Gaja-lok: Elephant lands and their cultural symbolism in Asia 
 

Conceptualised and Curated by Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Division of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage 
For millennia, humans and elephants have co-inhabited shared landscapes-forests, cultural routes, and riverine systems- shaping deeply intertwined ecological and cultural worlds. The exhibition builds upon this relationship to examine the elephant as both a living ecological presence and a powerful cultural signifier. Drawing on a combination of visual culture, textual and field-based research, as well as oral histories, Gaja-Lok traces the ways in which elephants have been embedded within diverse cultural and environmental contexts across regions and historical periods.
 

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 11:00 hrs
 

(Collaboration: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)