Lok Sabha Question No. 3089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Development of Ancient Temples
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## DEVELOPMENT OF ANCIENT TEMPLES

## 3089 SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS: SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

Will the  Minister  of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of temples conserved by the Government/Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the country including in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the amount of funds allocated and spent for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, temple-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  for  the  preservation  and  conservation  of various temples including ancient temples in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has 3687 protected monuments of National importance in the country including temples. The details of protected temples in the State of Uttar Pradesh are given in Annexure.
- (b) The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  expenditure  incurred  for  conservation  of  protected monuments under ASI including temples are as under :

## Amount Rs. in lakhs

|   Sl. No. | Year    | Funds allocated       | Expenditure incurred.   |
|-----------|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | 2015-16 | 24685.00              | 23746.25                |
|         2 | 2016-17 | 30375.07              | 30193.22                |
|         3 | 2017-18 | 41080.94              | 41076.79                |
|         4 | 2018-19 | 41127.86 (allocation) | 41127.86 (allocation)   |

(c) Yes Madam. Conservation & preservation work of the protected monuments including temples

& is  executed  by  ASI  regularly,  depending  upon  the  requirements  of  different  sites  and

(d) availability of resources and they are in a good state of preservation.

ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3089 FOR 06.08.2018.

## DETAILS OF PROTECTED TEMPLES IN UTTAR PRADESH

| S. No.         | Name of Temple                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Locality &District                                                             |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lucknow Circle | Lucknow Circle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Lucknow Circle                                                                 |
| 1              | (Temple of Baninath) in The site of Sahet-Mahet measuring 286.026 acres in the district Gonda (now Balrampur) & 123.93 acres in the district Sravasti.                                                                                                                | Sahet - Mahet, Tehsil -(Mahet) Balrampur/(Sahet) Sravasti Balrampur& Sravasti. |
| 2              | Fort of Kalinjar, together with the parapet walls, with the gateways & the monuments inside it, viz. Sita Kunda, Sita Sej, Patalganga, Pandu Kund, Bhaironki-jhiria, Siddh-ki-gupha, Baghwan-Sej, Pani-ka-aman, Mrigdhara, Kothtirth, Linga temple of Nilakantha etc. | Kalinjar,Tehsil - Naraini Banda                                                |
| 3              | Remains of a small Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Birpur,Tehsil - Atarra Banda                                                   |
| 4              | Two Chandel temples standing together on the same platform.                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Gonda, Tehsil - Karvi Banda                                                    |
| 5              | Remains of old Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Dadhwa, Rampur & Manpur, Tehsil - Atarra Banda                                 |
| 6              | Fort with the fortification walls and the three ruined Jain temples & one ruined Hindu temple inside the fort.                                                                                                                                                        | Marpha, Tehsil - Atarra Banda                                                  |
| 7              | Group of ruins, the principal object of which is the entrance door of a temple.                                                                                                                                                                                       | Rasin,Tehsil - Atarra Banda                                                    |
| 8              | Remains of an old fort & a disused temple of Devi Chandi Maheshwari.                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Rasin,Tehsil - Atarra Banda                                                    |
| 9              | Temple of Chandi Maheshwari.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Rasin,Tehsil - Atarra Banda                                                    |
| 10             | (Temple in) Balari Nath.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Gulrampur Banda                                                                |
| 11             | Remains of two temples.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Gulrampur Banda                                                                |
| 12             | Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Bargarh,Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                                 |
| 13             | Remains of a magnificent temple, circa 10th century A.D. usually called Bhar Deul.                                                                                                                                                                                    | Barha-Kotra,Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                             |
| 14             | Small temple with a sanctum only 4'10' (Sq.) and a flat roof, situated outside the cave no 212.                                                                                                                                                                       | Barha-Kotra,Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                             |
| 15             | (Temple in) Two large caves known as Rikhain.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Barha-Kotra, Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                            |
| 16             | Stone temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Ganesh Bagh one mile south-east of Karvi, Tehsil - Karvi Chitrakut             |
| 17             | Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | In the centre of a tank near the Jail, Karvi, Tehsil - Karvi Chitrakut         |
| 18             | Two ruined temples.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Mau, Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                                    |
| 19             | Ruins of a large Linga temple of the Chandel type.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Pura to the village of Hatover, Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                         |
| 20             | Remains of a large temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Ram Nagar, Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                              |
| 21             | Ruins of a large Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Ram Nagar, Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut                                              |
| 22             | Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Tindauli, Tehsil - Bindki Fatehpur                                             |
| 23             | Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Bahua, Tehsil - Bindki Fatehpur                                                |
| 24             | Circular mound, the site of a temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Khairai, Tehsil - Khaga Fatehpur                                               |
| 25             | Four Temples.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Kurari, Tehsil - Bindki Fatehpur                                               |
| 26             | Ruined Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Saton, Tehsil - Fatehpur Fatehpur                                              |
| 27             | Two brick Temples.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Sirhar Amauli, Tehsil - Bindki Fatehpur                                        |
| 28             | Two Temples.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Thithaura, Tehsil - Bindki Fatehpur                                            |
| 29             | Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th century A.D.                                                                                                                                                            | Kherwa & Kajhgaon (Bansa), Tehsil - Bilgram Hardoi                             |

