The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) was founded in 1984 in New Delhi with the vision to spearhead heritage awareness and conservation in India.Today INTACH is recognized as one of the world’s largest heritage organizations, with over 190 Chapters across the Country. In the past 31 years INTACH has pioneered the conservation and preservation of not just our natural and built heritage but intangible heritage as well. Headquartered in New Delhi, it operates through various divisions such as Architectural Heritage, Natural Heritage, Material Heritage, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Heritage Education and Communication Services (HECS), Crafts and Community Cell, Chapters, INTACH Heritage Academy, Heritage Tourism,Listing Cell and Library, Archives and Documentation Centre.
Intach Ayodhya Chapter is made to help preserve the heritages in Ayodhya. Ayodhya also known as Oudh/Awadh is a city of temples. It is a religious heritage and religion had played an important role for controlling power in Indian monarchy in the ancient past and in contemporary India too it had played a role in the formation of religious nationalism and identity of religious eritages.Situated on the banks of Saryu River, it is primarily an ancient tirth and salvic city. Ayodhya is a sacred place not only for Hindus but also for other religions ,like, Jain Bauddh, Sikh and Islam. Now most of the heritages sites and monuments are dilapidating and are in abandoning condition due to lack of rational and viable conservation and preservation strategy also lack of interest and awareness in people along with their involvement.
Ayodhya chapter is made to help preserve and conserve tangible and intangible cultural and natural heritages.