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MONUMENT WATCH DESIGN YOUR POSTER

Name of the monument _____________________________________________
Design a poster
Your name ________________________________________________________
spreading
School ___________________________________________________________
awareness
Class _____________________________________________________________
about the need
to conserve
monuments.

What is the function of the monument? CARE FOR OUR MONUMENTS
Who built it?
1. Respect the monument
What makes the monument special?
2. Visit the monument
Unique features of the monument.
regularly
Any interesting historical story associated with the monument.
3. Prevent others from
What is the present condition of the monument? scribbling on the walls
Good Bad
4. Participate in regular
What are the causes of decay/damage/defacement of the building? cleanliness drives
What are the present surroundings? Do people live in the monument? 5. Spread awareness about
Has it been repaired or altered? monuments and their
importance
INTERVIEW WITH A CONSERVATION 6. Be a part of the ‘Adopt a
Heritage’ initiative.
ARCHITECT 7. Encourage classmates and friends to join the
campaign
The HECS team interviewed Malvika Bajaj
Saini, Conservation Architect, Special Projects, B. Thohitha, VIII B, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s Atmakuri Rama Rao School,
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
Architectural Heritage Division INTACH.
Q. Who is a conservation architect?
A. Someone who actively plans and works for INTACH’S INITIATIVES
taking care of historic buildings and sites.
INTACH mainly conserves monuments and sites and
Q. How can I become a conservation architect? prepares the management plan for monuments.
A. You can study architecture for fi ve years in Some are:
college, and then with interest and passion
for historic buildings, you do your masters in  Rock art sites of Prehistoric times as in Alwar
conservation. (Rajasthan) and Sonepur (Odisha), and megalithic
sites like in Jharkhand
Q. What does monument conservation mean?  Caves like the Elephanta Caves
A. It means to be sensitive to our precious historic
structures and make eff orts to keep them in  Temples like the Thousand Pillar Temple of
good condition. This includes - planning and Warangal, Paschimeshwar Temple (7-9th cent
working using traditional ways. At times we CE), and Kosaleswar Temple (9th-10th cent CE) in
use designs to reuse historic buildings and Odisha
their surroundings.  Stepwells (Baolis) as in Bundi and Barsana
Q. Why do we need to restore ancient
monuments?
A. Ancient monuments are reminders of our past.
Newer generations can enjoy and be amazed
with the hidden stories of the monuments
and historic buildings around them if they are
saved for the future. Raja Mahal at Chanderi - Before and After conservation

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