Wikimedians of North India/Meetups/Cultural Heritage Mapping of Banethi area-Sept 2019

Cultural Heritage Mapping of Banethi area-Sept 2019 is an event organised by Harvinder Chandigarh , the founder member of the User Group Wikimedians of North India to cover the heritage sites of the remote but historically important Banethi village which is at a distance of 18kms from Nahan town of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pardesh State of India.

Objective

• To take images of historically and culturally important sites and upload on Commons.
• To create new content on Wikipedia.
• To enrich the existing content on Wikipedia by adding relevant images to it .
• To create awareness about Wikipedia in the the local community.

Reference period

The visit was conducted on 13 sept 2019.

Outcome

Heritage sites

Heritage building of Banethi Forest Rest House

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  Banethi forest rest house is the heritage building constructed during british period though repaired later without altering its original design .
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  Foundation board of Banethi forest rest house ,Sirmaur ,Nahan ,Himachal Pardesh

Natural Biodiversity

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