Bhubaneswar, June 26 -- The Puri chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) on Friday organised a heritage orientation programme to equip its members as "heritage ambassadors" and strengthen grassroots participation in preserving Odisha's cultural legacy.
Around 40 life members attended the day-long programme at the Youth Hostel in Puri, where historians, conservationists and cultural experts delivered presentations on the state's tangible and intangible heritage.
INTACH Cuttack Chapter Convener Dipak Samantarai outlined Odisha's heritage conservation framework, while scholar Kapileswar Mishra spoke on the state's intangible cultural traditions. Guinness World Records holder Sasank Dash, known as the "Pape...