Vechaar Museum: Preserving Heritage through Traditional Indian Utensils
Kothi (large clay or metal storage pot) Source: Dr. Richa Singh Vechaar (Vishalla Environmental Center for Heritage of Art, Architecture and Research) Utensils Museum, located in the dynamic city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat is a singular tribute to the rich creative and cultural legacy of Gujarat in particular as well as other parts of India in general, conveyed via the means of traditional Indian utensils. The idea for Vechaar Museum came from Surendra C. Patel, who wanted to highlight and preserve India's rich heritage of domestic utensils. The museum's founders wanted to create an environment that would inspire and educate both the current and next generation in addition to housing artifacts from the past. He has always been captivated by the forms, dimensions, materials, and functions of domestic objects. He would keenly visit Ahmedabad's Sunday Market, or "Gujari," as a child. His visits inspired him to collect nutcrackers as a hobby. And with time he collected...