01-26-2007, 03:43 AM
Call to save cultural identities of nation
S. Aishwarya
Collector inaugurates photo exhibition on monuments
INTERESTING FACTS: The Collector, Ashish Vachhani (left) looking at the exhibits Tiruchi on Thursday. The Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai Circle, Ramesh K. Mulimoni, is also seen. â Photo: M. Moorthy
TIRUCHI: Vandalism of heritage buildings is irretrievable and it poses threat to the renovation carried out by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the Collector, Ashish Vachhani, said here on Thursday.
He was inaugurating a photo exhibition on the `Monuments of Tamil Nadu,' organised by the ASI at National College Higher Secondary School. The exhibition was to create awareness of the importance of preserving monumental sites.
Mr. Vachhani appealed to the public to joins hands with the ASI in preserving and renovating the "cultural identities of the nation."
He commended the efforts made by the ASI in restructuring the badly damaged structures. "Respect and admire the past and to pass it on to future," he told the students of Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, who visited the exhibition.
The Principal of college, K. Meena, urged the volunteers of extension activities to carry the message to public. The exhibition focuses on renovation works carried out at Sri Brahadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and Gangai Konda Cholapuram, the `vimana' at Tirumala, Mahabalipuram and other places.
The pictures were taken at different stages of pre and post renovation of the structures.
Besides photographs, descriptions on the history of the heritage structures and the methods of renovation are also on display.
The restoration mural paintings at Thanjavur with chemical combination of colours and the challenges faced while renovating Mahabalipuram sculptures were interesting for the visitors.
The Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai Circle, Ramesh K. Mulimoni, chaired the function. The Assistant Archaeologist, K. Mohandas, and the senior conservationist, G. Saravanan, spoke.
The exhibition is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closes on January 31.
S. Aishwarya
Collector inaugurates photo exhibition on monuments
INTERESTING FACTS: The Collector, Ashish Vachhani (left) looking at the exhibits Tiruchi on Thursday. The Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai Circle, Ramesh K. Mulimoni, is also seen. â Photo: M. Moorthy
TIRUCHI: Vandalism of heritage buildings is irretrievable and it poses threat to the renovation carried out by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the Collector, Ashish Vachhani, said here on Thursday.
He was inaugurating a photo exhibition on the `Monuments of Tamil Nadu,' organised by the ASI at National College Higher Secondary School. The exhibition was to create awareness of the importance of preserving monumental sites.
Mr. Vachhani appealed to the public to joins hands with the ASI in preserving and renovating the "cultural identities of the nation."
He commended the efforts made by the ASI in restructuring the badly damaged structures. "Respect and admire the past and to pass it on to future," he told the students of Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, who visited the exhibition.
The Principal of college, K. Meena, urged the volunteers of extension activities to carry the message to public. The exhibition focuses on renovation works carried out at Sri Brahadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and Gangai Konda Cholapuram, the `vimana' at Tirumala, Mahabalipuram and other places.
The pictures were taken at different stages of pre and post renovation of the structures.
Besides photographs, descriptions on the history of the heritage structures and the methods of renovation are also on display.
The restoration mural paintings at Thanjavur with chemical combination of colours and the challenges faced while renovating Mahabalipuram sculptures were interesting for the visitors.
The Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, Chennai Circle, Ramesh K. Mulimoni, chaired the function. The Assistant Archaeologist, K. Mohandas, and the senior conservationist, G. Saravanan, spoke.
The exhibition is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closes on January 31.