Page 15 - Jul-Sep 2014

VOL. 11 No. 3
HERITAGE NEWS

heritage clubs r.N Podar school, Mumbai organised a
of schools such Crafts Mela for three days in the month
as Delhi school of June 2014 focussing on the traditional
of excellence, crafts of different states of india. students of Delhi Public
h y der abad; school, sector 45, gurgaon visited an art exhibition on 7th
hansraj school, May 2014 at Kiran Nadar art Museum, New Delhi.
Delhi; bharatiya
Vidya bhavan’s HEritAGE CLUBs iN DELHi
Public school,
h y der abad; students from various Delhi schools visited an art exhibition
Maharaja sawai bhawani singh school, Jaipur etc. organised “rupa-Pratirupa-The body in indian art” at National Museum
activities on arts and crafts of india. For bVPs, hyderabad on 1st May 2014. The exhibition, containing 300 masterpieces
one of the most important activities was art camp, in which from 43 collections include stone sculptures, Chola bronzes,
students made several paintings including Madhubani, manuscripts from the Mughal period, showcased the
Kalamkari etc. and used organic materials to make colours. different ways in which the body is represented in india’s rich
art traditions.

To commemorate the world heritage Day, (18 april) iNTaCh
heCs Division and archaeological survey of india (asi)
organised a visit to the Purana Qila on 16th and 17th april
2014 to learn about the recent excavation digs from rajput,
the gupta, the Kushanas and the sultanate periods. This was
attended by students and teachers from 16 Delhi schools. Mr.
avasthi, asi showed many fascinating objects including a red
sandstone pillar base found among Kushan period layers, an
impression of a wall of Kushanas which the archaeologists call
‘ghost wall’, a piece of large jar from Mughal period, remains
of Chinese porcelain, glazed ware, beads of semi-precious
stones etc.
School craft activity, Maharaja Bharati Public School

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