Hawzah News Agency- the Institute of Heritage affiliated to the Center for Revival of the Heritage of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Abbas (PBUH), held a scientific seminar on Shia heritage in India at the Sheikh Ansari Hall of Al-Mortaza Intellectual Complex in Najaf, on Tuesday, January 23.

Dr. Mohammad Saeed Al-Tarihi, the founder of "Al-Mosum Al-Tarathiya" magazine, attended this scientific seminar which was managed by Dr. Ali Khadir al-Hajji.

According to Mohammad Al-Wakil, the deputy consultant of the center, the main purpose of holding heritage seminars is to revive the written heritage, spread the culture of the written heritage among the educated academics and introduce the heritage of the elders and related issues.

Dr. Mohammad Saeed Al-Tarihi, the chairman of this conference, said,” We have held talks about Shia heritage in India, including material heritage, religious, cultural, scientific and literary institutions, and about mosques, walls, towers, palaces, houses of science and book repositories that have rare works.”

He added,” We mentioned the intangible heritage and discussed the oral heritage including folklore (popular beliefs), rituals, values, customs, traditions and abilities.”

He pointed out that the Shia heritage present in the Indian subcontinent is a forgotten heritage and this meeting was held with the aim of paying attention to it and calling for new activities to expand and identify Indian heritage through contact with scientific and historical institutions in India.

It should be noted that the purpose of establishing the High Institute of Heritage is to revive the glorious heritage of Imamiya and to form an elite group of researchers who have sufficient experience in applying, researching and publishing manuscripts.