Category: Heritage Timeline

The third edition of the Culinary Delights of Vadodara celebrated the Christian cuisine and traditions. The event was titled ‘Christmas Spirit of Baroda’ and was held on 3 rd Jan 2020. The event started with a walk exploring the churches of Baroda such as the Rosary Church, St. James Church and the Red Church and...

Two food walks led by Mr. Adil Marawala titled ‘Merchants of Memories’(Vegetarian) and ‘Baroda Triangle’(Non vegetarian) were organized on 16th and 23rd Nov 2019 respectively. The walks explored the different areas of the city and introduced the people to the food culture of Baroda.

As a part of the National Heritage Week 2019 as many as 8 different events were organized. The first of these was the exhibition titled ‘India through European Eyes : A collection of original prints from the 18th and 19th Centuries’ which was displayed at the Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall between 15 th...

The Trust started a series of events titled the ‘Culinary Delights of Vadodara’ which introduces the people to the local food culture. The first of these was a Parsi Dinner which was held on September 1st 2019 at the Cooverbai Hall in Parsi Agiary, Sayajigunj. The event hosted about 40 people in total with both...

A walk to the town of Bhadran was organized on 29th August 2019 and was led by Mr. Jitendrasingh Gaekwad. The walk introduced the participants to the history of the town and the upliftment efforts carried out by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries.

The Bharuch Collector office organized a Bharuch Heritage walk that was attended by six of our members and facilitated by Bharuch based HT member Archana Patel. The district administration is showcasing Bharuch’s architectural rich legacy and has been encouraging weekend heritage walks to enable tourists to better appreciate the rich culture of the town.

An inter-school heritage quiz organized by the Bal Bhavan’s school on the 22nd of January 2019 for the second consecutive year and was sponsored by the Heritage Trust. 78 children from 20 different schools participated in the same. The quiz was designed and conducted by WH5 consultancy. There were audio and visual rounds on Indian...

The Trust’s publication Once Upon A time…there was Baroda has been acquired by the United States Library of Congress’ New Delhi office. It will soon be available as part of their online catalogue with the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) as part of research on South Asia. A two and a half day Global...

The Trust launched its Quarterly newsletter Dharohar with the first volume for 2018-19 complete with 4 issues, the latest being the one in March. This is an e-newsletter and apart from letting our members know of activities that will or have happened, cover a theme. The themes covered till now include Stepwells of Baroda, Champaner-...

A workshop titled ‘Heritage at Risk’ conducted by Dr. Rohit Jigyasu (UNESCO Chair at the Ritsumeikan University, Japan and ex-president of ICOMOS India) was conducted on 20th August 2018 from 10.30- 1.30pm in the morning. The workshop was attended by various stakeholders including officials from the VMC futuristic cell, ASI conservation assistant for Baroda, MSU...