Shunya Heritage Trails documents sacred sites, pilgrimage routes, and temples as sources of ecological wisdom, community design, and living cultural innovation.
Flagship Policy Pieces
Cultural Tourism & Livelihoods Framework: “Sacred Sites as Livelihood Ecosystems: A Model for Heritage-Based Entrepreneurship Aligned with Tourism Ministry Schemes”
Templates for heritage trails as social enterprises: homestays, local crafts, food tourism, guide training.
Alignment with Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Skill India, and village tourism schemes.
Case studies from Nagpur region and Indian pilgrimage centers.
Targets: District tourism departments, gram panchayats, heritage site administrators, cultural entrepreneurs.
IKS & Ecology Policy Brief: “Rivers, Sacred Groves & Traditional Knowledge: Integrating Ecological Wisdom into Environmental & Water Policy”
Documents ecological knowledge embedded in temple practices, river rituals, and land management.
Policy recommendations for river conservation, sacred grove protection, and community resource management.
Aligns with Ministry of Environment, National River Conservation Mission, and wildlife protection.
Targets: Environmental agencies, river basin authorities, tribal affairs ministry, conservation bodies.
Living Heritage in Education: “Integrating Heritage Sites into School & College Curricula: Fieldwork, Research & Credit-Bearing Learning”
Guidelines for schools and colleges to use heritage trails as outdoor classrooms (history, ecology, culture, arts).
Assessment frameworks, teacher training, and accreditation models.
Targets: Education departments, school principals, curriculum designers, field study coordinators.
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