The park consists of 11 models or replicas of the forts of Shivaji Maharaj and all this has been possible, thanks to the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) & Shivapratishtan.
The layout of the park has been made after a through study of all the forts. The park has been designed as per the original map to the last detail. A person, who reaches a certain model of a fort, will know the way he has to take for reaching the fort. Thanks to the huge sign boards that are erected on the designated routes at the park that keep informing all about the route to reach the fort.
The models of the fort are built with concrete and hence can stand wind and rain and they exactly area replica of the original. The signboards just next to the replica will give full details of the fort.
January 1, 2008 at 12:30 pm |
Hi Uday nice presentation i liked it. but come’on man its time to grow-up not time to sit on laurels of past history we have plenty of such places kamal basti, old fort etc… and all those are negelected this place will also be negelected after few years (dont tell me it will be a gr8 place for historical things & so on). it will become place for beggars to sleep and lovers to do be cossy and may be a joggers park.
Why cant they build schools, hospitals,library or better start some small industries that will give employment for peoples of belgaum. and more importantly they should build roads for which belgaum is (very) famous. I love my belgaum city very much and really want to c it next only to mumbai or bangalore.
hope u got my point
also let me know if i can help you in blogging
January 1, 2008 at 2:43 pm |
Dear Anonymous,
no doubt its time to grow up and show some attitude towards your city. but my friend some thing new that comes up and which is of public importancei try to show on this blog. About beggars sleeping here, i think this wont happen here atleast as the MLIRC takes care here and they have their guards 4 of them the whole night.About your other points yes it has to be done and many many schools have come up, you cant even imagine therir names but they exist. About roads yes some are getting their make over some arent. We need to raise voices and this blog can be one platform to raise issues and voices.
You are most welcome to send me any stories if u have or are instrested in doing one. you can email me.
January 4, 2008 at 7:57 pm |
I second Uday on this one. Progressing doesnt necessarily mean neglecting our history/historical monuments.
Infact we need to progress on those fronts as well.
am sure there are other very important things which must be
done as well.
But the basic mindset needs to be
changed. If we dont respect these
monuments, whats the point!
this should be cultivated from
early school days. instead of
writing/drawing names and grafiti!
Travelling around the world you will see, how ppl revere their
history and show case it every chance they get. (be it a 50 year monument or 200 yrs old monument.. )
and they will even charge you $$ to see it!
We should be even more proud as in
India, everything is way older than that!!
August 11, 2008 at 11:17 pm |
Hi there, I guess Mr. anonymous has travelled the world quiet a bit, however probably the countries you are referring to do charge those $$ for all history that you may want to see on the other hand they do have social diability, which does not exist in our country, not drifting from the core subject, I was in Belgaum on a transit visit and the one thing that struck me was this place SHIV TIRTH, it’s a GREAT idea of visual learning for children, for adults who harp a ton about thier leaders in the past and know nothing, I dont know if you even 10% of whats shocased at this place, however, My suggestion after staying for over 5 years in the US is
1. All major cities must have something like this, the reason being, Education, One spot tourism and moreso over a great place to spend time with history, I’m a majors in Ancient History, to my surprise, thigs out here at this place are amazing, however I believe, if there could have been greater funds to this, a Light and sound show would have done wonders.
August 11, 2008 at 11:28 pm |
Gary, You are right to an extent. More funds to this structure can do wonders not only for tourism but also from an educational perspective, its a great place to be.
the world is moving towards audio visual aids in education and this is one great way to shocase to the children, our future, the pillars of our great national heritage. For those who dont have the funds to travel to so many places, I guess, this is much more viable option to get to see a miniature of such grand forts and grasp as much as one can, and lets assume you have the money to do so, Do you have the TIME, in the present scenario, atleast I dont.
I wish something like that was in Pune. Instead of taking my Clients to Singhgadh, mahabaleshwar and to tikona spending 2 days, I could have just wrapped thier visit in three hours with greater and more accurate information of our rich culture, The only requirement for a place like Pune compared to the setup in Belgaum would be to have the same structures at least 7 times bigger, I guess it boils down to the same thing, more funds for that.
Hey guys let me know if i sound a lil more justifiable on this.
August 12, 2008 at 4:46 pm |
Yeh Jyotsana,I agree with you completely.I am from pune and other than malls and multiplexes what do we have here to look out for?I have been to Shivteerth and I feel its a wonderful concept. Entertaining and informative,it will definately be a great change for a city like Pune and yes progress of a city is not only determined by the high structures.It has to develop in every aspect and we also need to preserve our culture,our history and so Pune surely is in need of something like SHIVTEERTH and ofcourse learning history and holding on to culture isnt a shame and i guess the opening ceremony of the Beijeing Olympics teaches us this where the chinese brought out their past with such enthusiasm and pride.
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