Owing to public demand, immensely popular television show Ramayan is brought back on Doordarshan, starting March 28, 2020.  DD National springs a pleasant surprise, to help people spend time at home during lockdown and to uplift their spirits, they announce…

With a purpose to celebrate Ahmedabad’s heritage and encourage citizens to become more aware about city’s arts and aesthetics heritage, the Times Group and Adani has brought ‘Times Art Fest’ – A festival which artistically demonstrates the heritage footprint of…

Source: insider.in After their first edition in November 2018, India Design Confluence is back with the most prolific designers of the world but, this time, with a different name. ‘Ahmedabad Design Week’ is the torchbearer of India Design Confluence and…

Source: kankarialakefront.in At any given day, Kankaria Lake is an apt destination for a light outing, be it a picnic or just Saturday night jaunt. Being the second largest lake in the city, you can find a plethora of exciting…

Ahmedabad’s heritage has been a point of much discussion in recent years, partly due to the city receiving the UNESCO World Heritage City tag in 2017. Ahmedabad’s heritage has many dimensions representing both the tangible and intangible segments. On the World…

Set lamps afloat on the digital Ganges and virtually savour Benarasi paan at a new virtual reality museum in the ancient observatory of Man Mahal in Varanasi. (picture courtesy: Go Ibibo) PM Narendra Modi recently came down to his Varanasi…

Ahmedabad based Wagh Bakri group celebrate their 100th year in business by inaugurating a lavish, two-storey tea lounge in Ahmedabad. The outlet, their 13th in India will serve over 130 types of national and international teas, alongside they plan to…

Maharashtra now has the highest number of World Heritage Sites in India, with the Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai recognised as the fifth such site in the state. source: hindustantimes.com After the Elephanta Caves and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj…

FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) invited heritage experts to discuss Gujarat’s potential, with Ahmedabad as a World Heritage City, to become a thriving destination for heritage tourism in India. With more than three of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites listed in the state of…

As one of the 100 most endangered sited in the world, Leh’s Old Town has been left in ruinous conditions by haphazard urbanisation. Monisha Ahmed, co-founder of LAMO art centre in Leh, spoke about LAMO’s restoration work, at the Centre for…

Ahmedabad celebrated its 607th Foundation Day on February 26, 2018, and this year’s commemoration was dedicated to the countless anecdotes about the city. (L to R) Author Dr. Manek Patel and artist Shri Natu Mistry with his painting of the…

As residents of the World Heritage City, how much do the people of Ahmedabad appreciate each other’s heritage? This was a question that a group of students asked, at the Centre for Heritage Management of Ahmedabad University. Taking on the conscious responsibility…

In 1917, having vacated lawyer Jeevanlal Desai’s chalet-style residence, Mahatma Gandhi decided to set up his ashram near the serene banks of the Sabarmati River. The idea of adopting this geography as his ‘Karma Bhumi’ came about not only because large open…

“Rama has appeared on many postal stamps till now, but this one-of-a-kind stamp of Ramayana depicts many different facets of his life,” announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating the Ramayana Stamp in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi…

What an excellent way to end January! The Centre for Heritage Management organised an interactive discourse on ‘Managing Heritage of Royal Gharanas‘ on January 31, led by a talk by Shrimant Jeetendra Singh G Gaekwad. Hailing from the Maratha royal…

The 6th edition of Ahmedabad Flower Show at Riverfront is inaugurating with a fragrant and fresh outlook this year. From December 30, 2017, the visitors will experience vertical gardens and carpets stencilled with flora that we usually witness in books including…

The city became a hot topic of conversations after the UNESCO declared Ahmedabad as India’s foremost World Heritage City on July 8, 2017. The cultural and heritage aspects of the city gained prominence after the announcement. Whether it’s conserving the…

An array of creative textiles has been sequenced at the Indian Street textile exhibition which will be stationed at Conflictorium from November 11, 2017, to November 26, 2017. Curated by Katy West, a designer and lecturer hailing from the Glasgow School of…

Starting from July 29, 2017, the city is witnessing the first of its kind International Heritage Management Conference, where delegates from more than eight countries are present to talk about enhancing the cultural literacy and how economy and livelihood can…

While local authorities are busy struggling to manage the gushing storm water penetrating every lane and corner of the urbanising metropolitan, the delegates of the Heritage City of Ahmedabad decided to celebrate the drizzling ambience through a more enriching path.…

July 8, 2017, Saturday, 09:35 PM, a proud moment for every Indian citizen when UNESCO tweeted “Just Inscribed as @UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site: Historic City of Ahmedabad.” https://twitter.com/UNESCO/status/883718798464995328 The entry was deferred on June 13, 2017, by the World Heritage Commission…

Image source: www.shutterstock.com After Ahmedabad was declared as India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO on Saturday July 8th, Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani called an immediate meeting with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials and other city delegates. The conference was concluded…

A lot of hope, and money was riding on Ahmedabad to be the first World Heritage City of India. But alas, the hope continues to be a dream, and the city misses out from the status yet again. On 13th…

Imagine an art with boundless appeal – The Natu Mistry Show at Hutheesing Centre displays over a 100 of such art works. No matter who its audience is, regardless of where it will be portrayed; these artworks will soothe each…

  April 18 the World Heritage Day was celebrated differently by the local civic body Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Ahmedabad that is striving to reach up to UNESCO’s the World Heritage City list now has an interactive Mobile App, called Ahmedabad…

As part of the Gujarat Gaurav Divas (May 1st) celebrations and on the occasion of World Heritage Day, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Gujarat Tourism Department organised a grandeur inaugural ceremony, where they launched the Heritage Exhibition, and Art Centre located within…

