Cultural Center for Indo-Islamic Arts & Heritage

Abstract

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has promised to establish an international Islamic cultural convention centre in Hyderabad. Responding to representations from the AIMIM for a world-class Islamic centre, the Chief Minister has directed officials to allot six acres of land at Kokapet on the city outskirts and also sanctioned Rs 40 crore towards its construction. An Islamic centre is more than a typical mosque — beyond the five daily prayers. It provides many other features and functions, beneficial to the larger community. It is and expression of Indo-Islamic history and culture, where the tangible and intangibles of a culture be taught through an Indo-Islamic gallery for learning about the different Indo-Islamic architectural eras both children and adults’ education with Mushaira enlightening the auditorium, temporary and permanent stalls of ethnic products and restaurants for families, and recreational facilities for everyone to relax and rejuvenate. Culture has another aspect indicating to the buildings, factors etc. In fact these things are considered as a part of culture of a society. This is because it is rooted in value, beliefs etc. and from here the link between culture and architecture can be seen. Each culture and civilization starts from a point in which the old ones stopped faced with a crisis. However, its direction is to follow and develop old and historical directions and at some points rebuilds its structures. Due to direct effect of culture on architecture, it is natural that cultural changes cause transformation in effective concepts and theories in the appearance of the architecture and consequently, different ideas of architecture come into existence. Every society has its own culture, upon which its foundation of architecture was established, and its architecture is the objective image of its culture. In fact, architecture was and is true measure of a nation’s culture. The culture of the community is responsible for the ways spaces are formed.