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more-inThe Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has taken up the restoration of old paintings at St.
Aloysius Chapel in the city since a month, according to its chairman Major Gen.
L.V. He said the INTACH was working on listing and documentation of heritage structures and monuments and asking the government and people to protect them. Subash Basu, convener of INTACH Mangaluru chapter, said that the chapter will document old Guttu houses and also visit houses of fishermen and artisans to document the way they build their houses. Please do visit the chapel and see the laboratory set up for restoration work.”Stressing the need to protect and conserve heritage monuments and structures, he said that no country can be great without its heritage. They will work to revive some traditional methods of building houses that includes use of mud, timber and lime for construction..