, Dec 18 (IANS) A grand heritage museum will soon come up in Varanasi next year at a cost of Rs 100 crore.This will be in addition to several museums that already exist in the city, officials said.Priti Srivastava, deputy director, UP tourism, .
Varanasi: The city got another platform for the promotion of exquisite crafts of Kashi in the form of International Cooperation and Convention Centre – Rudraksh after Deendayal Hastkala Sankul (trade centre & museum), a trade facilitation centre for handicrafts at Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stones and inaugurated both the projects. While Rudraksh centre built in Sigra area was inaugurated on Thursday, the TFC, which is situated in Bada Lalpur area, was inaugurated on September 23, 2017.
“While inaugurating the Rudraksh on Thursday, the PM spoke about the work done for the promotion of handicrafts and Banarasi art,” said GI expert Rajani Kant of Human Welfare Society. “We are hopeful that the Rudraksh centre will be helpful in promoting the Geographical Indication (GI) certified products of this region globally,” he said.