Lok Sabha Question No. 3011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Opening of Monuments After Sunset
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Nayab Singh, (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3011 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.3.2021

## OPENING OF MONUMENTS AFTER SUNSET

- † 3011. SHRI NAYAB SINGH: DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  keep  ten  ancient  monuments  open even past sunset and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  monuments  in  Haryana  and  Uttar  Pradesh  which  will  be  kept  open  even sunset past; and
- (c) whether  there  is  any  plan  to  extend  the  said  decision  to  more  monuments besides these ten monuments and if so, the time by which it is likely to be done?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM

(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a)    Thirty centrally protected monuments / sites remain open even past sun set, details of which are at Annexure.
- (b)    Shekh Chillis Tomb at Thanesar in Haryana is identified to be kept open even past sun set. This will be open to public after the illumination is done. Residency Building at Lucknow and Man Mahal at Varanasi,  in Uttar Pradesh are open for public even past sun set.
- (c) No such proposal is under consideration at  present.

ANNEXURE

## ANNEXUR REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3011 FOR 15.03.2021

## LIST OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/SITES WHICH ARE OPENED DURING LATE HOURS

|   S.No. | State          | District    | Locality          | Name of Monument / Site                                                                                       |
|---------|----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad   | Hyderabad City    | Char Minar                                                                                                    |
|       2 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Afsar Wala-ki-masjid                                                                                          |
|       3 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Red Fort                                                                                                      |
|       4 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Old Fort                                                                                                      |
|       5 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Safdarjung Tomb                                                                                               |
|       6 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Humayun's Tomb                                                                                                |
|       7 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Gateways of Abadi Bagh Bu-Halima                                                                              |
|       8 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Jantar Mantar                                                                                                 |
|       9 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Kotla Firoz Shah                                                                                              |
|      10 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Tomb of Afsar Wala                                                                                            |
|      11 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Delhi             | Tomb of Khan Khanan                                                                                           |
|      12 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Mehrauli          | Group of buildings at Hauz Khas                                                                               |
|      13 | Delhi          | Delhi       | Mehrauli          | Qutb Archaeological Area                                                                                      |
|      14 | Gujarat        | Patan       | Patan             | Rani-ki-Vav (Not Yet Opened)                                                                                  |
|      15 | Haryana        | Thanesar    | Kurukshetra       | Sheikh Chilli Tomb (Not Yet Opened)                                                                           |
|      16 | Karnataka      | Pattadakkal | Bhagalkot         | Group of Monuments, 17Pattadakkal (Not Yet Opened)                                                            |
|      17 | Karnataka      | Vijayapura  | Vijayapura        | Gol Gumbaz (Not Yet Opened)                                                                                   |
|      18 | Karnataka      | Bangalore   | Bangalore         | Tipu Sultan's Palace                                                                                          |
|      19 | Karnataka      | Bijapur     | Bijapur           | Gol Gumbaz                                                                                                    |
|      20 | Karnataka      | Mandya      | Seringapat-nam    | Daria Daulat Bagh                                                                                             |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh | Khajuraho   | Chhattarpur       | Dulhadeo Temple (Not Yet Opened)                                                                              |
|      22 | Maharashtra    | Pune        | Pune              | Aga Khan Palace                                                                                               |
|      23 | Maharashtra    | Gadchiroli  | Markanda Chamursi | Group of temples, Markanda Chamurshi                                                                          |
|      24 | Maharashtra    | Aurangabad  | Aurangabad        | Tomb of Rabia Daurani (Bibi-ka-Maqbara)                                                                       |
|      25 | Odisha         | Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar       | Rajarani Temple complex                                                                                       |
|      26 | Rajasthan      | Ajmer       | Ajmer             | Marble pavilion and balustrade on the Anasagar Bund and the ruins of the marble Hamam behind the Anasagar Dam |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh  | Agra        | Agra              | Taj Mahal                                                                                                     |
|      28 | Uttar Pradesh  | Lucknow     | Lucknow           | Residency building                                                                                            |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh  | Varanasi    | Varanasi          | Man Mahal, Vaidhshala                                                                                         |
|      30 | West Bengal    | Kolkata     | Kolkata           | Metcalfe Hall                                                                                                 |