{"id":866,"date":"2015-03-29T23:34:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:07:26","slug":"run-report-warangal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/run-report-warangal\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Report – Go Heritage Run 2015 – Warangal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warangal is in focus now.\u00a0A town overshadowed for a very long time by its bigger, glitzy neighbouring city of Hyderabad, Warangal has started to get\u00a0more attention since the formation of Telangana, the newest state in India. Warangal has been selected among 12 cities across India for development as a Heritage City under the HRIDAY scheme<\/a> by Government of India.<\/p>\n

The reason we chose\u00a0Warangal for our Go Heritage Run after Hampi was not based on these factors though. As a city host to heritage sites on the Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, we felt that Warangal deserved more attention. Even with the major city of Hyderabad nearby, Warangal is not really a big tourist destination. We intended our run to be a catalyst and make it a reason to visit Warangal. Thanks to our partners including\u00a0Hyderabad Runners<\/a>\u00a0(one of the biggest running clubs in India), we\u00a0did manage to fulfil this objective to a very large extent.<\/p>\n

The Preparation<\/h2>\n

Our work always begins with identifying the\u00a0right partners –\u00a0we look for organizations working in the field of heritage and who are equally enthusiastic about innovative approaches to promoting heritage.\u00a0INTACH<\/a> Hyderabad and Mrs. Anuradha Reddy have been a pillar of support right from the 2013 GoUNESCO Finale and they have supported all our runs. We also got in touch with Kakatiya Heritage Trust<\/a>, run by Prof. Pandu Ranga Rao and Mr. Papa Rao – who\u00a0have\u00a0been working towards promoting Kakatiya heritage and were one of the main agencies responsible for getting the Warangal monuments on the world heritage site tentative list. The managing committee of Hyderabad Runners also was very enthusiastic about the idea of exploring Warangal on foot.<\/p>\n

The district administration, who we got introduced to through our partners, was equally enthusiastic and assured us all support for conducting the run. Mrs. Karuna Vakati IAS, the District Collector and Magistrate guided us on the procedure to follow and\u00a0the agencies to engage. We also spoke to Mr. Sarfaraz Ahmad IAS, Commissioner, Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation and Mr. A. K. Jha IPS, Superintendent of Police, Warangal range and solicited their support for the run.<\/p>\n