As part of the Patiala Heritage Festival 2022-2023 and to commemorate the completion of 260 years of existence of PATIALA, Patiala Foundation under its iHERITAGE project organised a heritage walk in collaboration with the district administration .
The 117th patiala heritage walk was led by Ravee Singh Ahluwalia, Chief Executive Officer, Patiala Foundation . The walk started from the Shahi Samadhan and progressed through the Haveliwala mohalla, Chatta Nanumal, Bartan Bazaar, Sappan wali Gali, Darshani Gate and finally culminated at the Qila Mubarak, Patiala.
The city of Patiala has historical significance and a rich cultural heritage and the walk took the participants which included school children, youth and general public through the various eras of the history related to each heritage place.
The District Administration has added the sign boards with QR Codes at the Pause points en route the Heritage Walk in order to make it easier for the visitors to take a quick know how about the history of the particular site digitally .
In the coming days, it would be possible to take virtual tours and a Digital Heritage walk shall be in offing. Ravee Singh Ahluwalia said that the heritage tours would continue under the iHERITAGE project of the Patiala Foundation by establishing Heritage Clubs in schools.
He further requested the Chief Guest S. Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra MLA Sanaur to make available the Digital darshan of the Holy Dhuni & Holy Jyot in the premises of the Qila Mubarak by installing an LED so that the locals and tourists can pay their respect & homage to the founder of our royal city Patiala. A proposal of the same is already under the consideration of Punjab Heritage Tourism and Promotion Board.
The Chief Guest for the event was S. Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra.The event was organised under the guidance of the honourable Deputy Commissioner Ms Sakshi Sawhney, Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation Sh Naman Marken and other officials of District Administration, CEO of Patiala Foundation Sh. Ravee Singh Ahluwalia and his team including Sh SP Chand, Sh Rakesh Badhwar, S Anmoljit Singh, Sh Harpreet Sandhu, Sh Rakesh Goyal, Dr.Abhninandan Bassi, Dr. Nidhi Sharma, Sh Rahul Sharma, Sh Vikram Malhotra and others.Patiala Foundation volunteers- Bharpur Singh, Palak, Nitika Jindal, Harmanjot Singh, Harpreet Singh, Sanyam Mittal, Satnam Singh, Mohit Gupta helped in conducting the walk successfully with their active participation.
*About Patiala Foundation iHERITAGE project*
Patiala Foundation is working on various Social welfare projects since 2009. Patiala Foundation has been accorded with Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (UN-ECOSOC) since 2018.
We have our iHERITAGE Project (UN-SDG 11, 15 &16) under which we are working towards the recognition of Heritage sites in the state of PUNJAB.iHERITAGE is an initiative to motivate people to engage with their Heritage. Under this initiative, various engaging events have been conducted to create awareness about Heritage and culture. We have also signed a MOU with PHTPB for promoting the tourism and Heritage walk routes in the state of Punjab.