Events of the month

INTACH's Regional Seminar is held in Udaipur
INTACH (Indian National trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) Mewar Regional Chapter organized a regional seminar on 'Heritage Centric Urban Development Issues, Challenges and Futuristic Action Plan for Udaipur' at Durbar Hall, Fateh Prakash Palace on 15th March 2008.

 
Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur (Center)
at INTACH’s Regional Seminar

The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) is now an Institutional Life member of INTACH, which is a nationwide not-for-profit membership organisation, set up in 1984 to protect and conserve India's vast cultural, material, architectural and natural heritage.
Today, INTACH is the largest membership organisation in the country dedicated to conservation with a vision to stimulate and spearhead heritage awareness and conservation in India. Participants at the regional seminar included architects, conservationists, historians and experts as well as volunteer organisations, policy and decision makers.
The objective of the discussions was to assess the status of the urban development of Udaipur and how it will evolve. The seminar started with an inaugural session followed by group discussion, a presentation paper and lunch. Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, a patron of INTACH - Udaipur Chapter, Chairman and Managing Trustee, MMCF attended the concluding session.

 
Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur addressing the
audience at Intach’s regional seminar

Kedar proposing marriage to Kriti at Kunwarpada Mahal, Jagmandir Island Palace

Kedar proposes to Kriti at Jagmandir Island Palace
Kedar Sankholkar proposed marriage to Kriti at Kunwarpada Mahal, Jagmandir Island Palace on the 31st March. In a romantic tale starting in New York City where the young couple is studying medicine, Kedar created an unforgettable moment on the beautiful Palace Island on Lake Pichola, Udaipur, decorated with Kriti's favourite flowers, Daisies, Lily and Marigolds.
To celebrate the first time a formal marriage proposal has taken place, HRH Group of Hotels designed an illustrated album describing the sequence of events they orchestrated as this fairy tale romance unfolded. Kriti was escorted by her mother to Kunwarpada Mahal where her favourite song Tere Bin, from the album Bas Ek Pal was played. She accepted Kedar's proposal of marriage to the accompaniment of the traditional Shenai and Nagada. The newly engaged couple watched the sun set from a Heritage Launch on the lake before dining under the stars. In this most romantic of settings Kedar and Kriti pledged their love for a future life together.

Kunwarpada Lawns lavishly decorated for Kedar and Kriti’s
marriage proposal ceremony