| 30   | Ruins of a large temple of the Chandel period.                                                                                                                                                 | Bangama, Tehsil - Jhansi Jhansi               |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 31   | Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                                | Barua-Sagar, Tehsil - Jhansi Jhansi           |
| 32   | Ghugua-ka-Math.                                                                                                                                                                                | Barua-Sagar, Tehsil - Jhansi Jhansi           |
| 33   | Jarai-ka-Math.                                                                                                                                                                                 | Barua-Sagar, Tehsil - Jhansi Jhansi           |
| 34   | Jarao-ka-Marhia.                                                                                                                                                                               | Barua-Sagar, Tehsil - Jhansi Jhansi           |
| 35   | Gharao-ka-math.                                                                                                                                                                                | Gharao, Tehsil - Marshipur Jhansi             |
| 36   | Sikhara-roofed temple called Marhia &dedicated to Gond Baba.                                                                                                                                   | Khojra, Tehsil - Mauranipur Jhansi            |
| 37   | Remains of a Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                   | Kishni Khurd, Tehsil - Mauranipur Jhansi      |
| 38   | Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                                | Pachwara (Gaherao),Tehsil - Mauranipur Jhansi |
| 39   | The ruins of a large Chandel temple containing a well preserved statue of Vishnu.                                                                                                              | Patha-Sagauli, Tehsil - Garotha Jhansi        |
| 40   | Chandel temple.                                                                                                                                                                                | Sakrar, Tehsil - Mauranipur Jhansi            |
| 41   | Ruined temple at the upper end of Rai Tal on the banks of which is a round boulder containing two inscriptions of Samvat 1604 &1603.                                                           | Sirwabaran, Tehsil - Garotha Jhansi           |
| 42   | (Temple in) Jhansi Fort.                                                                                                                                                                       | Jhansi, Tehsil - Jhansi Jhansi                |
| 43   | Remains of an oldest Chandel temple, of its style.                                                                                                                                             | Marha, Tehsil - Mau Jhansi                    |
| 44   | Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                        | Marha, Tehsil - Mau Jhansi                    |
| 45   | Three images of Lakshmana, Ganesh & Vishnu lying in the cells on each side of the doorway of the temple of Jagannatha and a Gupta Pillar lying in the compound of the temple and other images. | Behta, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat        |
| 46   | Ancient Brick Temple.                                                                                                                                                                          | Bhitargaon, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat   |
| 47   | Temple known as Phulmati Devi.                                                                                                                                                                 | Bihupur, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat      |
| 48   | Ancient brick temple. Built on the same plan and in the same style of ornament and Architecture as those at Rar.                                                                               | Kanchilipur, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat  |
| 49   | Two ancient brick temples decorated with panels which are filled with terracotta images.                                                                                                       | Khurtha, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat      |
| 50   | Brick Temple at Nebia Khera.                                                                                                                                                                   | Bhadwara, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat     |
| 51   | Temple known as 'Mahadeo Baba'.                                                                                                                                                                | Parauli, Tehsil - Ghatampur Kanpur Dehat      |
