{"id":2252,"date":"2015-11-25T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T13:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:07:25","slug":"bidar-run-report-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/bidar-run-report-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"GHR Bidar 2015 Run Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bidar is quite the melting pot of cultures and religions – given how heritage sites dating back to the Bahmani and Mughal\u00a0dynasties co-exist alongside sites of religious significance to the Sikh, Hindu and the Islamic communities. It’s often called the City of Whispering Monuments though those whispers might occasionally be drowned out by the sound of screeching\u00a0fighter jets flying overhead. Bidar is, after all, home to one of India’s largest air force stations. We first organized a\u00a0heritage run in Bidar in the November of 2014 and received plenty of positive feedback and support from participants,\u00a0volunteers and the local administration alike so returning to Bidar this year had always been on the cards. Read the Bidar Run Report below to know what went on this time!<\/p>\n

Route Recce:<\/h2>\n

We made a visit to Bidar right after our run in Udaipur<\/a> to meet with our local partners, to conduct a route recce and to\u00a0finalize our run date. We also decided upon a new 21K route<\/a> so runners who participated in 2014, would get to traverse a\u00a0different set of heritage sites along their run and see the historic Bidar Fort from a brand new perspective. (more on\u00a0this later)<\/p>\n

Promotion:<\/h2>\n

Having frozen on a date, we began spreading the word about Go Heritage Run – Bidar in the running, cycling\u00a0and travel\u00a0communities in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. Locally, our partners publicised the event at engineering colleges and a few\u00a0local malls. We also invited staff from Bidar’s Air Force Station and students from local schools to participate.\u00a0Online, our growing editorial team published articles about Bidar’s bidriware art<\/a>, Karez aqueducts<\/a>, influence on\u00a0the movie industry<\/a>, as well as local efforts to digitize cultural heritage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

T-Shirt\u00a0and\u00a0Medal Design:<\/h2>\n

Influenced by Bidriware, we selected a Black-Silver-White color palette for all our run collateral \u2013 running bibs,\u00a0certificates, finisher stickers and route signage. Bidriware also influenced the Go Heritage Run \u2013 Bidar T-shirt.\u00a0Bidriware is known for its geometric and floral motifs so we decided to \u201cBidrify\u201d our runner T-shirt and inspired by\u00a0geometric patterns and human figurines, the T-shirt design is a tessellation of marathon runners. The finisher medal\u00a0design was designed and hand-crafted by Mr. Rauf, a National Award winning Bidri artist. His team has manually etched each\u00a0of these lovely medals! Read more about our t-shirt and medal designs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n