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The Aranmula Heritage Village Trust is working to obtain UNESCO Heritage status for the temple village of Aranmula in Kerala, located on the banks of the Pampa river. A survey was conducted of the 51 hamlets in and around the village to identify its unique cultural features. The Trust aims to preserve the village's rich cultural heritage by developing a heritage school, heritage museum, heritage study center, and heritage university in Aranmula. The ultimate goal is to transform Aranmula into a sustainable heritage village while promoting traditions like organic farming, yoga, art, and religious tolerance.

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The Aranmula Heritage Village Trust is working to obtain UNESCO Heritage status for the temple village of Aranmula in Kerala, located on the banks of the Pampa river. A survey was conducted of the 51 hamlets in and around the village to identify its unique cultural features. The Trust aims to preserve the village's rich cultural heritage by developing a heritage school, heritage museum, heritage study center, and heritage university in Aranmula. The ultimate goal is to transform Aranmula into a sustainable heritage village while promoting traditions like organic farming, yoga, art, and religious tolerance.

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Updated: August 12, 2015 05:41 IST

Heritage village beckons

Efforts are on to obtain UNESCO Heritage tag for the temple village of Aranmula located on the
banks of the Pampa.

The Aranmula Heritage Village Trust comprising a group of prominent citizens have floated the
Heritage Village Project with the aim of preserving and protecting the rich cultural heritage of
Aranmula.

A 40-member team attached to the Amrita University has conducted a detailed survey to identify
the unique features of the 51 hamlets (‘kara’) in and around this temple village. The survey was
guided by Viva Kirmani, Bangalore Social Service Society director, and Rahul Goswami, former
UNESCO Heritage Department official, according to Kummanam Rajashekharan who is the brain
behind the project.

Gandhi Peace Foundation chairman P. Gopinathan Nair; Swami Golokananda, senior monk attached
to Sri Ramakrishna Mission; Ma Gurupoornimamayi of Kidangannur Vijayananda Ashram, are the
patrons of the trust. C.V. Anandabose, Central Warehousing Corporation chairman; Sugathakumari,
poet; Kaanayi Kunhiraman, sculptor; Suresh Gopi, Menaka Suresh; actors; Govind Bharathan, senior
lawyer at the Kerala High Court; Thomas P. Thomas, academic; R.S. Nair and Rajan Nair,
industrialists; are the director board members.
Mr. Rajashekharan told The Hindu that the trust was in the process of taking over a school in
Aranmula for developing it into a heritage school that gives equal attention to the physical,
emotional, and intellectual development of children.

Heritage museum

Setting up a Heritage Museum, Heritage Study Centre, and a Heritage University in Aranmula are the
next priorities of the Trust, said Mr. Rajashekharan.

The trust will promote organic farming, yoga, ayurveda, music, hygienic living, family values, social
ethics, nature worship, art, religious tolerance, etc, he said.

He said the trust envisaged development of Aranmula into a sustainable heritage village in a phased
manner. The team is preparing a master plan for submitting it to UNESCO, he adds

A Heritage Museum, Heritage Study Centre, and a Heritage University in Aranmula are on the anvil.

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