Lok Sabha Question No. 3009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Recently Added Sites to Tentative List of UNESCO
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, Sanjay Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3009 ANSWERED ON- 20.03.2023

## RECENTLY ADDED SITES TO TENATIVE LIST OF UNESCO

## 3009. SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI : DR. SANJAY JAISWAL :

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of recently added sites to the tentative list of UNESCO  World Heritage sites in India;
- (b) the details of benefits and funds likely to be extended by the Centre  and UNESCO to such sites for better conservation;
- (c) the standard and criteria for inclusion in the provisional list;
- (d) the places to be included in future in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana;
- (e) whether the heritage addition will provide a big boost to India's  cultural heritage in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Recently in the year 2022, six properties have been added to the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage sites in India. List of newly added properties has been attached in Annexure-I.
- (b) UNESCO does not provide funds for the conservation of the World Heritage Properties in India. These are managed and conserved by the budget already earmarked/allocated by concerned agency for their protection and conservation.
- (c) Criteria for inclusion in the World Heritage List or Tentative list are attached herewith as Annexure-II.
- (d) Presently, one proposal namely Gandikota Fort Cultural Environs and Penneru Rock Valley from Government of Andhra Pradesh has been received under Mixed Category.
- (e) Inscription of any site on World Heritage List brings laurel and international recognition
- &    of the property which, in turn increases tourism and attracts number of visitors, promotes
- (f)     economic activity and employment.

## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3009 FOR  DATED 20.03.2023.

## Recently added properties on Tentative List in the year 2022.

|   1. | Geoglyphs of Konkan Region of India                                                                                  | Maharashtra &Goa   |   2022 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------|
|    2 | JinkiengJri: Living Root Bridge Cultural Landscape                                                                   | Meghalaya          |   2022 |
|    3 | Sri Veerabhadra Temple and Monolithic Bull (Nandi), Lepakshi (The Vijayanagara Sculpture and Painting Art Tradition) | Andhra Pradesh     |   2022 |
|    4 | Sun Temple, Modhera and its adjoining monuments                                                                      | Gujarat            |   2022 |
|    5 | Rock-cut Sculptures and Reliefs of the Unakoti, Unakoti Range, Unakoti District                                      | Tripura            |   2022 |
|    6 | Vadnagar - A multi-layered Historic town, Gujarat                                                                    | Gujarat            |   2022 |

## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3009 FOR DATED 20.03.2023.

## Selection criteria:

- (i) to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius;
- (ii) to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within  a      cultural  area  of  the  world,  on  developments  in  architecture  or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design;
- (iii) to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared;
- (iv) to be an outstanding example  of  a type of building, architectural or technological   ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history;
- (v) to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with  the  environment  especially  when  it  has  become  vulnerable  under  the impact of irreversible change;
- (vi) to  be  directly  or  tangibly  associated  with  events  or  living  traditions,  with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.  (The  Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria.
- (vii) to  contain  superlative  natural  phenomena  or  areas  of  exceptional  natural beauty and aesthetic importance;
- (viii) to  be  outstanding  examples  representing  major  stages  of  earth's  history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development  of  landforms,  or significant geomorphic  or  physiographic features;
- (ix) to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological  processes  in  the  evolution  and  development  of  terrestrial,  fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals;
- (x) to  contain  the  most  important  and  significant  natural  habitats  for  in-situ conservation  of  biological  diversity,  including  those  containing  threatened species  of  outstanding  universal  value  from  the  point  of  view  of  science  or conservation.

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