Lok Sabha Question No. 2132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: Tentative List for Inclusion as a ‘World Heritage Site’
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2132 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2019

## TENTATIVE LIST FOR INCLUSION AS A 'WORLD HERITAGE SITE'

## 2132. SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  sites  in  the  tentative  list  for  being  declared  as  a  'World Heritage Site';
- (b) whether any proposal/proposals received from the Government of Kerala for inclusion of a cultural or natural site;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the site-wise details of the funds allocated for maintenance and development in the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) At  present,  there  are  42  sites  in  the  Tentative  List.  The  list  is  attached herewith as Annexure-'A'.
- (b) No Sir, No such proposal is received from the Government of Kerala in this regard.
- (c) &(d) Do not arise.

## ANNEXURE-'A' ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2132 FOR DATED 02.12.2019

## TENTATIVE LIST OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL SITES FROM INDIA (42)

|   Sl. No. | Name of Properties                                           | Location/State                                                    |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi,                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                     |
|         2 | Apatani Cultural Landscape                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 |
|         3 | Archaeological remains of a Harappa Port-Town, Lothal        | Gujarat                                                           |
|         4 | Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi                         | New Delhi                                                         |
|         5 | Cellular Jail, Andaman Islands                               | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                       |
|         6 | Chettinad, Village Clusters of the Tamil Merchants           | Tamil Nadu                                                        |
|         7 | Chilika Lake                                                 | Odisha                                                            |
|         8 | Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India                      | States of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Himachal Pradesh (HP)         |
|         9 | Delhi - A Heritage City                                      | Delhi                                                             |
|        10 | Desert National Park                                         | Rajasthan                                                         |
|        11 | Dholavira: A Harappan City                                   | Gujarat                                                           |
|        12 | Ekamra Kshetra - The Temple City, Bhubaneswar                | Odisha                                                            |
|        13 | Evolution of Temple Architecture - Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal | Karnataka                                                         |
|        14 | Garo Hills Conservation Area (GHCA)                          | Meghalaya                                                         |
|        15 | Group of Monuments at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                    |
|        16 | Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India                       | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam |
|        17 | Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area                              | Manipur                                                           |
|        18 | Mattanchery Palace, Ernakulam, Kerala                        | Kerala                                                            |
|        19 | Moidams - the Mound-Burial system of the Ahom Dynasty        | Assam                                                             |
|        20 | Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate                  | Karnataka and Andra Pradesh                                       |
|        21 | Monuments of Srirangapatna Island Town                       | Karnataka                                                         |
|        22 | Mountain Railways of India (Extension)                       | Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh                                  |
|        23 | Mughal Gardens in Kashmir                                    | Jammu and Kashmir,                                                |
|        24 | Namdapha National Park                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 |
|        25 | Narcondam Island                                             | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                       |

|   26. | Neora Valley National Park                                                       | West Bengal                                                                                        |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    27 | Padmanabhapuram Palace                                                           | Kerala                                                                                             |
|    28 | River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam                | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya                                     |
|    29 | Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala                                                  | Karnataka                                                                                          |
|    30 | Santiniketan                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                                        |
|    31 | Silk Road Sites in India                                                         | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Union Territorry of Pondicherry,Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Delhi       |
|    32 | Sites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e- Azam, Grand Trunk Road      | Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal       |
|    33 | Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom movement                         | Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi |
|    34 | Sri Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab                                           | Punjab                                                                                             |
|    35 | Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                                                         |
|    36 | Temples at Bishnupur, West Bengal                                                | West Bengal                                                                                        |
|    37 | The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     |
|    38 | The historic ensemble of Orchha                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                     |
|    39 | The Neolithic Settlement of Burzhom                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                  |
|    40 | The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Charminar | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     |
|    41 | Thembang Fortified Village                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                  |
|    42 | Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch                                         | Gujarat                                                                                            |