India’s 6.5 lakh villages are scattered across 32 million 87 thousand square kilometers.
For the first time, the Indian government has completed the mapping and documentation of all these villages.
The ‘Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’ initiative was initiated by the National Mission on Cultural Mapping. On July 27, 2023, a web site for MGMD was launched.
More than 4 lakh villages have been documented to date, with short movies of approximately 1,000 villages also published.
Let’s take a virtual voyage via Mera Gaon and Meri Dharohar… MGMD’s objectives include cultural mapping of communities on a comprehensive virtual platform.
To increase cultural vibrancy through awareness campaigns, safeguard cultural history and traditions, revive endangered arts and practices, and create a national platform for promoting artworks.
To connect artists with e-commerce as well as current Indian government schemes and welfare schemes.
DIRECT LINK TO THE MGMD POTAL
HOW TO ACCESS THE MGMD PORTAL
Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar is an endeavor to collect detailed information about the life, history, and ethos of Indian villages and make it available virtually to visitors.
By signing up at https://mgmd.gov.in, you can also upload information, photos, and videos of your village and take a virtual tour of the village by entering the information about the state, district, and block.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PORTAL
Information about the village is collected in seven broad categories which will present the rural culture and identity of that village not only to India but also to the world.
VARIOUS VILLAGES THAT ARE COVERED
- Arts and Crafts Village
- Ecologically Oriented Village.
- Scholastic Village Linked with Textual and Scriptural Traditions of India
- Epic Village linked with Ramayana, Mahabharata, and/ or Puranic legends and oral epics.
- Historical Village linked with Local and National History
- Architectural Heritage Village
- Any other characteristic that may need highlighting such as fishing village, horticulture village, shepherding village etc.