, added three 35 mm Tamil films starring Sivaji Ganesan to its national collection. Aparna Subramanian, a Film Research Officer at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), acquired and donated the prints. All three films were directed by A.P. Nagarajan.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has cleared the conversion of Lahori Gate Haveli into the Shahjahanabad Museum and Interpretation Centre in Old Delhi. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has granted in-principle approval for the museum project, and the restored haveli is planned as a public heritage space in Khari Baoli at Vasudev Captain Chowk.
Mandar, a traditional folk percussion instrument of Jharkhand, received a Geographical Indication tag from the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai on September 28-29, 2026. The registration links the instrument with its geographical origin, traditional craftsmanship, and cultural identity in Jharkhand’s tribal and folk traditions.
Kumik village in Zanskar was declared Ladakh’s first designated Heritage Village on 15 September 2026. The declaration was made by the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, during the launch of the Ladakh Zanskar Festival 2026.
Wadda Gurdwara Sahib in Penang, Malaysia, reopened in September 2026 after extensive conservation and restoration work. The 125-year-old Sikh gurdwara was established in 1901 and is recognised as the oldest and largest Sikh temple in Southeast Asia. It is listed as a Category One heritage building.
The inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) began on 7 September 2026 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. The four-day festival, themed “Rang-e-Cinema”, is scheduled from 7 September to 10 September 2026.
Gollalagudi Temple, also called Gollala Gudi, in Palampet village of Mulugu district, Telangana, was declared a monument of national importance through a gazette notification issued by the Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism on 1 September 2026. The declaration increased the number of Archaeological Survey of India protected monuments in Telangana to 10.
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) has unearthed more than 1,000 artefacts from the Noyyal river bed at Vellalore in Coimbatore. The finds date to the early historical and historical periods, with some artefacts placed between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD.