HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT OF

DWARKA, GUJARAT
URBAN DESIGN (ELECTIVE 1)

Presented by:
K.Kovidh Ram
17C11C4012
VII SEM,IV YEAR,B.ARCH
VSAPV
PURPOSE OF CITY HRIDAY PLAN:
The National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) Scheme was launched on January 21, 2015 by
the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) with the aim of bringing together urban planning, economic growth and
heritage conservation in an inclusive manner with the objective of restoring, reviving and strengthening the soul and
heritage of the city. The HRIDAY Scheme focuses on development of civic infrastructure development projects around
heritage sites, leading to revitalization of the city as a heritage and cultural destination.

INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY:

• The ancient city of Dwarka is located on the western
tip of the Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, India. The
city is one of the Chardhams of the Hindu pilgrim
circuit. The city is associated with mythological
periods having associations with Lord Krishna and has
rich religious and cultural significance in the Hindu
religion. Owing to its religious, historic and
architectural value, it attracts close to 20 lakh tourists
every year.
• Dwarka also houses a large number of temples dating
back from 12th to15th century CE.
• Dwarka is known for its rich culture that exists in
form of people, practices and places where
traditional art forms exist. The people in Dwarka and
its surroundings make hand embroidered clothing
Location map for Dwarka and Bet Dwarka
products in a local style named as Rayka art.
Source: Base map – Google Earth; Overlay – UMC
Bet Dwarka:
Bet Dwarka is an island 3 km off the coast of Okha city. The island is a pilgrim centre with Dwarkadhish Temple as the major
centre of attraction with Shankhodhar, Rattan and Ranchhod Lake surrounding the temple. Bet Dwarka houses the Dwarkadhish
Haveli associated as a pleasure residence of Lord Krishna. It is also believed that the submerged remains of the mythological
Dwarka city lies along the coast of the present day Bet Dwarka
LISTING OF HERITAGE STRUCTURES IN DWARKA:
The HCA conducted a street-to-street survey of Dwarka
Municipality and Bet Dwarka Island in Okha Municipality in June
2015. During the survey, the team documented 36 heritage
structures in Dwarka and 8 heritage structures in Bet Dwarka. The
identified structures include historic structures and other elements
such as vavs (stepwells), bird feeders, obelisks, kunds, temples,
residences and dharmashalas.

Heritage structures identified by UMC through a primary survey in

Bet Dwarka

Examples of Heritage structures across Bet Dwarka Examples of heritage structures in Dwarka
PUBLIC STREETSCAPE GUIDELINE TOOLKIT:
RESPECTING THE HERITAGE BUILDING ELEVATIONS:

Heritage Building: Information Center

Maintaining the semi circular arched openings in

the elevations of the building

Colonial Structure: Dharamshala (Guest House)

Maintaining the traditional

building parapets
Maintaining the colonial semicircular arches on
the building elevations

Maintaining the brackets

in the building facade

Street elevation guidelines for conservation of heritage in Dwarka

PUBLIC STREETSCAPE GUIDELINE TOOLKIT:
RESPECTING THE HERITAGE BUILDING ELEVATIONS:

Street Elevation Vegetable Market Square

Individual building
heights to be maintained

Heritage structure: Vegetable Market

Oriel windows as on building

façade to be maintained

Pediment arches to be
conserved

Street elevation guidelines for conservation of heritage in Dwarka

 PUBLIC STREETSCAPE GUIDELINE TOOLKIT:

Building heights
to be equal to the
heritage
structures

Street scape issues and considerations during preparation of city conservation plan

On the road side Wires and cables Building The height of the Temporary shade Height of the
the building line should concealed projection should all shop’s should not signage/hoardings should
should aligned on the front not more than hoardings should projected more no more than 0.75m and
facade 1.2m at the 2.7m from than 1m width should not exceed
finished footpath than front facade
PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN OF DARSHAN PATH (ISKON) (HERITAGE ZONE 04):

A
A

LEGEND Street – Iskon gate to Dwarkadhish

Temple, a stretch of 0.65km.
KEY MAP

SECTION - AA
BUILDING GUIDELINE TOOLKIT AND PALLET CREATION:
The building guidelines (bye-laws) prepared by the Archaeological Survey of India for the prohibited and regulated zones around
the Dwarkadhish Temple apply to all Heritage Zones proposed in this CHP. The guidelines and pallet has been provided below.

LIGHT POLES: Light pole for heritage zones (in stone and treated metal)
STREET BENCHES: Seating benches for the five heritage zones in Dwarka
BOLLARDS: Bollards for traffic control
INFORMATION PANEL: Heritage information panel for heritage zones
SIGNAGE: Signage for heritage zones
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (TOILET BLOCK): Toilet block for heritage zones
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (DRINKING WATER BLOCK): Drinking water stations for heritage zones
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (BUS-STOP): Bus-stop for heritage zones
SECURITY CABIN: Security cabin for forecourt of Dwarkadhishi Temple and Vegetable market square (Heritage zone 1 and 3)
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