S P BALASUBRAHMANYAM (SPB / BALU) : THE LEGENDARY SINGER & GUINNES BOOK RECORD HOLDER WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF SONG RECORDINGS

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as S. P. Balu, S. P. B., or Balu, was an Indian musician, playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. He sung over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages. […]

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JAPAN : KYOTO – THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF JAPAN

Kyoto is considered the cultural capital of Japan and a major tourist destination. It is home to numerous Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces and gardens, many of which are listed collectively by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Prominent landmarks include the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji and the Katsura Imperial Villa. Kyoto is also sometimes called the thousand-year capital […]

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TEA CEREMONY IN CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN:A SUPERB EXPERIENCE !

A tea ceremony is a ritualized form of making tea practiced in Asian culture by the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese,Indians, Vietnamese and Taiwanese. The tea ceremony, literally translated as “way of tea” in Japanese “etiquette for tea” or “tea rite” in Korean and “art of tea” in Chinese is a cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of tea The Japanese tea ceremony is […]

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