vadodara barodians will celebrate the national heritage week beginning saturday in a unique way collectors and heritage enthusiasts will throw the doors open to their collections and expertise to citizens for the week during the vadodara peoples heritage festivala series of activities exhibitions as well as heritage tours and walks will be organized the activity is selfsponsored and an effort of likeminded people to showcase citys heritage this is the second consecutive year when the festival will be held the exhibitions and private collections that citizens can see during the festival include the armoury gallery at manekrao akhada in dandia bazaar that will be opened from thursday exhibitions on citys prominent wrestler vasantrao kaptan omessa fine art jewellery matchbox collection calligraphy baroda state medals and envelopes as well as photographs of the city will also be held during the weekprivate collectors will also open their own museums to citizens such museums include a dental museum a collection of water pots material related to mahatma gandhi ancient lamps spoons and childrens wheeled toysthe walks and tours organised during the festival include those on sayajibaug and its trees popular food joints of the city a heritage walk at kayavarohan near the city kalabhavan walk at the faculty of technology and engineering temple tours of ashtavinayaka temples and navnath mahadev temples in the city as well as a baroda heritage buildings tour