Observing the International Museum Day Indira Gandhi Rashtariya Manav Sanghralaya (IGRMS) organized various events on Thursday.
The series of events began with Treasure Hunt which was followed with a talk on Bison Horn Maria Memorial Pillar and concluded with a popular lecture. The events were organized marking the International Museum Day on Thursday.
At the treasure hunt, the Bhopalites had a great fun. There was a tough competition among the teams. As many as 130 citizens participated in the treasure hunt competition making about 62 teams.
The clues were all related to museum and necessity stuff was provided to the teams. There were three clues given to each team on which they had to compete. It was a great start of the celebration of International Museum Day.
In the next segment, a guidance talk on Bison Horn Maria Memorial Pillar. The talk was conducted by professor P Shankar Rao. During his talk, he highlighted about various facts about the pillar.
The pillar is one of the oldest arts located at Bastar region. The pillar consists of beautiful karigari on four sides and is made with a single stick. The bison horns over the pillar make its look more beautiful.
All the four sides of the pillars look different from each other. One of the sides represents the birds and animals, the second side represents the farmers and their daily routine, the third side is all about various rituals practiced by the tribesmen and the fourth side is about the traditions and cultures of the tribe.
After the guidance talk, a lecture on ‘Date Which Cannot be Sad: Trying and Feeling To Follow the Holocaustic Museum Paradigam in India’ was held. The lecture was delivered by Professor Kavita Singh from JNU, New Delhi.
Starting with the lecture, she highlighted about three museums of the world including state museum of Jerusalem, Museum of Dharmshala and Khalsa Memorial Museum Punjab. She told the audience about the history of these museums and the incidents that happened there.
later, a questionnaire marked the conclusion of the programme.