How Kolkata’s Heritage Illumination Project is expanding across India with Khalsa College in Amritsar
Mudar Patherya, a heritage conservationist from Kolkata, has initiated a significant illumination project at Khalsa College in Amritsar, marking a national expansion of his urban revival efforts. The project involves the installation of nearly 2,500 lights to enhance the architectural beauty of the college, which is known for its Indo-Saracenic design. Patherya believes that such initiatives can boost tourism and urban pride while emphasizing the importance of heritage restoration in India.
- ▪Mudar Patherya has begun a pan-India illumination initiative with Khalsa College as the first major project.
- ▪The project utilizes nearly 2,500 lights, making it Patherya's most technically ambitious endeavor to date.
- ▪Funding for the project comes from Techno Electric and Engineering Company, led by a Khalsa College alumnus.
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Until a few months ago, heritage conservationist Mudar Patherya had never heard of Khalsa College. Then one afternoon, somebody sent him a sketch of the building on WhatsApp. A few photographs followed. Turrets, domes rising against Amritsar’s skyline, sweeping arches across red sandstone, an Indo-Saracenic facade stretching across nearly 300 acres – Mudar stared at the images and had the sort of thought that changes the course of months. Why is nobody lighting this place up properly? Minarets of Khalsa College against Amritsar’s skyline | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Within weeks, teams from Kolkata were camping inside the campus with nearly 2,500 lights becoming the first major step in taking Kolkata’s increasingly visible illumination movement nationally.For the last few years,…
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