Coming from remote locations and humble backgrounds this is a story of Zardozi craftsman Hussain, Mud Mirror designer Urmilaben, and Block Carver Gajjar’s struggles and creativity. Check out how, through creative interventions CreativeYatra.com and Kanoria Centre for Arts recognised these artists…

Friday evening(3rd March 2017) presented Ahmedabadis with a fantastic opportunity to meet and interact with Dr Geetha Narayanan and Ishita Shah of Srishti Institute, Bangalore – to learn about the Institutes’ ethos and the work accomplished there by the UNESCO…

From January 1, 2017, to January 13, 2017, Saptak 2017 the annual classical music festival of India will be celebrating its 37th edition in Ahmedabad with the theme of ‘Vaividhya‘ (diverseness), which basically reflects diversity not only in music, dance,…

Patan: A view of “Rani ki Vav” on World Heritage Week at Patan, Gujarat on Thursday. From 19th to 25th November, the world will adore and spread words of awareness about the magnificent heritage structures around us on the World…

147 years and still the Father of The Nation and his learning are engraved deeply in every man, woman and child’s heart. On the tranquil day of Gandhi Jayanti, Kanoria Centre for the Arts admired the eve in its own artistic…

In the early hours before dawn, even before the birds are up, one can see a few people gathering outside the Kalupur Swaminarayan Temple, they are there not for religious activity but for a prayer of another kind. They are…

Avani Varia of Aadhar had organized a Prayer meeting and a Chrakha spinning event called, ‘Chalo Charkho Ramiye’ at the Kochrab Ashram on the 2nd of October. Ms. Varia has been running a charkha movement for the past 3 years…

  Ahmedabad University-Centre for Heritage Management (AU-CHM) organized the Concluding event of the 33 months long EU-funded project ‘Cultural Heritage Management & Venture Lab in Ahmedabad’ on Tuesday, 13th September 2016, The guest of honor Mr. Emilio Contreras, First Secretary,…

Painting on dried khakhra leaves by Nikesh Dabgar. Leaves are weaved with stick and are treated in a specific manner so it can be painted on it, and also to keep the painted work safe for years Nikesh Dabgar and…

Google Cultural Institute is soon going to sign an agreement with Indian Rail Museum to partner and digitize the heritage assets of Indian Railway and help create a digital repository for universal online access free of cost. Indian Railways has…

Recently during the 40th Session of The World Heritage Committee Meeting in Istanbul, the history was written when three Indian sites were included in the heritage list within a single session. It is a great moment to have Nalanda University, the…

Recently the Maharashtra’s Wardha Ashram authorities visited the Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad. They surveyed the digitized library where totally 800 books out of 55,000 have been digitized. They also discussed the strategies that can be adopted as an input in the Sevagram Ashram…

Laas Geel the ancient cave formation art located in the Somaliland is a 5000 year old cave art form, which was discovered in 2002 by a French archaeology team. The caves are said to be the best preserved and oldest…

  Latest excavation at Vadnagar revealed structures resembling monastic cells, but only further excavation at the site would help establish whether the structures were part of a monastery or were secular in nature. The Archaeological Survey of India is facing…

LIDAR sends out a million laser points to create a digital outline of the land’s surface. Scientists are using these high-tech renderings to uncover the secrets of Angkor Wat and the original metropolis that once surrounded it. Angkor Wat, in…

Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IID) is a platform where space designers, affiliated professions, traders, artists and enthusiasts meet together, interact and help masses and society in terms of good designs. The institute keeps on cumulating socials, sessions and cluster…

    A first of its kind Heritage Walk conducted by Anthony Khatchaturian in Kolkata, where the walkers will be taken to the most haunted places of Kolkata and will be told haunted stories about those places. This heritage walk…

MUSEUMS are at the heart of contemporary societies; representatives of history, culture, skill, arts and much more. ‘MUSEUMS of AHMEDABAD’ is an initiative by aVni a social enterprise, started on 18 May 2014 for museums and museum professionals. Same will…

Photo Credit : Tanveer Farooqui The Simhastha Kumbh Mela, 2016 has commenced with Shahi Snaan (Holy Dip) at Ujjain. The holy gathering is this time expecting a mass of over 20-30 million devotees altogether. This dip is believed to be a…

Kumbh, a word deeper than mythology. An occurrence mesmerizing since thousands of years, at 4 different places in India, which is decided on Astronomical, Astrological, Geographical and Mathematical reasons. Celebrated to achieve something above then the physical being. Here god is…

India has a rich and multicultural heritage which goes back many centuries. And Ahmedabad is home to a host of this heritage. To celebrate the World Heritage Day, which was on 18th of April, an exhibition is organised on 20th…

Ahmedabad Heritage Venture Lab (AHVL) has organised an  exhibition of Ahmedabad based Heritage Ventures, displaying their heritage related products & services in diverse areas: artworks, cultural tourism, film shooting, food & lifestyle, Handicrafts, Heritage Home Stay, Performing arts, Photography, Radio…

The Armed Forces Film and Photo Division of Ministry of Defense, handed over a rare 30 hour film footage of World War II to the National Film Archives of India at Pune. In a press release, NFAI director Prakash Magdum…

Coming 26th and the city will celebrate its 605th Foundation Day. On this day in year 1411CE, the foundation stone of the city was laid under the blessings of Shri Maneknathji. To commemorate this moment a special prayer meet is…

Centre For Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University and Casa Dela India, Valladolid, Spain jointly organised a unique program titled, ‘Business Strategies for Heritage Management’. Experts from US, Spain and India were called in to share inputs with a select lot of…