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good collection of varieties of plant-species. Two pockets of the IGRMS campus
in Bhopal, have been developed into ethno-botanical gardens with prototypes of
sacred grove shrines, as seen in Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Sarna), Kerala (Kaavu),
Maharashtra (Devrahati), Manipur (Umanglai), Meghalaya (Maw-bukhar), Rajasthan
(Oran), Tamilnadu (Kovil-Kadu).
To promote the traditional practice of health care system and its efficacies and
continued vitality in advanced conditions, national level interactive workshops of
tribal medicine-men and exhibitions of their practices were organized in different
regions, and a directory of such medicinal practitioners was published.
To promote the literary traditions of ‘marginalised’ communities workshops were
organized at Kalimpong and Takna (West Bengal), Arakku Valley (Andhra
Pradesh); Guwahati (Assam) etc. Workshops of Pandits were organized at Himachal
Pradesh for transmission of traditional texts associated with Tantrik system of
prognostication and healing, written in ancient and vanishing script.
Inter-regional cultural exchange programmes of artisan communities and performing
artists were organized, with special focus on the North-eastern communities, to
provide them platforms to interact with the cultures of other parts of the country.
This was necessary to reduce the ethnic tension gripping in different pockets of
North-east India. Purvottari-festival of artisan communities of the eight Northeastern
States is organised in a North-eastern State annually.
To promote traditional arts and crafts of folk and tribal craftsmen Interactive
workshops, meets of different community groups were organized across the
country, (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Tripura, Tamilnadu, Orissa, Tamilnadu etc.). In collaboration with the Kollam
District Administration and Tourism Department of Kerala, Paramparya festival
of traditional artisans and craftsmen were organized at Kollam, with participation
of over 500 tribal and folk artisans from different parts of India. Later similar
events were organised at Edakkal, in collaboration with the Wayanad District
administration in Kerala.
To document and promote the importance of traditional water management
traditions workshops were organized in Gujarat and Budhelkand area of Madhya
Pradesh.
It also supports at various levels in organizing seminars and symposiums to
motivate the research scholars for exchange of ideas and new thesis. A three tier
networking has been built up with different state/central government
organizations, non-government agencies and individual experts engaged in the
exploration and replenishment of local knowledge and techniques of communities.
Bringing Communities to Museum
A number of collaborative programmes are being organized, to motivate the
different section of communities in appreciating the cultural diversity and national
integration. Some of them are as follows: