By Amandeep Madra on January 10, 2010
Gurpreet K. Maini writes a review of India’s leading heritage conservation NGO, on its 25th anniversary in the Sunday Tribune.
If today graffiti is diminishing our monuments, particularly the unlisted ones, there are fewer ‘pan’ splurges; they are no longer open-air urinals or defecating hubs, we owe it to the pivotal catalyst INTACH, a concept which [...]
Posted in Architectural, Cultural, Material | Tagged conservaion, India, INTACH
By Amandeep Madra on January 4, 2010
A former Project Director at The Smithsonian’s prestigious National Museum of American History, George Jacob, has been named director of the Khalsa Heritage Complex in Anandpur Sahib reports the Midland Daily News. The Khalsa Heritage Complex is one of the largest museum complex in India currently in advanced stages of construction.
Smithsonian trained Jacob, an internationally [...]
Posted in Cultural, Material | Tagged Anandpur Sahib, Khalsa Heritage Complex, Museum, Smithsonian
By Amandeep Madra on January 3, 2010
A JACKET with ancestral links to Norfolk which was expected to fetch between £60,000 and £80,000 at auction failed to sell.
Items once treasured by the Maharajah Duleep Singh, who bought the Elveden Estate near Brandon in 1863, went under the hammer at Lyons and Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh.
A pair of crimson shoes which were [...]
Posted in Material | Tagged Auction, Duleep Singh, Edinburgh
By admin on November 29, 2009
Members of the Institute of Sikh Studies today called upon the state government and Sikhs to work towards preservation of the Sikh heritage.The members of the institute met here today for a conference on the “Battles of Banda Singh Bahadur: Strategy at Chappar Jhiri.”
One of the aims of the conference was to suggest to the [...]
Posted in Architectural, Material | Tagged conservation, preserving, punjab, Sikh
By admin on November 29, 2009
Auctioneers will on December 9 auction heritage items belonging to Maharajah Duleep Singh
The first item under the hammer will be a velvet jacket that belonged to Maharajah Deleep Singh along with matching shoes described as ‘foliate decorated gold braid raised work on a crimson velvet ground’
These items remained the property of Maharajah Duleep Singh until [...]
Posted in Material | Tagged Auction, Duleep Singh, London
By admin on November 8, 2009
Lahore is blessed with rich cultural and historical background against which name of the City echoes around the world. A happy blend of medieval, Mughal, and British era make for a good stock cultural and historical heritage of the city, a part of which is still preserved carefully while others are seeking attention of the [...]
Posted in Material | Tagged gun, Lahore, Pakistan, Sikh
By Amandeep Madra on October 13, 2009
One of the most iconic symbols of Ranjit Singh’s kingdom is the golden throne, now safely housed in London’s V&A museum. It is on permanent display on the museum and arguably is one of their most important objects. Over the next few months the Golden Throne will form part of the dazzling Maharaja exhibition that [...]
Posted in blog, Material | Tagged London, Ranjit Singh, V&A Museum
By admin on October 13, 2009
Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, 10 October 2009 – 17 January 2010
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
This major exhibition will be the first to explore the rich and varied culture of royal India. The exhibition features objects selected from both royal and private collections, including Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Golden throne, magnificent turban-jewels, gem-encrusted weapons, [...]
Posted in Cultural, Material | Tagged London, Maharaja, V&A Museum
By admin on September 19, 2009
Manhole covers akin to those in Chandigarh have been found at several places in the city. These have the map of Chandigarh on them, but the Municipal Corporation here has no idea that these have heritage value.
Designed by Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier’s associate the model of manhole cover has been preserved at the Government [...]
Posted in Architectural, Material | Tagged chandigarh, corbusier
By admin on September 17, 2009
Amritsar, Punjab: The executive committee of the SGPC is all set to decide on the way to preserve gold panels that adorned the Harimandir Sahib for 200 years until they were removed and replaced by replicas in 1999.
The gold panels which are of immense heritage and cultural value were prepared and plated during the rule [...]
Posted in Architectural, Material | Tagged Amritsar, GNNSJ, Harimandir Sahib, Kar Sewa, SGPC
