Seema and her friends went to Hyderabad to visit Golconda Fort during their school field trip. The Golconda Fort is extremely huge and the students learnt how to read a map. However, Seema observed that her classmate Deepa was drawing, scribbling and writing on the walls of the fort. Seema stopped her immediately and explained to Deepa that it's an offence to ruin the beauty of a cultural heritage. She also observed that there was a lot of littering. Seema was disheartened to witness such a situation. Innocent Deepa realized her mistake and their group started creating awareness about protecting forts.
a) How can you create awareness about protecting historical heritage?
b) Write about Golconda Fort in your own words.
c) Is it right to scribble on walls of historical heritage? Justify your reasons.
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Answer:
a)Findings-Preceding studies on cultural heritage it is found that heritage festivals, freedom walk, heritage trails, heritage walk, heritage awards, street plays, heritage newspapers and promotion of heritage in education are the prominent tools to create awareness.
b)Golconda Fort, also known as Golkonda, is a fortified citadel and an early capital city of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Because of the vicinity of diamond mines, especially Kollur Mine, Golconda flourished as a trade centre of large diamonds, known as the Golconda Diamonds.
c)No, it is definitely not correct to write and scribble on the walls of historical monuments. It reflects that we lack a sense of respect, admiration for our country and we do not honour our duty of protecting these monuments