HERITAGE

Rs 111 cr budget for Kempe Gowda project alone; and barely any for Archeology Dept

August 6, 2020 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Karnataka’s Archeology Department, the oldest in India, struggles to manage 844 monuments, 14 museums and more with a meagre 25 crores and a staff of 97. Plus 25000 other monuments are not notified due to the lack of funding! Yet one project to erect a statue and beautify a tomb gets 111 crores.

Can amended Zonal Regulations protect heritage in Bengaluru?

May 28, 2020 Harsha Raj Gatty

Bengaluru has lost many of its heritage sites to rapid urbanisation. Last month, state government amended Zonal Regulations so as to identify and preserve a wide range of heritage sites.

Now it’s Cubbon Park: Just how many times should Bengalureans protest, to save their heritage?

November 8, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Several laws have been made, and commissions formed, to protect Bengaluru’s heritage. Why then do we have to get on to the streets and protest every time our commons is threatened?

Sacred sites in Bengaluru: Where heritage helps conserve biodiversity

August 29, 2019 Sahana Ghosh

Despite Bengaluru’s rapid urbanisation, its kattes and temples still harbour over 120 different tree species. Majority of these are native species including neem and peepal. These trees should be mapped and given protected status, conservationists say

Bengaluru’s Rex is gone, but not forgotten

May 23, 2019 Amogh Rayanker

Recently, Rex theatre in Brigade Road wound up after 80 long years, to make way for a multiplex. As Rex and other single-screen theatres are disappearing from Bengaluru, the author reminisces about his experiences at Rex

BMRC to acquire church land for Metro, Tree Officer says not yet

May 12, 2019 Revathi Siva Kumar

The heritage All Saints Church is set to lose over 100 hundred trees and other structures to land acquisition for Metro rail. While BMRC announced that it will go ahead with the acquisition despite public protests, BBMP Tree Officer asserts that a decision can be taken only after an inspection report on tree felling, and public consultations

“It’s a fight to preserve our heritage,” says architect restoring 112-year-old Fort High School

May 3, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Fort High School in Chamarajpet, made entirely of brick and limewater, has lain dilapidated for years. Now, the non-profit INTACH is restoring the building. In this edition of Citizens Live, Pankaj Modi of INTACH talks about the restoration works, their struggle to initiate it, and how Bengaluru’s heritage can be conserved

Lalbagh flower show offers floral tribute to Mahatma

January 24, 2019 News Desk

Go visit the Lalbagh Flower Show this weekend, and indulge in Gandhiji’s life. Also enjoy different designs and arrangements made using flowers.

A crowd-funded memorial for Bengaluru’s ‘first citizen’

January 16, 2019 Udayakumar P L

The inscription stone was found in a site marked for road-widening. It was rescued by heritage enthusiasts, who were delightfully shocked to find what was in it. Now they are trying to place it in a memorial built for it.

Of sugar fabrics, edible laces and pure art: A peek into Bengaluru’s famous cake show

December 25, 2018 Deepa Vaishnavi V M

Be it Ranbir Singh or Sewing Dhaga or Red Fort, this cake exhibition has a place for everything. The designer sugary fabric adorns many of the pieces, as a testimony to the fine art of cake-making and innovation. Organising such a cake show isn’t a cakewalk. What goes into it?

Listen to the story and science of excavating an ancient port city

December 13, 2018 News Desk

Excavations have shown that the port city known as Muziris was a part of an extensive maritime network linking the Indian Ocean with China, the Red Sea, the Nile and the Mediterranean Sea, over 2000 years ago. This talk by INTACH will tell you more about it.