I still remember that in 1984, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had set up INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage). Soon the Mysore Chapter of INTACH also came into being. The very purpose of this Trust was conservation and renovation of heritage buildings and memorials. It was also INTACH’s responsibility to construct new structures while retaining their heritage character, whenever renovation or restoration was not possible. Senior Journalist late Krishna Vattam of Deccan Herald became the first Convenor of INTACH, Mysore Chapter.
