Lok Sabha Question No. 107 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Monuments in West Bengal
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## MONUMENTS IN WEST BENGAL

*107 SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

- Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state : (a) the  List  of  Monuments  in  West  Bengal  which  have  been  declared  as  National Monuments; (b)  the  amount  spent  on  conservation  and  maintenance  of  these  monuments during the Financial Year 2019; (c) the revenue earned by the Government from these monuments during the Financial Year 2019; (d) whether the Government proposes to declare any other monument as monument of national importance; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.107 FOR 10.02.2020

- (a) The list of monuments declared as of national importance in the State of West Bengal is at Annexure,
- (b) the amount spent on conservation and maintenance of these monuments during the financial year 2018-19 is Rs. 947.61 lacs,
- (c ) the revenue earned from these centrally protected monuments during the financial year 2018-19  is Rs. 330.63 lacs,
- (d) & (e) at present there is no such proposal under consideration

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 107 FOR 10.02.2020

## LIST OF MONUMENTS DECLARED AS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE WITHIN THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL

|   S.No. | Name of Monument / Sites                                                                                               | Location       | District   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|------------|
|       1 | Ancient Temple, Bahulara                                                                                               | Bahulara       | Bankura    |
|       2 | Dalmadal Gun and the platform on which it is mounted                                                                   | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       3 | Gate of Old Fort                                                                                                       | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       4 | Jora Mandir                                                                                                            | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       5 | Jore-Bungla Temple                                                                                                     | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       6 | Kala Chand Temple                                                                                                      | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       7 | Lalji Temple                                                                                                           | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       8 | Madan-Gopal Temple                                                                                                     | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|       9 | Madanmohan Temple                                                                                                      | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      10 | Maleswar Temple                                                                                                        | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      11 | Muralimohan Temple                                                                                                     | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      12 | Nanda Lal Temple                                                                                                       | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      13 | Patpur Temple                                                                                                          | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      14 | Radhabinode Temple                                                                                                     | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      15 | Radhagobinda Temple                                                                                                    | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      16 | Radhamadhab Temple                                                                                                     | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      17 | Radhashyam Temple                                                                                                      | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      18 | Rashmancha                                                                                                             | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      19 | Shyam Rai Temple                                                                                                       | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      20 | Small gateway of Fort                                                                                                  | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      21 | Stone Chariot                                                                                                          | Bishnupur      | Bankura    |
|      22 | Saileswar Temple                                                                                                       | Dihar          | Bankura    |
|      23 | Sareswar Temple                                                                                                        | Dihar          | Bankura    |
|      24 | The temple of Radha Damodar Jew                                                                                        | Ghutgoria      | Bankura    |
|      25 | Gokulchand Temple                                                                                                      | Gokulnagar     | Bankura    |
|      26 | The temple of Ratneswar                                                                                                | Jagannathpur   | Bankura    |
|      27 | The temple of Shyam Sundar                                                                                             | Madanpur       | Bankura    |
|      28 | The rock inscription of Chandra Varman                                                                                 | Susunia        | Bankura    |
|      29 | Radha Damodar Temple                                                                                                   | Birsingha      | Bankura    |
|      30 | Brindaban Chandra Temple                                                                                               | Birsingha      | Bankura    |
|      31 | The temple of Radha Binode commonly known as Joydeb                                                                    | Joydeb-Kenduli | Birbhum    |
|      32 | The old temple of Dharmaraj                                                                                            | Kubilashpur    | Birbhum    |
|      33 | The two mounds to the north of the village Bhadeshwar                                                                  | Bhadeshwar     | Birbhum    |
|      34 | The temple of Basuli and the mound together with fourteen other temples near them containing the 'Linga' image of Siva | Nanoor         | Birbhum    |
|      35 | The Temple and Rasmancha                                                                                               | Suri           | Birbhum    |
|      36 | The two ancient temples (joined together)                                                                              | Baidyapur      | Burdwan    |
|      37 | The Rudreswar Temple                                                                                                   | Bamunara       | Burdwan    |
|      38 | The group of four ancient temples                                                                                      | Begunia        | Burdwan    |

