Preserving Monumental Wealth of Srinagar, J&K: A Digital Library

The present work is a small initiative towards preserving cultural resources and creating digital library of heritage sites and monuments of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The monumental wealth of Kashmir is very rare and is good example of diversified art and architecture of Jammu and Kashmir. The CARARE metadata schema was used for documenting these monuments and sites, Greenstone Digital Library Software was used for creating the Digital environment in the form of digital library. The whole study reveals that the monuments and heritage sites of Srinagar, J&K are not in good condition and thus need maintenance and preservation. It is our prime duty to take the matter in the eyes of the concerned authority and make them conscious about the decreasing wealth of nation so that the concerned authority will took some worthy steps for their preservation and conservation