 Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: As a part of World Heritage Week Celebrations 2019,INTACH, Jammu Chapter in association with Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu organised Heritage Drive on the traditional route to Mata Vaishno Devi ji.
A group of 70 students along with 10 scholars, faculty and Intach members, participated in the Heritage Drive.
Prof. Keshav Sharma,Dean Academics affairs,University of Jammu,along with S.M. Sahini, KAS (Retd.), Convener INTACH, Jammu Chapter, Dr. C.M Seth, IFS, (Retd.), Co-Convener, Intach JK, Prof. Anil Raina, Reactor Bhaderwah Campus and Prof. R.K. Rampal, HOD, Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu flagged off the Heritage Drive.
Earlier Prof. R.K. Rampal,HOD Environmental Sciences, welcomed the Dean, Academics affairs, Convener Intach, Co-Convener, Intach JK,Reactor, Bhaderwah Campus, Faculty members, scholars, students and members of Intach family for their participation in the event.
S.M. Sahini, Convener, Indian National for Art and Culture Heritage (INTACH), Jammu Chapter explained the salient features and importance of this heritage route which was earlier times being used by the devottees in groups who used to move through this route on foot to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji.The heritatge structures built by the devottees and by the rulers are still existing in the form of Stepwells, Wells, Ponds, Shelters, Sarai, Temples, natural heritage.
The students were shown at the Pangali village complex having a Sarai,Stepwell with five chambers,Pond,Small Temple, Mango tree grooves,Traditional stone pitching wells at village Shiba,village Thandapani,village Marh and Gundla pond.
Heritage temple Oli-with Stepwell,Sarai,Sandy Rocks towards hills side(east),a stream towards lower side(north).The track towards Deva Maiji-Katra 12 kms(east) and towards north is the Dera Baba Banda Bahudhar Gurudwara Sahib(Reasi) 10 Kms.
O.P. Vidhyarathi,IFS delievered a lecture (tree talk) to the students in the lush green lawns of Food Craft Institute,Nagrota followed by a visit to the Institute which was appreciated by all the participants specially the upkeep and cleanliness standards of the complex. |
