Cultural Documentation of River Ganga from Gaumukh to Ganga Sagar – Ghazipur and Chandauli Districts

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 the project is to conduct field investigation and document existing cultural assets on either side of the river Ganga (within a radius of 5Kms, starting from its source, i.e. Gangotri, down to its point of dispersal at Ganga Sagar) and to produce for the ministry a detailed, illustrated report based on the primary and secondary resources available.

Chandauli and Ghazipur Districts

At Chandauli, the team documented the Zari and Zardozi craft people at Dulhipur tehsil.  The craft has been listed under the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme of the government of Uttar Pradesh. The team also documented the knowledge holders and seers at Baba Keenaram Ashram.

At Ghazipur district the team documented the wall hanging craft of the districtalong with other intangible assets.

Check out more on the INTACH ICH Archive:
https://icharchive.intach.org/Detail/collections/81