Restoration of Domakonda palace fuels weaving, literature and community life
The Hindu
The restoration of Domakonda palace revitalizes weaving, literature, and community life, transforming it into a vibrant cultural hub.
Conservation architect Anuradha Naik remembers the place as a site filled with debris and tall grass where snakes thrived. “I would travel back from Domakonda in Kamareddy district with a bag of snakes caught by the Friends of Snakes Society, and they would release them in the Narsapur forest,” says Ms. Naik about the 10-year restoration effort of the core of the Domakonda palace complex.
The restored interior of Pendli Bhavanti at Domakonda palace. | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti
At the same spot, now restored into a shimmering alabaster-white interior adorned with luxuriant stucco work, New York-based poet Mir Ali Husain recites lines from the group that called itself the Progressive Writers Movement (Anjuman Taraqqi Pasand Musannifin-e-Hind).
“Janey waley sipahi se pooch
Woh kahan jaa raha hai,”
written by Urdu poet Maqdoom Mohiuddin on the futility of war, the lines are soaked in with “wah-wahs” from the audience.
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