A set of maps on Varanasi routes heritage through its temples, craft and symbolic journeys | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

A set of maps on Varanasi routes heritage through its temples, craft and symbolic journeys | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Shiny Varghese |Updated: July 24, 2019 9:02:04 am

A set of maps on Varanasi routes heritage through its temples, craft and symbolic journeys

Each map is a result of three decades of research by INTACH’s respective departments — Intangible Cultural Heritage, Natural Heritage and Architectural Heritage.

The Kashi Darpan map

A lot has been written about Varanasi — its history, craft, temples — and now the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has turned prose into iconography with its recent maps. The set of four, titled Kashi Bhraman (Banaras City), Kashi Darshan (Vishwanath Temple), Kashi Darpan (Panchkroshi Yatra) and Kashi Chitran (Living Heritage of Banaras), unfold the different layers of the centuries-old city.