World Heritage Week: “International Day for Monuments and Sites”.

World Heritage Week is celebrated all over the world every year from the 19^th of November to the 25^th of November. The day is also referred to as “International Day for Monuments and Sites”.

World Heritage Day 2022 theme is ‘Heritage and Climate.‘ World Heritage Day is observed every year to spread awareness about the importance of Heritage and to also promote ways to protect and preserved it.

National Heritage Week is celebrated across India between November 19 to 25 November every year with a series of interesting activities, informative exhibitions, heritage and Nature walks, illustrated talks, etc.

Heritage Trust of Vadodara hosts “World Heritage Week” every year since 2015. City-based heritage trust has announced a series of events like Heritage walks, food trails, cycle rides, tours, and photography competitions that will mark the world heritage week celebration in Vadodara.

From Monday (14 November 2022) they are hosting a photography competition which will continue till November 27, 2022. The participants need to take pictures of 04 heritage sites: –

• Nyay Mandir
• Jaisingh Rao Library
• Tambekar Wada
• Kirtimandir Complex

Pictures need to be shared on Instagram and Facebook and Heritage trust has to be tagged. Winners will be announced based on the likes pictures get. The deadline for the competition is 27 November 2022, at 8:00 am.

Series of events of World Heritage Week Vadodara 2022

18 November 2022

‘Forgotten Stepwell’ – A tour to the forgotten stepwells of the city

Start point – Deepa-Stambh near Yavateshwar temple,Kalaghoda bridge single

Time – 6:30 am onwards

19 November 2022

Visit to the Railway model room

Start point – Parking Lot, NRTI, LalBaug campus

Time – 10:150am onwards

Heritage munch – Walk Raopura Retro-Mance

Start point – Vodafone, Kothi crossroad

Time 6:45 pm onwards

20 November 2022

Bharuch heritage walk

Start point – Jami Masjid, Bharuch

Time – 8:30 am onwards

Baroda triangle – The Food Walk

Start point – Near Shriram Tamtam- Wala (chokhandi main road)

Time – 6:20 pm onwards

21 November 2022

The Coin Story – AGuided Tour of the Coin Museum

Start point – Shree Nidhi Coin Museum,Ajwa Road, Vadodara

Time – 11:00 am onwards

23 November 2022

Laurie baker in Vadodara

Start point– NavrachanaSchool, Sama

Time – 8:00 am onwards

26 November 2022

Navnath cycle ride – ATour of the Nine Lord Shiva Temples

Start point – Achieve Honda – 2-wheeler showroom, Akshar chowk, OP road

Time – 6:00 am onwards

27 November 2022

Virasaat lecture – Heritage Activism in Goa: ARoller Coster ride by MS.Heta Pandit

Venue– (FGI) Auditorium on GotriSevasiRoad,Vadodara

As of 2022, there are 40 World Heritage Sites located in India. Out of these, 32 are cultural, 07 are natural, and 01 the Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type.India´s first World Heritage City, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – the city of Ahmedabad is endowed with a rich architectural heritage that is vital to the local identity and continuity of the place.

–An article by Vaibhavi Trivedi