Meera Iyer, Author at Citizen Matters, Blogs

Bengaluru Heritage Park to come up at Bugle Rock Park

September 1, 2011 Meera Iyer

INTACH Bangalore invites you to the Foundation stone-laying ceremony of Bengaluru Parampareya Udyaana (Bangalore Heritage Park), a one-of-its-kind, open air, garden museum showcasing urban heritage. It was conceived of as a theme park by the Government and has been

Thoughts on World heritage day

April 12, 2011 Meera Iyer

The idea of a day set aside to commemorate the world’s heritage – a day on which to highlight the efforts required to protect and conserve heritage and to underscore its vulnerability – was first

Heritage vs development

February 28, 2011 Meera Iyer

The Hindu carried an interesting editorial late last year on developing heritage cities in India. Most people don’t associate Bengaluru with heritage. While it is true that Bangalore has only a few monumental historic buildings

Built, cultural and natural heritage over a weekend

February 13, 2011 Meera Iyer

Two different heritage-related events took place last weekend. The first was an INTACH Parichay which took place on Saturday, 29 January, at Shivajinagar. About 20 of us gathered at St Mary’s Basilica and then gradually

The olden eye

Introduction to Bangalore’s tanks

September 23, 2010 Meera Iyer

INTACH’s Parichay at Kudlu earlier this week started off most unusually – with a sacrifice. As one group of people assembled near the Muneshwara temple in Kudlu, waiting for the Parichay (heritage walk) to begin,

Visvesvaraya, an uncommon man

September 9, 2010 Meera Iyer

"Uplands" in High Grounds, Bangalore became the residence of Sir MV after his retirement. When the owner wanted the bungalow, he shifted to No. 5, Cubbon Road, a small bungalow placed at his disposal by

Society

Children have royal fun on day out

July 25, 2010 Meera Iyer

The last week was a busy one for INTACHers, what with two heritage walks back-to-back, besides a lot of parleys and planning for a forthcoming event (you’ll hear more about it soon). Intach members with

Society

Old tank excavated in Ulsoor

July 5, 2010 Meera Iyer

Courtesy: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). It isn’t often that an old structure gets added to the cityscape but exactly this happened two months ago when the Muzrai Department excavated the

Society

Memorial of Lakshmamma, daughter-in-law of Kempegowda

June 28, 2010 Meera Iyer

Last week’s photo was of a memorial that is said to be of Lakshmamma, daughter-in-law of Kempegowda, founder of Bangalore. The story goes that when Kempegowda was building his new fort, its southern gate would

Society

Where exactly is this memorial?

June 28, 2010 Meera Iyer

Courtesy: Meera Iyer. This memorial in Koramangala is supposed to mark the spot where a daughter-in-law is said to have died for the sake of our city many, many years ago. Where exactly is this