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Kiran Keswani
Bangalore, India
kiranmkeswani@gmail.com
ACTION POINTS for the hardware component of the Srikalahasti project are :
1. To finalise the master plan for the Common Facility Centre at the site of the recently constructed Punnami Complex. 2. To acquire traditional houses or buildings from owners who are willing to contribute to the Rural Tourism program, for adaptive re-use as interpretation centre, little kalamkari outlets and kalamkari memorabalia shops, cafetaria, toilets and homestays on Bazaar street and Jayaram Rao street. 3. To create a local implementation team that can restore a traditional structure or build a new one using traditional building materials and skills. This team to comprise of an Engineer with a concern for tradition, a Senior mason, a Carpenter with traditional skills and local enterprising young people who have a passion for promoting and restoring the heritage of their town. 4. To begin upgrading of infrastructure facilities of Bazaar street and Jayaram Rao street in terms of water supply, electricity, garbage disposal, drainage and sewerage systems. This is important since these streets are the main shopping spine for all the tourists & pilgrims who visit the Sadashiva temple at Kalahasti which is situated at the beginning of the Bazaar street.
Tourists who will come to Kalahasti would be keen on visiting the Kalamkari artists at their workplaces. It will be of interest for tourists to see the artists in their actual home and work surroundings. ACTION plan : It is essential that in addition to the showroom at the new site on theTirupathi-Kalahasti road, the streets abutting the well-known Sadashiva temple also be developed, both as learning centres for kalamkari craft and as zones for tourists to shop for crafts and household commodities generated from kalamkari work as being promoted by DRDA, the Karuna group and the Dwaraka Trust.
Sri Ramaiah, Kalamkari artist & Retd. school teacher at work at Sri Rama Mandir
Srikalahasti is one of the most famous Saivite Kshethrams of South India and is also called Dakshanakasi.
The Spider (sri), the Elephants Twin Tusks (hasthi) and a fiveheaded Sarpa (kala) and an eye which was offered by Kannappa, the Lords devotee are manifested on the Lingam here and therefore the name Sri-kala-hasti.
Even today, there are several houses in Kalahasti that are more than 50 years old. These houses have exquisite woodwork fascia boards and ornate railings. Their roofs are often sloping and covered in clay country tile or mangalore tile. Here are a sample of a few of such houses that must be acquired and made a part of the overall infrastructure for the Endogenous Tourism Program at Kalahasti. Kalahasti has a rich architectural and cultural heritage which must be preserved for the tourists who will come here from all over India and from abroad.
This house is located on Jayaram Rao street as one walks from the Sadashiva temple towards the main Bus stand. Apart from its many traditional architectural elements, it has a nice open space enveloped by the wings of the house & shaded by tree cover. ACTION plan : Small open spaces like these can become also open-to-sky cafetarias for tourists and would be a good source of income for the local people.
This house on Jayarama Rao street is being demolished. ACTION plan : The window, if salvaged in its entirety can be reused at the Common Facility Centre being proposed by DRDA at the new site on the Tirupathi-Kalahasti road. This house is opposite the hotel C.B.Residency.
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The EXISTING FACILITIES at the project site are : 1. Manager room 2. Book & Kalamkari Literature room (for SALE) 3. Crafts showroom (1200 sq.ft.) 4. Rooms for stay
Proposed site for Common Facility Centre ( next to the Punnami complex )
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The structures in this palace complex and the entire campus have an old-world charm. If it is possible to acquire a part of this campus for use as a
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This tank is on Jayarama Rao street on the road that connects the temple to the RTC bus stand. In the mornings, a few walkers are seen along the path surrounding the water. It is a heritage precinct that can have a small bazaar within it. It has the potential to be a tourist attraction. ACTION plan : 1. The students of the School for Sculpture and Temple Architecture at Tirupathi to be commissioned to create stone sculptures that can become a part of the temple tank area. 2. Landscaping to be taken up. A garderner to be appointed to add greenery that would enhance the place.
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wood crafts to be incorporated in the cafetarias, kalamkari outlets, snack counters along bazaar street and the Jayarama street revitalisation project
It maybe possible to embed these woodcrafted panels into the interior walls of the showroom being currently completed at the Punnami complex or to insert them above doorways in the rooms that this tourist complex offers.
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Shilparamam
For further details, to contact : Mr.Dasratha Naidu Administrative officer Shilparamam Tirupathi mob : 098480 23605
The bamboo work may be replicated In the new Tourist Interpretation & Common facilities centre at Kalahasti For sourcing the bamboo artisans, to contact : Mr.Rama Rao mob : 92463 49423
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Relevance of this Institute in the ENDOGENOUS TOURISM project : The students from this college be requested to be a part of this program. ACTION : 1. Students to visit the areas within the program which will be beautified as they made into tourist destinations, including the homestays, the cafetarias, the craft shops, the pedestrianisation of parts of bazaar and Jayaram rao street. 2. Students & Faculty to suggest the nature of contribution they can make to the program
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This Institute offers a 4 year diploma course in : Temple architecture (Prasadalakshana) Stone sculpture (Sila-silpa) Stucco (Sudha-silpa) Wood sculpture (Daru-silpa) Metal sculpture (Loha-silpa) Traditional Painting (Sampradaya Varna Chitra) For further collaboration, contact : Mr.Bhanu Prasad The Officer-in-charge Silpa Kalasala, T.T.D. Alipiri Road Tirupathi 517501 Or Mr.M.P.Rajasekhara Raju Master Sculptor & Superintendent
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This plan begins with the visitor entering into the campus and facing the exposed brick-lined amphitheatre. He would walk past the amphitheatre to enter the museum on the history of Kalamkari and then onto the demonstration house. He may later continue into the next part of the campus to see the kalamkari artists at work. This is the common facilities area and meant as an artists work area with the chulha, the wash area and the sand bed. For the kalamkari artist, the common facilities area remains secluded from the traffic on the main road and it is well-landscaped to provide a serene & pleasant work environment. Option 1 : Master Plan
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The central part of the campus has a landscaped area that incorporates the functional need of the artists for a wash area. There is flowing water that begins at one end and moves further down in the nature of a river. It has on its side a sandbed area for drying the fabric.
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This plan begins with the visitor entering into the campus into a garden. He enters the Interpretation centre which comprises of an information counter, a management office, a museum on the history of kalamkari and a demonstration house which helps visitors understand how the kalamkari products can become daily accessories for their homes. In this option, the amphitheatre belongs to the larger part of the site and its setting is amidst a landscaped garden, so that when the visitors face the stage, they also see the landscaped green beyond. The dotted lines indicate the covered walkways that will link all the units. The plan incorporates small but interesting courtyards or open-to-sky spaces that will bring in natural light and also allow the kalamkari artists to have semi-enclosed work spaces if they prefer to work in the outdoors. Option 2 : Master plan
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Summing up
nodal points on the kalahasti tour Including Traditional houses into the Tourism program
Common Facility Centre a 9-acre site Panagal Palace complex as DRDA Training centre
Varadaraj Swamy tank
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