| 52   | Three temples, two of Vishnu & one of Linga Mahadeva at Gondwani Type.                                                                                                                         | Bhadona, Tehsil - Talbehat Lalitpur           |
| 53   | Temple of Sun God.                                                                                                                                                                             | Budhni, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur             |
| 54   | Bilmori temple                                                                                                                                                                                 | Chandpur, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur          |
| 55   | Sahasra Linga temple.                                                                                                                                                                          | Chandpur, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur           |
| 56   | Small temple in the jungle.                                                                                                                                                                    | Chandpur, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur           |
| 57   | (Temple) Varaha, inscribed column &ruined shrines.                                                                                                                                             | Chandpur, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur           |
| 58   | Vishnu& Lakshmi Narayan shrines.                                                                                                                                                               | Chandpur, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur           |
| 59   | Vishnu temple known as Bhandaria.                                                                                                                                                              | Chandpur, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur           |
| 60   | Small flat-roofed fane temple sacred to Mahadeva.                                                                                                                                              | Dasraran, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur           |
| 61   | Half-fallen fane of Chandi having a shrine and a porch.                                                                                                                                        | Daulatpur, Tehsil - MehroniLalitpur           |
| 62   | Gupta Temple.                                                                                                                                                                                  | Deogarh, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur            |
| 63   | Varaha temple.                                                                                                                                                                                 | Deogarh, Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur            |
| 64   | Sikhara-roofed temple known as Kathoyian Marhia.                                                                                                                                               | Dhongoul, Tehsil - Talbehat Lalitpur          |
| 65   | Small temple with broken sikhara known as Chaturbhuji.                                                                                                                                         | Dhongoul, Tehsil - Talbehat Lalitpur          |
| 66   | Temple of Bhavani.                                                                                                                                                                             | Dhongoul, Tehsil - Talbehat Lalitpur          |
| 67   | Akhara (Temple)                                                                                                                                                                                | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur            |
| 68   | Bajrang (Temple)                                                                                                                                                                               | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur            |
| 69   | Banbaba (Temple)                                                                                                                                                                               | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur            |
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| 70   | Bania-ki-Barat (Temple)                                                                                                                                                                        | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur            |
| 71   | Chhatri with Varaha (Temple)                                                                                                                                                                   |                                               |

