India has a rich cultural heritage. Unfortunately, many old building, scriptures, and statues have been damaged by our negligence. What steps can be taken to preserve our heritage?
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Answer:
India has a vast basket of living and diverse cultural traditions, traditional expressions, intangible cultural heritage comprising masterpieces which need institutional support and encouragement with a view to addressing areas critical for the survival and propagation of these forms of cultural heritage. Preserving our heritage is enshrined as a Fundamental Duty in our Constitution. The term heritage has wide connotations refers to the tangible heritage comprising of Paintings and art forms; Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites; Sculptures; Scriptures; Artifacts.
Explanation:
India’s built heritage—rich and diverse, an amalgamation of the country’s multi-millennial interactions with different cultures—is managed by governmental agencies at the national, state and local levels. These bodies have their respective mandates in protecting and preserving the country’s ancient monuments and other structures of historical value. At the same time, India faces a host of natural disasters that pose a multitude of hazards to these structures. This brief argues for the incorporation of heritage conservation in the country’s disaster management framework. It calls for innovative mechanisms to fund both, heritage protection and post-disaster rehabilitation.
India’s built heritage—rich and diverse, an amalgamation of the country’s multi-millennial interactions with different cultures—is managed by governmental agencies at the national, state and local levels. These bodies have their respective mandates in protecting and preserving the country’s ancient monuments and other structures of historical value. At the same time, India faces a host of natural disasters that pose a multitude of hazards to these structures. This brief argues for the incorporation of heritage conservation in the country’s disaster management framework. It calls for innovative mechanisms to fund both, heritage protection and post-disaster rehabilitation.This brief is part of ORF’s series, ‘Urbanisation and its Discontents’. Find other research in the series here:
India’s built heritage—rich and diverse, an amalgamation of the country’s multi-millennial interactions with different cultures—is managed by governmental agencies at the national, state and local levels. These bodies have their respective mandates in protecting and preserving the country’s ancient monuments and other structures of historical value. At the same time, India faces a host of natural disasters that pose a multitude of hazards to these structures. This brief argues for the incorporation of heritage conservation in the country’s disaster management framework. It calls for innovative mechanisms to fund both, heritage protection and post-disaster rehabilitation.This brief is part of ORF’s series, ‘Urbanisation and its Discontents’. Find other research in the series here:Attribution: Ramanath Jha, “Protecting India’s Built Heritage Against Natural Disasters”, ORF Issue Brief No. 293, May 2019, Observer Research Foundation.