Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat inaugurates ‘Sushasan Aur Abhilekh’ exhibition in Delhi

New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday inaugurated the ‘Sushasan Aur Abhilekh’ exhibition organised by the National Archives of India in New Delhi.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister Shekhawat said that the exhibition depicts the farsighted vision of Prime Minister Modi.

“An exhibition with the title ‘Sushasan Aur Abhilekh’ was inaugurated in the National Archives of India. It depicts the farsighted vision of PM Modi. The records that are not maintained properly in the office, should sent to the Archives. This should also be done to preserve the documents that are our institutional memory. So, this exhibition presents those documents that the National Archives received from various ministries and departments,” he said.

Earlier in July, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the sprawling 100,000-square-foot state-of

-the-art Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum at the Humayun’s Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage site in New Delhi.

The inauguration event was graced by the presence of Prince Rahim Aga Khan, dignitaries, and esteemed guests from the Ministry of Culture, the Archaeological Survey of India, and others.

According to the Ministry of Culture, the museum is a facility of the Archaeological Survey of India designed and built in collaboration with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC).

Inspired by the ancient ‘Baolis’ or stepped wells of Delhi, this underground museum is designed to retain the visual integrity of the monuments located in the complex, as per the UNESCO recommendation that site museums be provided at World Heritage Sites to provide the cultural context of the heritage edifice.

In the inaugural speech, the Union Minister mentioned that this museum embarked on the historic extension of ‘Indraprastha’, the capital of the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata on the bank of Yamuna, which echoes the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, i.e., the amalgamation of development as well as heritage, “Vikas bhi Virasat bhi”, as the museum will significantly enhance the visitor experience by providing an understanding of the Outstanding Universal Value of this ensemble that includes monumental buildings built from the 14th to the 19th century.

The Minister also highlighted our deep-routed cultural matrix as he talked about the images of Dara Shikoh’s Persian version of the Upanishad alongside his Quran and Rahim’s couplets inscribed on the walls alongside his translations of the Ramayan.