World Heritage Day: Post #1

 

Guarding since centuries. City Palace, Udaipur

Future is safe 🙂 Ajatshatru’s stupa, Bihar

Praying for safety. Maner Sharif, Bihar

18 April is World Heritage Day.

Traditional French uniform – police in Pondicherry

Heat or rain, always on guard. Baghore ki Haveli, Udaipur

Do we care for their comfort? Baghore ki Haveli, Udaipur

Today #projectinterpret salutes those who protect our Heritage, at whatever cost. Those who remain unrecognised, unknown and invisible. Those who we never get an opportunity to thank for their infinite efforts.

Those who actually clean the Ganga ghats before we all wake up to dirty them. Assi Ghat, Varanasi

Cleaning the Ganga. Assi Ghat, Varanasi

Who is cleaning the Ghats or banks of the Ganga every morning before we go and ritualistically dirty them???

Sweepers standing at the sidelines. Amareshwara Temple, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

Poor devotee – not mainstream enough? Amareshwara Temple, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh

And the women who sweep. I’ve noticed them always standing away from the main crowds. Aren’t they important for us? Do we care???

Guardians of a free library. Sarkhej Roja, Ahmedabad

Priests for the royal deity. Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur

The custodians of knowledge, from running free libraries to praying for Supreme Justice

Fragrances just for us 😊 Pondicherry flower lady

Generations of guarding. Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur

They are ageless ❤️ Sharing their love and concern with us since generations. How do we thank them? Next time please do smile and nod your head or fold your hands in gratitude, if saying “Thank you” is difficult

Local guide at Chunar, Mauryan edict making site. Uttar Pradesh

Fantasy stories, who needs GOT?!? Bihar

Local communities are included as guides as part of Heritage with their sometimes factually incorrect but dramatic enactments of the past. Who needs expensive Game of Thrones when they are around???

Friends for ever. Undavalli Caves, Andhra Pradesh

Bonding with the past. Undavalli Caves, Andhra Pradesh

Let’s love our Heritage. City Palace, Udaipur

Enjoy our Heritage 😍

These photographs have been taken from Heritage sites all over India over the years 🙂 check the captions for details

 

Since 1982, World Heritage Day has been a day to celebrate and promote cultural heritage, and an opportunity to raise awareness about its diversity, its relevance, how vulnerable it can be and what the needs and benefits of its conservation are.

The members of ICOMOS (International Council for Monuments & Sites) contribute to improving the preservation of heritage, the standards and the techniques for each type of cultural heritage property: buildings, historic cities, cultural landscapes and archaeological sites

Please read the ICOMOS website for more details:

https://www.icomos.org/en/focus/18-april-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites

 

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