With India in the throes of breakneck development, heritage preservation risks falling through cracks losing touch vital cultural anchors carry civilizational memory assist dynamic communities facing disruption threats particularly in neglected rural heartlands witnessing high outward migration abandoning treasured landmarks sites. #HeritagePreservation
Understanding living heritage beyond museums vital for securing diversity, administrator Hari Chandana pioneered sensitive localized restoration of built repositories like abandoned stepwells using traditional masonry alongside modern stabilization showcasing possibilities bring back repositories rich vernacular architecture integrating community participation, adaptive reuse possibilities contributing sustainable placemaking. #AdaptiveHeritageReuse
By tapping local artists, students and heritage walks development, the interventions wove emotional resonance for citizens reconnect their roots spotlighting balance that valuing past provides societies facing identity threats from homogenizing market economies thereby providing cultural nourishment uplifting communities holistically. #HolisticDevelopment #CulturalRoots
With climate uncertainty posing civilizational threats particularly indigenous knowledge ecosystems, Chandana models convergence sensitive preservation, emotional wellbeing and livelihoods provide templates strengthen resilience relying heritage solidarity spotlighting value lost sight by notions narrowly assessing progress economic metrics alone denying deeper wisdom legacies. #WellbeingAndProsperity #BeyondGDP
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