Tipu Sultan’s military commanders carried the conch shell and presented it him as and when required. The conch shell remained in the Mysore ruler’s possession till his death. A conch shell, which the ...

Devotees thronged unique makeshift tents or pandals, made of conch shells in Kolkata on the occasion of five-day long Durga Puja, a festival dedicated to Hindu Goddess of power, Durga. Styled after ...

Ancient Europeans made a horn out of a large seashell and blew musical notes out of it roughly 18,000 years ago, a new study suggests. While it’s not known how ancient people used the shell horn, ...

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