Heritage Preservation

Discover how Yuvragi, a Marwari mom living in Sri Lanka, is preserving her culture through handmade puppets, folk tales, and dialect-based storytelling for her children and the world.

Architect and filmmaker Anuradha Parikh recalls the journey of breathing life into a Mumbai warehouse, turning it into a space where artists frequent and one that has tremendous social impact.

15,000 gramophone records are a part of Archive of Indian Music (AIM) that aims to digitise and preserve some of the rare recordings from the pre-radio era.

Under its 'Know your Indo-French Heritage' workshop, Indian and French architecture students will join hands with locals and kickstart a conservation project to restore French heritage buildings at Chandernagore.

One of the best ways of ensuring the preservation of India’s heritage is involving the youth in understanding and recognising its worth. A unique Museum Walk in New Delhi did just that for 55 girls from the Salaam Baalak Trust.

The last few practitioners of Chador Badoni, a form of puppetry, and Jadu Patiya, a form of painting and story telling, say their art forms may soon be lost to modern times unless there is a serious attempt to revive them. Chhandosree takes a closer look.

From running workshops for children to painting for a living, this artist couple is one of the last families from the village of Cheriyal to keep alive the region’s tradition of Cheriyal Scroll painting.

India has a rich history and heritage of arts & crafts from different regions, and a growing tourism industry. Combining the two can provide a unique opportunity to help empower livelihoods in parts of rural India while giving India’s crafts heritage the visibility it deserves.