Heritage Walk to Cubbon Park:

Our constant endeavor to expand the spectrum of imagination for our students at JD Institute has helped us take a step into learning design through our own culture and heritage. Bangalore is the oldest city in the country and many of us are not aware of the same. Many facts like this unfolded to our students by the heritage walk organized by JD Institute of Fashion Technology in collaboration with INTACH.

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is a non-profit organization set up in 1984 with a mandate to protect and conserve India’s vast natural, built and cultural heritage. The INTACH Bangalore team comprises architects, planners, engineers, writers, and others who try to preserve the cultural legacy of the city by creating awareness, mediating between the government and the public, offering architectural and engineering consultation to owners of heritage buildings, and documenting heritage structure.

INTACH walk was organized for Diploma students by Ar. Madhavi Abhayankar and Ar. Monika. This Heritage Walk to Cubbon Park was guided to students by Ms. Meera Iyer. The walk started from St. Marks Church to M.G. Road and ended historical museum at Kasturba Road. It was a scenic walk through Cubbon park and knowing a history of Bangalore. Many facts at Bangalore walk unfolded through old photographs and explanation by writer Meera Iyer. Through this walk, students could connect to the city in different perspective, learned a lot about all the structures in around Heritage Walk to Cubbon Park