Heritage Development Plan For Varanasi

HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN for VARANASI
Sponsored by:
Varanasi Development Authority (VDA)
Prepared by:
Architectural Heritage Division, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
Oct 2011
HERITAGE
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
FOR
VARANASI
The Eternal City of Varanasi as one of the highest embodiments of
Indian culture, religion and spirituality
A potential world heritage city
Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH
December 09
HERITAGE
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
FOR
VARANASI
Varanasi Historic City City Oldest Living City of World..
1900
2010
Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH December 09
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Heritage Development Plan for Varanasi:

Basis for regulation of its heritage zones
Basis for conserving the built cultural heritage of Varanasi

Seeks to provide an interface of heritage management with spatial planning to come up with a regulatory framework for development that is heritage sensitive
Output: Regulations and guidelines in consonance with the cultural character of the city that may be processed as part of Master Plan/ Zonal Plans, Zonal Regulations and Development Controls.
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GENERATING BASE INFORMATION

Cultural Resource Mapping & Inventorying/ Listing
Typologies Include: Temples, Mosques, Gateways, Ghats, Kunds, wells, Residential Buildings, Dharmshalas, Civic Buildings, Institutional Buildings etc. TOTAL 1370
Beside this there are 5 Heritage zones as per MP, & 5 proposed as Per HDP
Basis for heritage zoning and formulation of regulations in the HDP
December 09
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REVIEW OF EXISTING FRAMEWORK

Sectors for Consideration
Cultural & Natural heritage protection and management
Spatial planning
Local governance and Socio-economic planning for development

Infrastructure development Land management Visitor Management and Tourism Legal Framework & Institutional Mechanism
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ISSUES:
Heritage Related
Lack of protection to heritage for its conservation Potential danger to religious atmosphere Poor and/or no maintenance of heritage Destroyed visual potential esply ghats
Development Related
Increasing population Shrinking spaces Modifying urban spaces and heritage character Tourism and pilgrimage pressures Increasing traffic Environment pressures
Operational Issues
Multiple agencies with overlapping jurisdictions Lack of funds for conservation Lack of adequate technical capacity
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Use of Master Plan* for Heritage Regulation in lieu of Amendments to the Planning Law Identification of other heritage zones
Ramnagar
Panchkroshi Yatra Marg

Mughalsarai
Varanasi Cantonment
Banaras Hindu University
Identification of Heritage Sub-Zones (precincts) within Heritage Zones (Mohallas, historic commercial spines etc)
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Heritage Zones of Varanasi
December 09
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Areas of High Priority Protection
December 09
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ADOPT HERITAGE REGULATIONS : Based on Model

Regulations notified by Govt of UP.
Will Define Heritage (Cultural and Natural) of city Notify Heritage buildings and precincts as per Listing
Establish Heritage Committee to assist VDA is taking decisions Heritage Related Issues.
Membership including VC, Municipal Commissioner, Town Planner, INTACH(as per MP), Conservation architect etc. Constitution of State Level Advisory cum Monitoring Group
Will help in preparation of Development Controls, Building By-laws and Architectural Guidelines as per historic building character of Varanasi
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Review of Existing By-laws

50 mts around heritage building no construction zone? New building around heritage building to be single storey? Set backs INCENTIVES
Property Tax Rebate Access too Heritage Fund TDR Flexible Landuse Conversions
CAPACITY BUILDING
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Heritage Related Pilot Proposals

Thematic Detailed Project Reports
THEMES
Urban Heritage Conservation & Development
PROJECTS
Dasashwamedh Cultural Qtr River front
Rural Area Development & Pilgrimage infrastructure

Conservation of Water Bodies Conservation & Reuse of Heritage Building for Tourism Infrastructure
Panchkroshi Yatra Halts

Sarang, Pishachmochan & Pushkar Kunds Chet Singh Ghat & palace as a Cultural Center and Jagannath temple complex as Art & craft center, Balaji Ghat, St. Mary Church & Tripolia gate
December 09
Heritage Building Conservation

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LOCATION
Dasashwamedh Cultural Quarter
Located in one of the three cultural quarters (Visweswara Khanda)
Central to old city of Varanasi.
Covers significant river front (ghats) and main public area of the city.
December 09
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PROJECT CONCEPT & PROPOSAL

Entire proposal divided into four Sub Projects
SUB PROJECT 1 Development of pedestrian environment of the road from Goudhulia Chouhmani to Dasashwamedh Ghat. Project Cost- Rs. 8.06 Crs SUB PROJECT 2 Faade-scape development and Street facing property management on the road from Goudhulia Chouhmani to Dasashwamedh Ghat. Project cost- Rs. 1.70 crs
SUB PROJECT 3 Historic riverfront regeneration (from Pandey Ghat to Lalita Ghat)
Project Cost Rs. 14.72 crs
SUB PROJECT 4 Development of Varanasi Sanskriti Darshan at the present Site of Dasashwamedh vegetable Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH and fish market. Project cost Rs. 7.93 crs December 09
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ISSUES & CONCERNSouthern Ghats
December 09
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CONCEPT PLAN
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CONCEPT PLAN
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Rural Area Development & Pilgrimage Infrastructure

Panchkroshi Yatra Halts
December 09
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BHIMACHANDI PLAN Architectural Heritage -SITE Division, INTACH
December 09
Restoration & Development of Kunds,Varanasi

SARANG Kund
PISHACH MOCHAN Kund
Pushkar Kund
Proposed Detailed Plan: Sarang Kund
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December 09
CHET SINGH GHAT CULTURAL CENTRE VARANASI Conservation and reuse proposal
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Historically significant in the history of Varanasi due to the war in 1781 between Chet Singh and British troop led by Warren Hastings.
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History Entry Zone
Entrance Zone Food Court
Craft Zone
Char Bagh Sacred Zone Temple
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SHRI JAGANNATH TEMPLE built in 1790 @ ASSI GHAT, as ART & CRAFT BAZAAR
Conservation & Development of Heritage Sites
Now a WMF endangered site of 2011
HERITAGE
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PLAN FOR VARANASI Conservation of St Marys Church
Pediment Mutules Trigylph Frieze
Regulae Metope Architrave Pediment
Stylobate
December 09
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Thank you
Divay Gupta, Principal Director. Architectural Heritage Division
INTACH
Conservation Architect
M Arch, Conservation (SPA), M. Heritage Management (Univ of Birmingham) Certificate courses on conservation from ICCROM, divaygupta@gmail.com
www.intach.org

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HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN for VARANASI

Varanasi Development Authority (VDA)

The Eternal City of Varanasi as one of the highest embodiments of

Indian culture, religion and spirituality

A potential world heritage city

Architectural Heritage Division, INTACH

Varanasi Historic City City Oldest Living City of World..