On the concluding day of the World Heritage Week, Governor Shekhar Dutt on Sunday participated in the heritage sight Padyatra and visited the oldest settlement of the State Capital ‘Purani Basti’.
The Padyatra was organised under the joint aegis of the Archaeological Survey of India and Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur.
Governor Dutt said, “We must be proud of the cultural heritages of the country and the State and protect such historical heritages.” Praising the organisers of the event, he said, “We should take the protection and conservation of the cultural heritages as an important responsibility of life and should efforts every day in this direction.”
At the inaugural function of the Heritage Padyatra, the Governor released a brochure ‘Purani Basti Raipur Virasat Darsan’ published by Bharatiya Sanskriti Nidhi (INTUC) and a ‘Heritage Calander-2011’, published by the Archaeological Survey of India.
The Governor said that by imparting information about the cultural heritages and legacy of the country to the new generation, especially students in schools and colleges, efforts should be made to infuse the feeling of responsibility in them.
He said that the Raipur city had remained 500 years before and would remain after 200 years also, but its culture would remain alive when we would keep its historical and priceless heritages like Buddhatal protected.
In the cultural public awareness rally started from historical Buiddhtal, children from Indian Scouts and Guides, students of NSS, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and Radhabai Girls College, members of Innerwheel Club, State Resource Centre, Rotary Club, office-bearers of different institutions and citizens participated with great enthusiasm.