Lok Sabha Question No. 3986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Temples of Karnataka under UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites List
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Prajwal Revanna, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3986

ANSWERED ON - 28.03.2022

## TEMPLES OF KARNATAKA UNDER UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES LIST

## 3986.   SHRI PRAJWAL REVANNA: SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state :-

- (a) whether the Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebidu in Hassan district and Somanathapur in  Mysore  of  Karnataka  are  proposed  to  be  listed  under  UNESCO's  world  heritage sites;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of benefits and funds likely to be extended by the Centre and UNESCO to such sites for better conservation;
- (d) the standard and criteria for inclusion in the provisional list;  and
- (e) the places to be included in future in the State of Karnataka and Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a)  & (b) Yes,  Sir.  Government  of  India  has  submitted  the  nomination  dossier  of  the  serial property 'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala' comprising 1) Chennakeshava Temple, Belur 2) Hoysaleshvara Temple, Halebidu and 3) Keshava Temple, Somnathpura; to the World Heritage Centre, Paris for the year 2022-23.
- (c) All  three  are  Centrally Protected Monuments and are conserved and maintained by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
- (d) The process to identify the heritage sites (cultural,  natural  or  mixed)  in the  country based on their Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) for World Heritage nomination is as per UNESCO's Operational Guidelines. All the proposals received are assessed on  the  basis  of  justification  of  their  OUV,  criteria  and  statements  of  authenticity, integrity  and  comparison  with  other  similar  properties.  Based  on  the  assessment, proposals  are  forwarded  to  the  World  Heritage  Centre  for  their  inclusion  in  the Tentative List of UNESCO.
- (e) Details are at Annexure-A.

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## ANNEXURE-A

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3986 FOR DATED 28.03.2022

## LIST OF MONUMENTS/SITES OF GUJARAT/KARNATAKA IN THE TENTATIVE LIST

|   SI.NO. | Name of Properties                                         | Nature of Property   | Location/State                                                                                      |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch                   | Natural              | Gujarat                                                                                             |
|        2 | Archaeological remains of a Harappa Port-Town, Lothal      | Cultural             | Gujarat                                                                                             |
|        3 | Sites of Satyagrah, India's non-violent freedom movement   | Cultural             | Gujarat , Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi |
|        4 | Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate                | Cultural             | Karnataka and Telangana                                                                             |
|        5 | Monuments of Srirangapatna Island Town                     | Cultural             | Karnataka                                                                                           |
|        6 | Evolution of Temple Architecture-Aihole- Badami-Pattadakal | Cultural             | Karnataka                                                                                           |
|        7 | Hire Benkal, Megalithic Site                               | Cultural             | Karnataka                                                                                           |