A unique virtual platform which provides insights into the cultural significance of India’s 6.5 lakh villages was launched from the national capital’s iconic heritage site Qutub Minar on Thursday.
The project ‘Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar’ (My Village My Pride) is being undertaken under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping in coordination with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).
For cultural asset mapping, the villages are broadly divided into seven to eight categories based on whether they are important ecologically, developmentally, scholastically, if they produce a famous textile or product and if they are connected to some historical or mythological events like the Independence struggle or epics like Mahabharata.
