Lok Sabha Question No. 3447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Archaeological Survey of Ancient Temples
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajesh Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3447 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.8.2021

## ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ANCIENT TEMPLES

## 3447.   SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise details of archeological survey being conducted by the Government in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to get the archeological survey of ancient  temples,  some  ancient  historical  forts  and  a  number  of  ancient  minarets situated in various States of the Country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  archeological  survey  being  conducted  in  Sitapur  and  Lakhimpur districts of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Archaeological  Survey  of  India  conducts  archaeological  survey  in  the  country.  The
- & details of the village to village survey conducted are at Annexure. The survey of ancient
- (b) temples is conducted through Temple Survey Projects.
- (c) Archaeological survey and documentation conducted in district Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh
- & in 2019 included Ancient temples of Naimishsaranya and surrounding areas of Chakra
- (d) Tirth complex, Ancient temple of Lalita Devi, Hanuman Gadhi, Vyas gaddi, Area on the bank  of  Gomati  river,  Maharishi  Dadhichi  birth  place,  Dadhichi  temple  complex  and pond.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a & b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3447 FOR 09.08.2021

## STATEMENT SHOWING CIRCLE/STATE-WISE VILLAGE TO VILLAGE SURVEY WORK DURING LAST SIX YEARS (2014-15 TO 2019-20)

Annexure

| Year              | Year             | 2014-15           | 2014-15               | 2015-16           | 2015-16               | 2016-17           | 2016-17               | 2017-18           | 2017-18               | 2018-19           | 2018-19               | 2019-20           | 2019-20               | 2020-21             | 2020-21                 |
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
| Name of Circle    | Name of Circle   | Villages Surveyed | Villages with remains | Villages Surveyed | Villages with remains | Villages Surveyed | Villages with remains | Villages Surveyed | Villages with remains | Villages Surveyed | Villages with remains | Villages Surveyed | Villages with remains | Villag es Surv eyed | Village s with remain s |
| Circle            | State            |                   |                       |                   |                       |                   |                       |                   |                       |                   |                       |                   |                       |                     |                         |
| Agra              | Uttar Pradesh    | -                 | -                     | 21                | 6                     | 22                | 19                    | 11                | 10                    | 58                | 10                    | 62                | 6                     |                     |                         |
| Aizwal            | Mizoram          | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 18                | 18                    | -                 | -                     | 42                | 28                    | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
| Aurangabad        | Maharashtra      | 61                | 46                    | 41                | 38                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 21                | 09                    | 37                | 11                    |                     |                         |
| Bangalore         | Karntaka         | 15                | 13                    | 12                | 12                    | 79                | 55                    |                   |                       | 142               | 107                   | 51                | 33                    |                     |                         |
| Bhopal            | Madhya Pradesh   | 82                | 62                    | 142               | 106                   | 79                | 62                    | 40                | 26                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | Survey work         |                         |
| Bhubaneswar       | Odisha           | -                 | -                     | 29                | 12                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | not                 | could                   |
| Chandigarh        | Punjab           | 456               | 39                    | 207               | 21                    | 647               | 48                    | -                 | -                     | 149               | 22                    | -                 | -                     | conducted           | be                      |
| Chennai           | Tamil Nadu       | 144               | 72                    | 218               | 82                    | 29                | 15                    | 132               | 55                    | 247               | 105                   | -                 | -                     | due                 | to the                  |
| Dehradun          | Uttarakhand      | 272               | 30                    | 189               | 10                    | 170               | 08                    |                   |                       | 109               | 5                     | 48                | 2                     | prevailing          |                         |
| Dharwad           | Karnataka        | 185               | 177                   | 225               | 214                   | 119               | 109                   | 11                | 10                    | 44                | 40                    | 30                | 29                    | COVID-19            |                         |
| Goa               | Goa              | 91                | 50                    | 50                | 50                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 46                | 1                     | -                 | -                     | pandemic            | .                       |
| Hyderabad         | Telangana        | 15                | 10                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
| Jaipur            | Rajasthan        | 90                | 22                    | 4                 | 4                     | 36                | 10                    | 82                | 34                    | 63                | 26                    | 48                | 20                    |                     |                         |
| Jodhpur           | Rajasthan        | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 7                 | 7                     |                     |                         |
| Kolkata           | West Bengal      | 86                | 30                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 41                | 10                    | 24                | 24                    |                     |                         |
| Lucknow           | Uttar Pradesh    | 105               | 39                    | 62                | 24                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 36                | 8                     | 12                | 3                     |                     |                         |
| Mumbai            | Maharashtra      | -                 | -                     | 75                | 20                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
| Nagpur            | Maharashtra      | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 3                 | 3                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 157               | 46                    |                     |                         |
| Patna             | Bihar            | 190               | 21                    | 60                | 3                     | 100               | 15                    | 132               | 29                    | 57                | 8                     | 45                | 7                     |                     |                         |
| Raipur            | Chhattisgarh     | 26                | 6                     | 67                | 10                    | 102               | 12                    | 107               | 17                    | 250               | 17                    | 138               | 4                     |                     |                         |
| Ranchi            | Jharkhand        | 7                 | 7                     | 98                | 71                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 168               |                       | 81                | 25                    |                     |                         |
| Sarnath           | Uttar Pradesh    | 72                | 42                    | 72                | 42                    | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
| Shimla            | Himachal Pradesh | 125               | 40                    | 237               | 85                    | 82                | 46                    | 72                | 44                    | 162               | 28                    | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
| Thrissur          | Kerala           | 7                 | 3                     | -                 | -                     | 34                | 34                    | -                 | -                     | 128               | -                     | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
| Vadodara          | Gujarat          | 31                | 17                    | 83                | 54                    | 8                 | 8                     |                   |                       |                   |                       | 23                | 13                    |                     |                         |
| Leh Mini Circle   | Jammu & Kashmir  | 6                 | 6                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 19                | 19                    |                     |                         |
| Hampi Mini Circle | Karnataka        | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | -                 | -                     | 20                | 7                     | -                 | -                     |                     |                         |
|                   | Sub Total        | 2066              | 732                   | 1892              | 864                   | 1528              | 462                   | 587               | 225                   | 1783              | 431                   | 782               | 249                   |                     |                         |