Gerda Henkel Stiftung, a German organisation, is funding a project on restoration and documentation of manuscripts, artefacts and rare photographs available in the museum and research centre near Mayong in Morigaon district of Assam.
The project will be executed by the Assam state chapter of the India National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach), from January 1.
On Saturday, Intach state convener Shiela Bora said this was decided in a stakeholders’ meeting held on Thursday at Mayong Anchalik College in the presence of Morigaon district officials, community members and teachers.
She said in addition to conservation work, the project also envisaged listing and cataloguing of the archaeological sites located in and around the area, starting from Kajolichowki to the Baghjap area of the district. “The idea behind the project is to carry out a historical research about the mysteries surrounding Mayong,” Bora added.