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Category: Heritage Tales

What makes Heritage interesting?
The innumerable myths, tales, legends and stories attached to any heritage site. Some real, some made up but all of them fascinating and engaging.

This task takes students on a journey to explore these tales and myths.
GCAs in each city were grouped into a team – each team chose any heritage site in their city, interacted with people there and unearthed stories associated with the site.
Africa, Capturing Culture, GIP Jan - June 2018, Heritage Tales, museum heritage

Sardauna of Sokoto

Posted onMarch 12, 2018March 8, 2018

Ahmadu Bello was born in June 1909 in the Sokoto Province of Rabah in the then Northern Protectorate (now part of Nigeria). He was the …

#makeheritagefun, Explore the Unexplored, Heritage Tales

Shaniwar Wada: Where the Mughal and Peshwa architectures meet

Posted onApril 17, 2017April 17, 2017

As I walked into the famous Shaniwar Wada through its magnificent spiked iron doors, the history lover in me immediately noticed the delicate floral carvings …

Capturing Culture, Heritage Tales, Intangible Heritage, Religious, Traditions

Chowka Bhara: A Vedic board game from the epic tale of Mahabharata

Posted onFebruary 5, 2017January 29, 2017

This article is written by Ananya Mahir. It was originally published on www.nazariya.in,  an initiative that is connecting rural India to metropolitan cities Board games …

Palace Green Durham
Heritage Tales

Grim Tales from Durham

Posted onFebruary 22, 2016February 22, 2016

Frederick Copeman was one of the first students of the Durham University.  University College accommodated all students in Durham Castle.  Mister Copeman lived in one …

Capturing Culture, Conservation, Discover, Explore the Unexplored, Heritage, Heritage Tales, Interact with Heritage, Spotlight, Stories, Student Program, Traditions, Travel

Majnu ka Tila: A Little Tibet

Posted onOctober 28, 2015June 16, 2016

At a little distance from the busy streets of old delhi resides a locality that presents a completely different aspect of delhi. That presents the …

Khooni Darwaza
Heritage Tales, Intangible Heritage, Student Program

Khooni Darwaza…!

Posted onAugust 23, 2015March 19, 2016

Transmutation of 16th century “Kabuli Darwaza” into 21st century “Khooni Darwaza” Well it is rightly said, sometimes you just don’t get the name; you have …

Explore the Unexplored, Heritage Tales, Intangible Heritage, Stories, Student Program, Travel

Khooni Darwaza

Posted onAugust 23, 2015June 16, 2016

Our visit to the gate helped us unveil many theories, rumors and facts about the heritage site.  Built by Sher Shah Suri in 1540’s, a …

Khooni Darwaza
Heritage Tales, Intangible Heritage, Student Program

Khooni Darwaza

Posted onAugust 23, 2015December 24, 2015

Presentation by Eshita Goyal, Garima Pandey and Jeswin Joseph on Khooni Darwaza in Delhi.

Heritage Tales, Intangible Heritage, Student Program

A land of stories- Tripunithura

Posted onAugust 22, 2015December 24, 2015

The hamlet of Tripunithura , my hometown,  is where I chose to travel around with the expectation that I would be able to pen down …

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