|   72 | Larger Surang(Temple)                                                                                                              | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur              |
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|   73 | Lesser Surang(Temple)                                                                                                              | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur              |
|   74 | Linga of Mahadeva(Temple)                                                                                                          | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur              |
|   75 | Temples.                                                                                                                           | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur              |
|   76 | Two small temples of the Godwani type of which one is sacred to Gondbaba &the other to Mahadeva.                                   | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur              |
|   77 | Two temples& several relics.                                                                                                       | Gurha Khera, Tehsil - Garotha (Jhansi) Lalitpur |
|   78 | Northern temple consisting of a shrine and a porch and sacred to Mahadeva or Linga. In inscription of Samvat 1014 over the lintel. | Gurha, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                |
|   79 | Temples dedicated to Vishnu.                                                                                                       | Gurha, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                |
|   80 | Kuraiya Bir temple.                                                                                                                | Kuchdon, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur             |
|   81 | Temple of Mahadeva.                                                                                                                | Madanpur, Tehsil - MehroniLalitpur              |
|   82 | Temples (Bari &Chhoti Kacheries).                                                                                                  | Madanpur, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur             |
|   83 | Ruined Temple. The sanctum site has a statue of Trimurti.                                                                          | Markhera, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur             |
|   84 | Temple.                                                                                                                            | Markhera, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur             |
|   85 | Temple site.                                                                                                                       | Markhera, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur             |
|   86 | Temple of Neelkantha.                                                                                                              | Pali, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur                |
|   87 | Remains of a large Vishnu temple.                                                                                                  | Satgato, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur             |
|   88 | Temple.                                                                                                                            | Saurai, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur               |
|   89 | Small temple with three figures of Vishnu in the niches outside.                                                                   | Surabad, Tehsil - Talbehat Lalitpur             |
|   90 | Temple of Mahadeva.                                                                                                                | Vijapur, Tehsil - TalbehatLalitpur              |
|   91 | Jhammar (Temple)                                                                                                                   | Chandpur, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur            |
|   92 | Two small temples of the Godwani type of which one is sacred to Gondbaba &the other to Mahadeva.                                   | Dudhai, Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur              |
|   93 | Small temple with three figures of Vishnu in the niches outside.                                                                   | Surabad, Tehsil - Talbehat Lalitpur             |
|   94 | Bridge over the Behta river & the temple attached to it.                                                                           | Tikait Ganj, Tehsil - Malihabad Lucknow         |
|   95 | Four Chandel temples &small Masonry tank.                                                                                          | Akona, Tehsil - Kulpahar Mahoba                 |
|   96 | Ruins of two granite temples.                                                                                                      | Charna, Tehsil - Kulpahar Mahoba                |
|   97 | Small mound locally known as Bhainsa sur with a ruined temple on the summit and old statue inside it.                              | Chuka, Tehsil - Kulpahar Mahoba                 |
|   98 | Brahm Tal, an extensive tank whose embankment has a ruined Chandel temple &a lake with the ruins of a baithak.                     | Kabaria, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                 |
|   99 | Foundation of Temple Madan Sagar known as Majhari.                                                                                 | Madan Sagar, Tikripura, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba  |
|  100 | Temple of Khakra-Math in the middle of Madan Sagar.                                                                                | Tikripura, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba               |
|  101 | Makarbai temple.                                                                                                                   | Makarbai, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                |
|  102 | Ruins of a large granite temple.                                                                                                   | Makarbai, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                |
|  103 | Two ruined granite temples.                                                                                                        | Muhari, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                  |
|  104 | Rahiliya temple.                                                                                                                   | Rahiliya, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                |
|  105 | Large Chandel tank on the embankment of which stands a large ruined temple of the earliest Chandel type.                           | Rawatpur, Tehsil - Kulpahar Mahoba              |
|  106 | Smaller temple of which the dome has fallen.                                                                                       | Rawatpur, Tehsil - KulpaharMahoba               |
|  107 | Sijari temple.                                                                                                                     | Sijari, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                  |
|  108 | Tank called Baratal with an island bearing the ruins of a large Chandel temple.                                                    | Srinagar, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                |
|  109 | Brahmanical temple.                                                                                                                | Sukura, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                  |
|  110 | Temple, a flat roofed building.                                                                                                    | Urwara, Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                  |
|  111 | Siva temple.                                                                                                                       | Rajmau, Tehsil - Rae Bareli Rae Bareli          |
|  112 | A group of ruined brick temple of the 10th century locally called Teligarhi.                                                       | Bhagupur, Tehsil - Musafirkhana Amethi          |

