The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday stayed all sorts of construction activity on the river bed near the heritage ghats of Vrindavan till the next date of hearing, i.e. NGT stays all construction activity at Vrindavanheritage ghats HN Suresh, director of the bhawan, said: "We want to reconnect the cultural heritage of India with the urban and rural folk alike." "This is a place that needs to be shown to everyone because beauty lies in its history," said Murty. Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the event. A year after its chairperson Sudha Murty's visit to the site, Infosys Foundation has joined hands with the Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan to host a mega cultural event-350 artistes and 20 events-at Anupu from December 9 to 11. Unearthed and reconstructed by the Archaeological Survey of India after it drowned in the Krishna River, the city brings alive the period when Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to South India by Acharya Na garjuna Mahayana. Inspired by those in Greece and Rome, the theatre has been the pride of the small city besides the Vihara (Buddhist University) and the Harathi temple. Heritage Alerts December 2016 Ancient Buddhist city Anupu to host mega cultural eventĮight kilometres from the Nagarjuna Sagar dam in Guntur is Anupu that 1,700 years ago saw construction of one of India's first amphi theatres.
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