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EMBLEM OF TELANGANA The State emblem of Telangana has Kakatiya Kala Thoranam in the middle and the Charminar inside it and bordered in green. The emblem is a circular seal consisting of the Kakatiya Kala Thoranam and Charminar with Sarnath Sarnath Lion Capital above. It has ‘Government of Telangana’ in English, ‘Telangana Sarkar’ in Urdu and ‘Telangana Prabhutvamu’ in Telugu. Satyameva Jayate is written in Sanskrit. The emblem was designed by painter Laxman Aelay and was adopted on June 2, 2014 after the newly formed government headed by K. Chandrashekar Rao adopted it. It was the first file to be signed by him after swearing in. Subsequently, Charminar was included on the advice of Asaduddin Owaisi. Initially the national motto was written below the emblem, which was corrected on representation by Kadyans, with an amendment approved by the Government of Telangana on June 25, 2014. This was carried out by the designer, by moving the Satyameva Jayate below the Sarnath Lion Capita

EMBLEM OF KARNATAKA The official Emblem of Government of Karnataka in India has a red shield in the centre, charged with a white two-headed bird, ‘Ganda Berunda’ and fringed in blue. Crested above it, four red-maned, yellow lions stand back-to-back facing four directions (only three are visible) on a blue circular abacus with a blue frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of a galloping horse on the left, a Dharmachakra in centre, a bull on the right and the outlines of Dharmachakras on the extreme left and right as part of Sarnath's Ashoka Pillar. The shield is flanked on either side by red-maned, yellow lion-elephant ‘Sharabha’ supporters (mythical creatures believed to be upholders of righteousness stronger than lions and elephants) standing on a green, leafy compartment. Below the compartment the national motto of India, ‘Satyameva Jayate’, Sanskrit for ‘truth alone triumphs’ is written. This emblem is adapted from the royal emblem of Mysore and is carried on all the o

EMBLEM OF ANDHRA PRADESH On November 1, 1956, the States Reorganization Act merged the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Hyderabad state with the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Madras state to form the state of Vishalandhra, which is named as Andhra Pradesh. The city of Hyderabad, the former capital of the Hyderabad State, was made the capital of the new state. The state emblem of Andhra Pradesh has a sun radiant charged with a vase ‘Poorna Kumbhham’, placed within an ornamented circular frame. In base the crest of the Republic of India. The top of the circle is written Government of Andhra Pradesh and the name of the state repeated in Hindi and Telugu. In base the motto of India ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in Devanagari.

EMBLEM OF KERALA The state emblem of Kerala is derived from the traditional Travancore state emblem, the conch-shell Sri Padmanhnabha Shanka is surrounded by a garland. The two elephants guarding the state and national insignias and is a derivative of Royal Coat of Arms of Kingdom of Travancore. The elephant denotes the supremacy and power and the state has the largest number of captivated elephants. The central part of the emblem carries Sree Padmanabha's Shankhu. The Shanku was one of the most iconic emblems found throughout Kerala's history and was the official insignia of Sree Ananthapadmanabha Swamy- the National deity and emperor of Erstwhile Travancore over which India's national emblem is found. Kerala government has made changes in its official emblem by repositioning the inspriction 'Sathyameva Jayate' in Devanagari script under the Lion Capital which comes in between to saluting tuskers. The committee constituted by the Government of Kerala made t

STATE EMBLEM OF BHARAT (INDIA) The State Emblem of Bharat (India) is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Asoka which is preserved in the Sarnath Museum. The Lion Capital has four lions mounted back to back on a circular abacus. The frieze of the abacus is adorned with sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening Dharma Chakras. The abacus rests on a bell-shaped lotus. The profile of the Lion Capital showing three lions mounted on the abacus with a Dharma Chakra in the center, a bull on the right and a galloping horse on the left and outlines of Dharma Chakras on the extreme right and left has been adopted as the State Emblem of India. The Bell-shaped lotus has been omitted. The motto ‘Satyameva Jayate’ - 'Truth alone triumphs' written in Devanagari script below the profile of the Lion Capital is part of the State Emblem of Bharat. The government adopted the emblem on January 26,, 1950, the day when Ind

NAVAL ENSIGN On India attaining Independence, the Royal Indian Navy consisted of 32 ageing vessels suitable only for coastal patrol, along with 11,000 officers and men. The prefix was dropped on January 26, 1950 with India being constituted as aRepublic. On September 2, 2022 Indian Navy adopted an Indian ensign (Niishaan). This was unveiled by the Prime Minister at the commissioning ceremony of thefirst indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limted and dedicated it to Chhatrapati Shivaji. Resonant to the ongoing nationalendeavour to move away from colonial past, need was felt to transition to a new design that drew inspiration from our history. The White Ensign identified nationwide with the Navy, now comprises of two main constituents - the National Flag in the upper left canton, and a Navy Blue - Gold octagon at the centre of the fly side (away from the staff). The Octagon is with twin golden octagonal borders encompassing the golden National Emblem