New museum on the anvil at Nalsarovar

Apart from attracting thousands of nature lovers and ornithologists from across the globe, Nalsarovar will have one more reason to attract even more people now. With a view to showcase the country's rich history, researcher Jagdish Gandhi has signed an MoU at VGGIS 2011. Gandhi is a researcher on ancient Indian sciences and is also a heritage activist. This Wednesday he held a presentation at Cept regarding Sabarmati river wherein he showcased the route of the river through 3-D visuals.

With a view to showcase India's rich heritage of 5000 years, a museum is being planned near Nalsarovar. Speaking about the project, researcher Jagdish Gandhi said, "The museum will showcase the history of India's 5000 years from Vedic period to the various dynasties. There will be lot of sculptures, creations attractively placed in the museum which will tell about India's rich culture. Also, the various disciplines of science existing in India since centuries like Architechture, Languages, scripts, metallurgy etc will be displayed in the museum."

Stating the need for a musuem, Gandhi said that there prevails lot of ignorance among the Indian audience regarding Indian history. Hence the museum is being constructed with a view to create awareness among the people about the rich and varied heritage of the country, Gandhi said.

When asked why he chose Nalsarovar as the venue, Gandhi explained the history about the mythical Saraswati river and said that the eastern arm of the river flowed through Rajasthan and passed the Rann of Kutch, before entering Saurashtra and merging into Nalsarovar. "Hence, Nalsarovar was a geo-physical depression (served as a huge container) where the river ended. Today, people do not know that the place where they go boating or bird-watching is actually the leftover of the river Saraswati, which once originated from Himalayas. Unfortunately, today it is a dry bed of the legendary river and has just remained a lake. But it is still legendary and interesting to learn about," he added.

Interestingly, the blue print of the entire museum is ready and the construction will begin soon and will take two years to complete, Gandhi said.