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One Shall Not Sketch India's Protected Monuments
As tourists from accross the world freely use their smartphones or selfie sticks to immortalize these historic monuments, the Indian authorities\'s target remains the pencil holder - whose will is to draw these very same sites, says information website Scroll.
In India, a 1959 year old ancient law prohibits the drawing of historic sites.
As tourists from accross the world freely use their smartphones or selfie sticks to immortalize these historic monuments, the Indian authorities's target remains the pencil holder - whose will is to draw these very same sites, says information website Scroll.
Early last year, a group of around 20 people gathered at the ancient monolithic temples of Mammallapuram just outside Chennai. Armed with drawing pads, pencils and little else, members of the Chennai Weekend Artists were quietly sketching the 6th and 7th century sculptures within the temple complex, when a security guard accosted them. He told them they were breaking the rules, but did not elaborate. A visit to the Archaeological Survey of India office at the site to find out more proved futile as well.
"They told us that it was against the law to sketch at sites protected by the ASI [a government agency], but not one of them could tell us the reason behind such a restriction," said Ganapathy Subramaniam, a member of Chennai Weekend Artists.
Ganapathy Subramaniam, a member of Chennai Weekend Artists, then decided to start a petition on Change.org, urging the authorities to get rid of the law that forbids sketching at monuments or historic sites which fall under the purview of the Archaeological Survey of India.
