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On Wednesday, October 30, an exhibition on the hillfort of India in Lithuania was opened at the Embassy of Lithuania. This exhibition marked the launch of "Days of Lithuania in India," a series of events that will continue till December 15th. 

"We found out about the India Hillfort accidentally after reading in the press about a storm that blew over Western Lithuania last summer. But today we hope that the image of this hillfort will blow over our imagination like a tornado and will turn into one more link between India and Lithuania," - said to the guests the Lithuanian Ambassador to India Laimonas Talat-Kelpša.

Photographs at the exhibition depict the landscape of the hillfort of India, its nature, the variety of local flora and fauna.

The authors of thirteen photographs on display are the photographer Aurelija Bacevičienė and the archeologist Zenonas Baubonis.

“I am grateful to the municipality of Šilalė district, which provided us with the photographs. All we had to do was to print them out and present them to the Indian public. I can hardly imagine a better exhibition than the one that comes from the bottom of the heart of the Lithuanian people,” - said the Lithuanian Ambassador.

The India Hillfort is situated in Šilalė district, Western Lithuania, in the regional park of Pagramantis. It is assumed that one of the most important forts of the Karšuva Land – Pūtvė, which was burnt down by the Teutonic Order in the 14th century, stood on this hill.

The name of the hillfort derives from the ancient Baltic word “indija”, which means “the depths of the Earth”.

The six week long program of the “Days of Lithuania in India” also includes a number of other events: cultural, academic, economic. On November 13 the conference on Lithuania-India relations, historical and contemporary, will take place at JNU to be organized jointly with the School of International Studies. The exhibition on the legendary Lithuanian traveler Antanas Poška in India who travelled to India on a motorbike in 1929 will also be launched. In the evening of November 13, a group of Lithuanian musicians will present the concert “Bach in India,” the gap-bridging interpretation of J.S. Bach’s classical music in the Hindustani style. On November 14, the Lithuanian pavilion will open at the India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. All in all, more than 10 events will be organized in Delhi, Calcutta, Jaipur and other Indian cities.

The “Days of Lithuania in India” are dedicated to the Lithuanian presidency of the EU Council.

For detailed program of the “Days of Lithuania in India” check out the following link: /index.php?2969373110