Discuss the socio culture of ayodhya and banaras in 18th century
Answers
Answer:
From India 36 properties are enlisted in WH List (till 12 July 2017), however 'The Riverfront Ghats of Varanasi' has not yet been proposed for inclusion, mostly due to political complexity and lack of strong movement from the stakeholders. Framing tourism and cultural development in holistic frame for national and international resource within the purview of the ancient roots of heritage properties and traditions of spirituality, sacrality and pilgrimages that have a long tradition and continuity in India, the government of India has recently conceptualised programme of HRIDAY and PRASAD with an aim to strengthen and promote the heritage sites and centres of pilgrimage-tourism in making the environment green and sustainable while befitting into the roots of culture, traditions and society and also image of the site. This essay attempts to critically examine the rationales for proposing Varanasi as a heritage city in the WH List and the problems faced in this process since last fifteen years. In this context the status of Varanasi on the scale of UNESCO-WH List, the implications of the past and ongoing Master Plans and City Development Plan, governance strategies and issues of public awareness are examined and appraised. Under modern pace of urban planning, the key issues of heritage values and their conservation are put at the margin. The narrative and stories explained here will further help in making conservation strategy for other historic-heritage cities in South Asia. Keywords: dharohara, heritage planning, HRIDAY, contestation, Master Plan, PRASAD, public participation, SDGs, Smart City.
Answer:
☑ In the early eighteenth century, like many of the other "celebrated holy places such as Prayag (Allahabad) and Ajodhya," Banaras had been a "mughalizing city," owing much to the cultural patterns established first by the Mughals and then fostered by the Nawab of Awadh's court.