Secretary of Union Ministry of Culture Ravindra Singh on the second day of his visit to State capital Bhopal visited Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. On his first visit to Sangrahalaya, Singh inaugurated an exhibition ‘Him-lok’ based on people and culture of the Indian Himalayans at Rock Art Heritage Exhibition.
Him-lok’ Exhibition is a combination of objects and photographs depicting the people and culture of the Indian Himalayas. The vast mountainous tract of the Himalalyas in India, with its varying ecological conditions has not only acted as the center for meditation for the sages and other holy men, but also has given shelter to a large number of ethnic groups with diverse cultural identity and social formation.
Singh carefully observed the exhibition and asked various questions about the process of accumulating extinct or rare exhibits. After the inauguration of exhibition, Secretary briefly addressed the staff of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. In his address, Singh appreciated the work done and praised the Sangrahalaya staff for being nominated regularly by British Musuem for leadership Training Programme. He emphasised on development of more visitor facilities, need for linking local schools in museum activities and suggested certain distinctive measures for further development of IGRMS.
Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri (Director, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya) gifted a memento of the museum and thanked Secretary to spare time from his busy schedule. later, Dr Singh was accompanied by IGRMS and ASI staffs to the unique Rock-Art Shelters present within IGRMS to have a comprehensive view of the whole campus and its surrounding ecological set up.
During the visit, Ravindra Singh was accompanied by N Taher (Superintending Archaeologist, ASI Bhopal), Arun Kumar Shrivastava (Joint Director, IGRMS), Assistant Curators DK Jain and Arun Kiro and other senior officials of Sangrahalaya and Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal.