Public perception: Built heritage conservation in Chettinad region, Tamil Nadu
Research Scholar, Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India
ABSTRACT
Heritage building conservation in India is still in its infancy. India has initiated the effort of conserving heritage a few decades ago. But in the last decade the efforts on conservation of the built heritage is tremendous. Over the years the ever increasing developmental pressures and neglect of the heritage areas and their environs resulted in the call for evolving harmonious strategies and conservation measures. Fortuitously, increasing awareness about heritages in the recent decades has been leading various organisations to identify heritages as well as to delineate heritage zones based on a set of defined criterion. However, whether those building are worthy of conservation is always a question asked by many. Are the people in chettinadu are aware on withstanding of those buildings at present and is it important to them? This paper aims to review the people’s perception on heritage building conservation besides identifying their physical connectivity of the buildings with their past.
