What is Cultural capital?
• Cultural capital has resources that give social mobility of the region. These resources are both real and obscure, such as skill and taste in music; But importantly, they are not related to income, total value, or any financial measure.
What are the categories of Cultural capital
• Cultural capital can be classified into three categories namely –
1. Institutionalized : Such as education or specialized knowledge
2. Embodied: such as personality, speech, skills
3. Objectified: such as clothes or other belongings
| SLNO | State Name | Capital | Cultural Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Thrissur |
| 2. | Bihar | Patna | Darbhanga |
| 3. | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Raigarh |
| 4. | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Mysore |
| 5. | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Madurai |
| 6. | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Jabalpur |
| 7. | Assam | Dispur | Jorhat |
| 8. | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Varanasi |
| 9. | Uttarakhand | Dehradun (Winter)
Gairsain (Summer) |
Almora |
| 10. | West Bengal | Kolkata | Kolkata |
| 11. | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Puri |
| 12. | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | Rajahmundry |
| 13. | Telangana | Hyderabad | Warangal |
| 14. | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Pune |
| 15. | Goa | Panaji | Marmagao |
| 16. | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Vadodara |
| 17. | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Jaipur |
| 18. | Haryana | Chandigarh | Kurukshetra |
| 19. | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla (Summer)
Dharmashala (Winter) |
Mandi |
| 20. | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Deoghar |
| 21. | Nagaland | Kohima | Mokokchung |
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Which is the world’s cultural capital in India ? [SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam. (2013) ]
Answer- Calcutta or Kolkata
2. Which district is known as the cultural capital of Kerala?
Answer: Thrissur
3. Khajuraho was the cultural capital of which dynasty”?
Answer: Chandel Rajputs
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