On the occasion of 'World Heritage Week' and the Centenary Celebrations of Padmashree Vishnu Shreedhar Wakankar, (A great archaeologist, renowned artist and the Grandpa of Rock Art studies in India), a three-day national painting workshop concluded on Friday with the collaboration of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal at Bhimbetka. In this workshop, 16 painting artist from different states of the country preserved the rock paintings here on their drawing sheet.
On this occasion, BL Malla (Project Director, IGNCA) congratulated all the participants and said that, The main aim of the purpose of this workshop is the oldest heritage of the country, which is the bearer of the community, society and culture of ancient human beings in the form of rock paintings and various activities related to it.
The people are mainly to make the youth aware of its importance, as well as to spread this heritage of India to coming generations. Another major aim of this workshop is also to make people aware and of to the promotion of Indian culture through the contribution of Padmashri Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar, grandpa of Indian rock art. The exhibition of these paintings can be organized with the joint collaboration of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal in future.
Vasudev Kamat (Trusty, IGNCA), Baba Yogendra (Founder, Sanskar Bharti), Narayan Vyas (Archaeologist) and Anthropologist were present on this occasion. During this three day national workshop, video and photo documentation was carried out by Rajeev Jain (Senior Cameramen, IGRMS), Tapas Kumar Biswas (Photography Officer, IGRMS) and his team.