Srinagar, Sept. 14 -- By Sajjad HaiderChennai-For a delegation of journalists from Kashmir, a visit to a heritage museum in Chennai offered more than a glimpse into South India's rich cultural past-it raised a question that is becoming increasingly urgent back home: Who will preserve Kashmir's disappearing heritage?

A 13-member media delegation from Srinagar, organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), visited Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum at Muttukadu on Monday as part of its September 13-19 media tour of the southern state.

Spread across a large site overlooking the Bay of Bengal, Dakshina Chitra-meaning "a picture of the South"-has created a remarkable living record of the traditional architecture, crafts, lifestyles and perfo...