Landscape Integrity For Sacred And Historic Sites of Wai Region, Maharashtra

Abstract

Landscape Integrity the authenticity of historic identity, that reveal a presence by the survival of physical characteristic that existed during the historic and prehistoric period. The 7 qualities of integrity are: a. Location 2. Setting 3. Feelings 4. Association 5. Design 6. Workmanship/ Material Integrity measures in wholeness intactness of Natural and cultural heritage and its attributes. Examining the condition of integrity therefore requires assessing the extent to which the property it includes all the elements to express its outstanding universal value also ensure the complete reprenstation of the feature and processes which conveys the property’s significance and development or neglect. The integrity can be achieved through memory, experience, interaction, consideration. It helps to built ‘a city image’. The landscape integrity is explained by the language of landscape and gives a transcendent experience – cultural value and visual composition of forms Forms and Meaning by Amita Sinha Studying ‘Landscape Integrity’ with the case of Wai Region of Maharashtra. It’s a Sacred, Historic and cultural site. It has settlement since 900A.D and some of the Pandavkalin structures – temples, forts, the Buddhist caves and later in Pehwa’s rule the temple town Wai and village like Menavali and Dhom were developed. It’s a river valley settlement and at present the occupation is agriculture. MIDC have set up their industries in the foothills. As this region is only 30 km away from the famous hill station Mahabaleshwar and 85 km from Pune city it has become the two tier city of Satara District and tourism is developed. Due to the development the Natural resources – River, Hills, Vegetation, etc. Cultural resources – Settlements, the temples, Ghats, etc. is getting affected as haphazard development taking place. The Wai Region has a majestic landscape which is getting disturbed. So the study to integrate these sources and frame it in one is a solution to intact this river valley town.