Bhubaneswar: Families, friends, leading professionals from advertising and IT industries and architecture across the globe and students teamed up today as the heritage enthusiasts at the 97th Monks, Caves and Kings at the Twin Hills of Khandagiri and Udayagiri.
However, kids had a grand time re-discovering their roots and knowing the ancient Kalingan Empire and its pride.
The trail, that took place this morning, saw around 20 people on a journey that was more than just learning history, heritage and architecture. Curious minds found their questions answered by fellow walkers and some are coming to the Jain heritage monument after a year.
The diverse group saw kids; families and friends came together for a fun session of learning history by exchanging stories. Rajalaxmi, a participant added that as someone who liked to travel on her own, it was sometimes tricky to understand the reason behind the existence of some monuments and also how different the story of one monument is to the other. Having already been here, the walk felt like a nice change of air as the history of the caves were told and she got a better understanding of how to explore such places and not get lost.
This edition of the walks saw the kids taking over with their genuine interest in understanding and learning history and heritage and left everyone with the lesson that no one is too young or too old to learn new things. It was also a general consensus among the kids that storytelling like this was the best way to teach history.
Ms Kalinga