|   39. | The tombs of Bahram Sakka, Sher Afgan and Nawab Kutabuddin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Burdwan            | Burdwan     |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|    40 | The stone temple                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Garui              | Burdwan     |
|    41 | Temple of Ichai Ghose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Gourangapur        | Burdwan     |
|    42 | The area situated between the road to Amlajore and the river Damodar comprising plots Nos. 823, 836, 837, 841 and 872                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Nadiha             | Burdwan     |
|    43 | Jain Brick Temple known as Sat-Deul together with adjacent land comprised in survey plot No. 3134, 3135, 3151, 3154,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Deulia             | Burdwan     |
|    44 | 3155, 3156, 3156/3744 and 3157. 1. Ramesvara temple, 2. Lalji temple, 3. Girigovardhan temple, 4. Vijoy Vaidyanath temple, 5. Krishnachandraji's temple, 6. Group of five temples locally known as Pancharatna temples, 7. Rupesvara Temple, 8. Pratapesvara Siva temple in Rajbari compound together with adjacent land comprised in part of survey plot No. 6182, survey plot Nos. 6181, 6188, Part of survey plot No. 6187, survey plot No. 6189, survey plot No. 6190, survey plot No. 6191 and part of survey plot No. 6192 respectively. 9. Ratnesvara temple together with adjacent land comprised in part of survey plot No. 6194. 10. Jalesvara temple together with adjacent land comprised in part of survey plot No. 4559. 11. Naba-Kailasha temple together with adjacent land comprised in survey plot No. 4571 and part of survey plot No. 4570. 12. Gopalji temple together with adjacent land comprised in part of survey plot | Kalna              | Burdwan     |
|    45 | Ancient site and remains of Pandurajar Dhipi comprised in part of Survey plot No. 20.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Panduk             | Burdwan     |
|    46 | Ancient mound comprised in Survey Plot Nos. 571, 571/965, 2215 and 2216.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Bharatpur          | Burdwan     |
|    47 | Metcalfe Hall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Strand Road        | Kolkata     |
|    48 | Cooch Behar Palace along with area in part of survey plot Nos. 178 and 6002 and survey plot No. 6003.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Cooch Behar        | Cooch Behar |
|    49 | Rajpat Site comprised in Survey plot No. 1422 containing an area of 7.04 acres bounded on the North by Survey plot Nos. 1427, 1426, 1786, 1425 and 1424; East by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Khalisa Gosanimari | Cooch Behar |

