heritage

Accustomed to consuming nearly 275 varieties of wild fruits, vegetables and herbs from the jungles, the Kondhs were suddenly instructed to practice monoculture and forget their culture. Here is how they stood firm.

For us, this is not a job or even a business. It is a proud passion that we have and will continue to carry on for generations,” says the family that's played a silent chord in creating legends. #history #LostTales

For more than 800 years, hundreds of families have lived inside this glorious desert citadel that's also a UNESCO world heritage site. Read on to find out why and how!

From initiating ‘bhutayajna’ for ants and insects to preventing chicken pox, the strokes of Alpona have tied together the social fabric of Bengal for eons. #History #Heritage #PhotoStory

Having completed her architecture degree from the School of Planning and Architecture in 2003, Aishwarya says that the choice of working with heritage buildings and structures was made rather early on in life.

According to a popular lore, the potters of Kumortuli were unaware of the image of a lion (Durga’s pet) and sculpted a horse-like creature with a stout mouth, large teeth and a ferocious look. That early rendition of a lion is still replicated for one of the oldest Durga pujas in the region!

D Hemchandra Rao is a proud owner of dhow models, anchors, coins with ships engraved on them, models of brass ships, wooden houseboats, pocket watches, clocks, ship lanterns, postcards, stamps of lighthouses and canals collected over a span of two decades!

These streets feel a bit more like art galleries these days, thanks to a French artist's larger-than-life murals that are freeing famous works of art from the confines of museums!

The dance school is the brainchild of Betha Nageswara Rao and his brother Betha Satyanarayana, and they have named it after their father.

This incredible initiative was originally flagged off in 1866, and there are 900 such plaques around the city!