Members of Mehrangarh (Jodhpur) Curatorial Team
and MMCF staff members

Books Exhibition at The City Palace Museum

Maharana Mewar Historical Publications Trust, Udaipur organized its 6th Books Exhibition and Sale at Sabha Shiromani Ka Darikhana at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur from the 10th to 15th June.

Books exhibition at The City Palace Museum

Rana Pratap Jayanti 2013 Celebration

In keeping with tradition, Rana Pratap Jayanti was celebrated this year at the Rai Angan, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur on the 11 June 2013. Rana Pratap's coloured sculpture was decorated with flowers. All visitors to the Museum were presented with a Lapel Pin as a souvenir and prasad was distributed. The Palace was illuminated for the two nights of celebration.

Sculptures and paintings of Rana Pratap
at The City Palace Museum

Celebrations also took place at the statue of Maharana Pratap at Pratap Prangan, Dabok Airport that was established by Maharana Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation 4 years ago.

Decorated Statue of Maharana Pratap
at Pratap Prangan, Dabok Airport, Udaipur

Interactive session on Disaster Management On the 21st June an Interactive session on Disaster Management was held at MMCF Conference Hall, The City Palace Udaipur where Ms. Raksha Singh, Risk Manager for India, West Asia and South Africa briefed staff members in an interactive session on risk management.

Ms. Raksha Singh

Conservation Management Plan for Ahar Cenotaph Complex, Udaipur

Manas Sharma is a Conservation Architect who completed his Post Graduate Thesis on Ahar Cenotaph Complex. Contact: Email: manas.sharma09@gmail.com

Heritage Management is an evolving vehicle that is used to guide the process for protecting, conserving and managing natural or cultural sites and associated monuments, structures, objects and landscapes. It also provides a framework to sustain a cultural heritage resource in a comprehensive way. 'Conservation Management Plan for Ahar Cenotaph Complex' is an attempt to prepare a comprehensive management plan for the site of Royal Cenotaph at Ahar in Udaipur.

A cenotaphs complex has always been part of medieval Rajput towns along with other urban components, as they are associated with the funerary activities and rituals of the royal patronage. This urban component was generally isolated from the main settlement and placed in nearby surrounding landscape. In all prominent medieval Rajput settlements of Rajputana it is usual to see similar characteristics in the development of such a complex in a unique site and setting. Due to its association with funerary activities the complex has always been ignored as a significant heritage component of a historic town, and has not been considered in the conservation process.