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Makarpura Medley

Makarpura Medley – a workshop experiencing industrial art whose products blended the traditional (or heritage) with the contemporary interested a wide range of participants at two locations. Bodhi is a textile design and printing studio established by NID alumni Mala and Pradeep Sinha, and Rachaita is a fabrication unit that specialized in contemporary swings, run...

Cycle Ride

The Heritage Trust of Baroda planned a cycle ride covering a 15 km loop in the city visiting some heritage structures invisible to plain sight and a few stepwells. This ride was guided by Sameer Gaikwad. Starting from The cyclists resumed their homebound journey after 2.5 hours of immersion in the 500 year old history...

Heritage Week 2021

The Heritage Trust ended the National Heritage Week event calendar with a talk, Being Raja Ravi Varma, by illustrated author Mr. Vikrant Pande. This event was hosted by the Alembic group at the Alembic City Amphitheatre on the 27th of November in the evening. Apart from having written several well received books, the author has...

The coin story

The Coin Story – A Walk Through at the Coin Museum : Displaying close to 10,000 coins, including many that date back to 6th century BC, Shri Mudra Nidhi Coin Museum is located near the Ajwa-Nimeta Garden. This museum is said to be one of the country’s first private coin museum. A guided toured of...

Online lecture

The Heritage Trust went digital by organizing it’s first ever online lecture in association with the School of Environmental Design & Architecture, Navrachana University to celebrate the World Heritage Day 2021. Titled ‘Stepwells of Ahmedabad : Water, Gender and Heritage’ the lecture was delivered by three young scholars namely Priyanka Sheth, Ashini Sheth and Tanvi...

Heritage Walk

A heritage walk was organised to Dharmaj to learn and appreciate the old Kahadki’s, Pol’s and Bhavan’s of that town that also has an old African connection.

23 Grams of Salt

Mr Anuj Ambalal gave a talk on his book “23 Grams of Salt” that traced the journey retracing Gandhiji’s walk from Sabarmati to Dandi.

Heritage Tour

A group of over 10 cycling enthusiasts got an opportunity to explore the iconic heritage structures around the city. It was initiated & organised by The Cycling Club of Baroda along with Smart City of Baroda initiative led by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation. The ride was conducted and led by Sameer Gaikwad of The Heritage...

Vadodara Peoples Heritage Week

The Vadodara Peoples Heritage Week was ushered in with great enthusiasm. The Heritage Trust organised two walks. One was around the Kirti Mandir and its precincts and the other was at the Kamnath Mahadev temple complex along the ghats of Vishwamitri river – both led by Mr Chandrashekhar Patil.

Culinary Delights Bohra Culture

The fourth edition of the Culinary Delights of Vadodara celebrated the Bohra Culture of Vadodara and was titled the ‘Alavi Bohra Badri Mohalla’ walk. The walk was led by Dr. Bhaisaheb and was conducted on 9th February, 2020. The walk explored the culture of the Bohra community at the Badri Mohalla, Wadi and culminated in...