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Heritage project: first phase to be opened today

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Rich heritage: Collector V. K. Baby inaugurates an exhibition of photographs in Kodungalloor, near Thrissur, on Friday.

Thrissur: Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will inaugurate on Saturday the first phase of the Muziris Heritage Project (MHP) at the Kunjukuttan Thampuran Memorial College at Kodungalloor, near here. Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran will preside. Local Administration Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty, Cultural Affairs Minister M.A. Baby, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac and Fisheries Minister S. Sarma will speak on ‘Integrating local self-government institutions with MHP’, ‘Culture and heritage conservation in the context of MHP’, ‘Rejuvenating local economy through MHP’ and ‘Enabling traditional artisans and industries in MHP area’.

K.P. Dhanapalan, MP, V.D. Satheesan, M.K. Purushothaman, MLAs, district panchayat president Ambadi Venu and V. Venu, Tourism secretary will speak. Mr. Thomas Isaac will chair the valedictory session on June 28.

S. Swaminathan, former professor with the Indian Institute of Technology, E. M. Najeeb, president of the Confederation of Kerala Tourism Industry, and P.J. Cherian, director of the Kerala Council for Historical Research, will speak on the project the same day.

Collector V. K. Baby on Friday inaugurated an exhibition of photographs on the heritage of Muziris at the Kodungalloor Kunjukuttan

Thampuran Memorial College. P. D. Viswambharan, Kodungalloor muncipality chairman, presided.

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