|    | Survey plot No. 1423; South by Survey plot Nos. 1373, 1375, 1376, 1393, 1780, 1411 and 1412; West by Survey plot Nos. 1411, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1417, 1420 and 1428.   |             |                  |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------------|
| 50 | Tomb of Alexander-Cosma de Koros                                                                                                                                     | Darjiling   | Darjeeling       |
| 51 | Tomb of General Llyod                                                                                                                                                | Darjiling   | Darjeeling       |
| 52 | Mounds                                                                                                                                                               | Bangarh     | Dakshin Dinajpur |
| 53 | The Dargah of Shah Ata                                                                                                                                               | Gangarampur | Dakshin Dinajpur |
| 54 | Hansesvari and Vasudeva temples together with adjacent land comprised in survey plot Nos. 1733, 1734 and part of survey plot Nos. 1732 and 1735.                     | Bansberia   | Hooghly          |
| 55 | Dutch Cemetery together with all tombs & monuments contained therein                                                                                                 | Chinsura    | Hooghly          |
| 56 | Dutch Memorial Monument of Susenne Anne Maria                                                                                                                        | Chinsura    | Hooghly          |
| 57 | The group of temples known as Brindaban Chandra's Math                                                                                                               | Guptipara   | Hooghly          |
| 58 | Mounds                                                                                                                                                               | Mahanad     | Hooghly          |
| 59 | The minar                                                                                                                                                            | Pandua      | Hooghly          |
| 60 | The mosque                                                                                                                                                           | Pandua      | Hooghly          |
| 61 | The mosque & tombs                                                                                                                                                   | Satgaon     | Hooghly          |
| 62 | Danish cemetery                                                                                                                                                      | Serampore   | Hooghly          |
| 63 | The Dargah of Zafar Khan Ghazi                                                                                                                                       | Tribani     | Hooghly          |
| 64 | Sri Mayer Ghat                                                                                                                                                       | Belur       | Howrah           |
| 65 | Adina Mosque                                                                                                                                                         | Panduah     | Malda            |
| 66 | Baisgazi wall                                                                                                                                                        | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 67 | The Baraduari Masjid or the great golden mosque                                                                                                                      | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 68 | Bhita of Chand Sadagar                                                                                                                                               | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 69 | The Chamkatti Masjid                                                                                                                                                 | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 70 | The Chika Masjid                                                                                                                                                     | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 71 | The Dakhil Darwaza or the northern gate of the fort                                                                                                                  | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 72 | Firoz Minar or the Tower of Firoz Shab                                                                                                                               | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 73 | Gunti gateway                                                                                                                                                        | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 74 | Gunmant Mosque                                                                                                                                                       | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 75 | Kotowali Darwaza                                                                                                                                                     | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 76 | The Lotton Masjid                                                                                                                                                    | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 77 | Lukachuri gateway                                                                                                                                                    | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 78 | Qudam Rasul Masjid                                                                                                                                                   | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 79 | The tomb of Fath Khan                                                                                                                                                | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 80 | The Tantipara Masjid                                                                                                                                                 | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 81 | Two tombs in front of the Tantipara Masjid                                                                                                                           | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 82 | The two stone pillars                                                                                                                                                | Gaur        | Malda            |
| 83 | The tower of Nimasarai                                                                                                                                               | Nimasarai   | Malda            |
| 84 | Eklakhi Mausoleum                                                                                                                                                    | Panduah     | Malda            |
| 85 | Kutub Shahi Masjid                                                                                                                                                   | Panduah     | Malda            |
| 86 | Karambera Fort                                                                                                                                                       | Gaganeswar  | West Medinipur   |
| 87 | John Pierce's tomb                                                                                                                                                   | Midnapur    | West Medinipur   |

