Cultural Documentation of River Ganga from Gaumukh to Gangasagar – Prayagraj District

This Namami Gange project is being undertaken for the Jal Shakti Ministry, Government of India, under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) scheme. INTACH is assisting the Ministry in the capacity of a knowledge partner. Three divisions of INTACH namely; Natural Heritage (NH), Architectural Heritage (AH) and Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) divisions have been engaged in the cultural mapping project, of three aspects natural, tangible and intangible assets along Ganga. The objective... Read More

Cultural Documentation of River Ganga from Gaumukh to Gangasagar – Varanasi District

This Namami Gange project is being undertaken for the Jal Shakti Ministry, Government of India, under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) scheme. INTACH is assisting the Ministry in the capacity of a knowledge partner. Three divisions of INTACH namely; Natural Heritage (NH), Architectural Heritage (AH) and Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) divisions have been engaged in the cultural mapping project, of three aspects natural, tangible and intangible assets along Ganga. The objective of... Read More

Performing Freedom: Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities

Denotified and Nomadic Tribes/Communities (DNTs) are the most marginalized social groups in Indian society. A total of 126, presently estimated to be 150, tribes/communities, were labelled and listed as 'Criminal Tribes' by the colonial British government through various legislations, beginning with the 'Criminal Tribes Act' of 1871. On the recommendations of various statutory bodies appointed by the Government of India after independence, the 'Criminal Tribes Act' was repealed in 1952.... Read More

Socio-cultural Study of Seharia Tribe of Rajasthan and M.P.

A project on the socio-cultural study of the Seharia tribe was undertaken by the SawaiMadhopur Chapter. The detailed report in Hindi comprises visual and written descriptions of the social systems and culture of the Seharia tribe residing in the Baran and Kota districts of Rajasthan and the SheopurKalan district of M.P. The tribe’s agricultural income is marginal but they get substantial additional income from working in the forests and collecting minor forest produce such as honey and... Read More

Cultural Mapping of the Sauras in Odisha

Saora is one of the Ancient tribes of Odisha, which is also mentioned in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. According to local legends, Savari – Rama's devotee in Ramayana was from the Saora community. Though Odisha is the main land for the tribe, small number of people are also found in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Assam. In earlier times, the King of Gajapati (Gajapati is a district in Southern Odisha,) owned tea estates in Assam, at the time some of the... Read More