The 'Ahar' Udaipur Heritage Walk is the story of the day's bygone but still creating an impact on the present. 'Ahar' is one of the largest rural Bronze Age sites of Ahar-Banas Culture of South Rajasthan. It was represented by various stone structures, hearths, copper/bronze objects and evidence of smelting and then, for the first time, it was named 'Ahar' Culture. Beginning from the Ahar Mound, it is the story of the great culture that was found to be in the oldest layer of the excavation, dating back to the bronze age of The Indus Valley Civlization. Then comes the Royal Cenotaphs (Mahasatya Ji), one of the largest cenotaph complexes among the other Medieval Rajput cenotaph covering an area of 3.02 hectare. The splendid architecture, beautiful Torans, Chattris and Chautras which recalls the contributions of the Maharanas of Mewar who lived here and devoted themselves for the good and betterment of the people. The walk continues through various walk spots, including Gangaudbhav Kund - which means the origin place of holy river Ganga and it is believed in Udaipur that river Ganga originated from here, Bhaktimati Meera Temple - built in 10th century has projected walls resting on high plinth and it is famous for its elevated plinth with intricate carvings and continuous panel of sculptures, Ahar Jain Temple - the first Teerthankara Aadinath, the 24th Mahaveera and a temple of Shantinatha and it end to Traditional Musical instruments Shops where traditional tie and die craftsmen inhabit and are still down the line carrying the valour in its tunes of the time that has passed but still remains in the air forever. This Heritage Walk is an initiative to further protect and promote crafts and folk art of Ahar. The MMCF's goal is to be a world leader in heritage conservation and community inclusion. The Foundation often has to generate its own benchmarks for this goal. MMCF is keen to share its best-practice and conservation experience that has an ambitious knowledge transfer initiative in addition to its implementable conservation program.
Heritage Walk
Poster
Sun, 5 - Mon, 6 Feb
International Seminar Connecting Histories conceptualised by the Director of the Symposium Dr. Alka Pande
An International Seminar Connecting Histories conceptualised by the Director of the Symposium Dr. Alka Pande was held at the Oberoi Grand in Kolkatta. One of the sessions was on the 5th of February 2017 titled Museums of the 21st Century, comprised of Dr. Deborah Thiagarajan, Chairman and Creator of the Dakshinachitra, Chennai, Dr. Swapan Chakraborty, Hon. Director of the Kolkatta Museum of Modern Art, Mr. Bertrand Geoffroy de Harding, Cultural Council and Director Institute Francais, New Delhi, and Dr. Alka Pande, Art Historian and Curator.
Different aspects of Museums in the 21st century, in India and abroad were presented by the speakers. From the inception of traditional museums to the changing representations of Museums of Memory and Mind were discussed within the session.
Dr. Alka Pande in her presentation took two examples the Kanhna Museum of Life and Arts of which she is the Curator and the Divine Gesture Gallery, which she has curated for the City Palace Museum in Udaipur, Rajasthan. She stressed the importance, role and vision of private individuals especially Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar who by setting up private spaces of spectatorship and bringing hitherto unknown works to the public. The Divine Gesture Sculpture Gallery of the City Palace Museum was one of them. While lauding the vision and the concept of Custodianship of Living Heritage by Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, Dr. Pande showed some unique sculptures from the museum to the diverse public present which was a unique gallery which houses perhaps the largest collection of sculptures from a specific region in this case of Rajasthan, showing an unbroken tradition of sculpture from the 6 C.E to the 19 C.E.
The audience was extremely receptive and curious about the sculptures and also were keen to visit the museum.
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