| 113            | Ruins of an old Jain temple called Haihaiti Mandir together with fragments of statues about the fort of the hill.                                  | Koh,Tehsil - Karvi Chitrakut                      |
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| 114            | Ruins of some Jain temples.                                                                                                                        | Lauri or Lokhari, Tehsil - Mau Chitrakut          |
| 115            | Smaller mound bearing five large Digamber Jain figures which people call the five Pandavas.                                                        | Asothar, Tehsil - Fatehpur Fatehpur               |
| 116            | Dilapidated Bundela temple with a colossal statue of Tirthankar called Linga with two short inscriptions.                                          | Banpur,Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                  |
| 117            | Jain temple.                                                                                                                                       | Banpur,Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                  |
| 118            | Jain temple.                                                                                                                                       | Chandpur,Tehsil - LalitpurLalitpur                |
| 119            | Jain temples in Deogarh fort.                                                                                                                      | Deogarh,Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur                |
| 120            | Large temples.                                                                                                                                     | Deogarh,Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur                |
| 121            | Small temple of Sankhanath or Santanatha.                                                                                                          | Dhongra,Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                 |
| 122            | Jain temples.                                                                                                                                      | Dudhai,Tehsil - Lalitpur Lalitpur                 |
| 123            | Jain group of temples                                                                                                                              | Madanpur,Tehsil- Mehroni Lalitpur                 |
| 124            | Large temple infront of Panch Marhia                                                                                                               | Madanpur, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur               |
| 125            | Modi Marh                                                                                                                                          | Madanpur, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur               |
| 126            | Mundi Marh                                                                                                                                         | Madanpur, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur               |
| 127            | Panch Marhia                                                                                                                                       | Madanpur, Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur               |
| 128            | Two small temples, one of which is sacred to the mother of Mahavira.                                                                               | Madanpur,Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                |
| 129            | Champa                                                                                                                                             | Madanpur,Tehsil - Mehroni Lalitpur                |
| 130            | Twenty-four rock-hewn images of the Tirthankara with inscriptions dated 5.1206                                                                     | Badichandrika,ehsil - Mahoba Mahoba               |
| 131            | Jain temple.                                                                                                                                       | Sukura,Tehsil - Mahoba Mahoba                     |
| Sarnath Circle | Sarnath Circle                                                                                                                                     | Sarnath Circle                                    |
| 1.             | Prithvi Nath Mahadev Temple,                                                                                                                       | Pachran Gonda                                     |
| Agra Circle    | Agra Circle                                                                                                                                        | Agra Circle                                       |
| 1.             | Jagner fort including the Gwal Baba temple with the stairway leading there to and the Baoli outside and below the main gate on the hill of Jagner. | Jagner, Tehsil Kheragarh, Agra                    |
| 2.             | Ruins of an old temple known as Chandrani-Ka-Mandir                                                                                                | Aurnagbad Chandok Tehsil, Jahangirabad Bulandshar |
| 3.             | 4Masonry tank and ancient temple                                                                                                                   | Dankaur Tehsil Dadri Gautambuddh Nagar            |
| 4.             | Ahirpura mound or lesser temple mound                                                                                                              | Indor-tehsil Anoopshar, Bulandshar                |
| 5.             | Kundanpura mound or the great mound                                                                                                                | Indor-tehsil Anoopshar, Bulandshar                |
| 6.             | Remains of an old temple                                                                                                                           | Malawan, Tehsil Etah, Etah                        |
| 7.             | SitaRamji Temple                                                                                                                                   | Soron, Kanisirammnagar                            |
| 8.             | Remains of an old Hindu Temple inside the Dayaram's fort                                                                                           | Hathras, Hathras                                  |
| 9.             | Large mound, the site of an ancient temple                                                                                                         | Bherabharatpur, Almora, jyotibhaphule nagar       |
| 10.            | GovindDeo temple                                                                                                                                   | Virndaban, tehsil, Mathura                        |
| 11.            | Jugal Kishore Temple                                                                                                                               | Virndaban, tehsil, Mathura                        |
| 12.            | Madan Mohan Temple                                                                                                                                 | Virndaban, tehsil, Mathura                        |
| 13.            | Radha Vallabh Temple                                                                                                                               | Virndaban, tehsil, Mathura                        |