|   88. | The tomb of Azimunnessa Begum, daughter of Murshid Kuli Khan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Azimnagar            | Murshidabad         |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|    89 | The Residency cemetery at Babulbona also known as 'station burial ground'                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Babulbona, Berhampur | Murshidabad         |
|    90 | Bhavanisvar Mandir in Plot No. 130 (part)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Baranagar            | Murshidabad         |
|    91 | Char Bangla group of four Siva Mandirs in Plot No. 141 (part), 142, 143 (part)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Baranagar            | Murshidabad         |
|    92 | The tomb of Mir Madan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Faridtola            | Murshidabad         |
|    93 | The Dutch cemetery                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Kalikapur            | Murshidabad         |
|    94 | The Old English Cemetery or the Old Residency burial-ground                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Kashimbazar          | Murshidabad         |
|    95 | The ancient monument                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Kheraul              | Murshidabad         |
|    96 | The tomb and the mosque of Aliverdi Khan & the tomb of Seraj-ud-Dowla                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Khosbagh             | Murshidabad         |
|    97 | The two mounds called the Barkona Deul mounds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Panchthupi           | Murshidabad         |
|    98 | Mounds known as the Devil's mound and Raja Karna's palace                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Rangamati            | Murshidabad         |
|    99 | Tomb of Suja-uddin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Roshniganj           | Murshidabad         |
|   100 | The tank & mosque of Murshid Kuli Khan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Katra                | Murshidabad         |
|   101 | The Jahan Kosha Gun                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Topkhana             | Murshidabad         |
|   102 | Hazar Duari Palace & Imambara together with adjacent area comprised in part of survey plot Nos. 1, 3, 9 and survey plot Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18                                                                                                                           | Kella Nezamat        | Murshidabad         |
|   103 | Ruins of Fort                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Bamanpukur           | Nadia               |
|   104 | St. John's Church                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Council House Street | Kolkata             |
|   105 | The temple                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Palpara              | Nadia               |
|   106 | Old Temple at Banda (locally known as Deul) together with adjacent land comprised in survey plot Nos. 392, 391, 857 and 858                                                                                                                                                                      | Banda                | Purulia             |
|   107 | Chandra Ketu's Fort                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Barachampa           | 24 Parganas (North) |
|   108 | Ancient mound known as Varahamihirer Dhipi comprised in survey plot Nos. 1506, 1511, 1510, 1513, 1514, 1516 and aprt of survey plot Nos. 1507, 1509, 1512, 1508, 1515, 1517, 1518 and 1522 of mauza Deulia and survey plot No. 628 and part of survey plot Nos. 626 and 1622 of mauza Kaukepara. | Deulia & Kaukipara   | 24 Parganas (North) |
|   109 | The temple at Jhater Deul                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Jata                 | 24 Parganas (South) |
|   110 | Currency Building                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Dalhousie Square     | Kolkata             |
|   111 | Old Building of the Asiatic Society                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Park Street          | Kolkata             |
|   112 | Maghen David Synagogue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | B.R.B. Bose Road     | Kolkata             |
|   113 | Beth El Synagogue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Pollock Street       | Kolkata             |
|   114 | Dupleix Palace                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Chandan Nagar        | Hooghly             |

|   115. | South Gate                                                                            | Kella Nezamat   | Murshidabad         |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|    116 | Imambara                                                                              | Killa Nezamat   | Murshidabad         |
|    117 | White Mosque                                                                          | Killa Nezamat   | Murshidabad         |
|    118 | Yellow Mosque with vacant land                                                        | Kella Nezamat   | Murshidabad         |
|    119 | Tripolia Gate                                                                         | Kumrapur        | Murshidabad         |
|    120 | Nil Kuthi Mound                                                                       | Chalk Chandpara | Murshidabad         |
|    121 | Motijhil Jama Masjid                                                                  | Murshidabad     | Murshidabad         |
|    122 | Clive's House known as Barakothi                                                      | Dum Dum         | 24 Parganas (North) |
|    123 | 26 Shiva Temples                                                                      | Khardah         | 24 Parganas (North) |
|    124 | Warren Hasting's House                                                                | Barasat         | 24 Parganas (North) |
|    125 | Temples of Bandyopadhyay family                                                       | Pathra          | West Medinipur      |
|    126 | Nava Ratna Temple Complex                                                             | Pathra          | West Medinipur      |
|    127 | Sitala Temples                                                                        | Pathra          | West Medinipur      |
|    128 | Dharmaraj Temple                                                                      | Pathra          | West Medinipur      |
|    129 | Tamluk Rajbati                                                                        | Padumbasan      | Purba Medinipur     |
|    130 | A temple site now represented only by a mound and a statue of Surja                   | Pareshnath      | Bankura             |
|    131 | Temple site of an old Jain temple, now represented only by a mound with a Jain Statue | Pareshnath      | Bankura             |
|    132 | An image of Durga slaying Mohisasura under a tree                                     | Sarengarh       | Bankura             |
|    133 | A temple site now represented only by a mound                                         | Sarengarh       | Bankura             |
|    134 | A temple site now represented only by a mound with an image of Nandi on it            | Sarengarh       | Bankura             |
|    135 | A temple site now represented only by a mound with statues of Ganesh and Nandi on it  | Sarengarh       | Bankura             |