Lok Sabha Question No. 2957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Norms for Controlling and Functioning of Religious Places
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2957 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.3.2022

## NORMS FOR CONTROLLING AND FUNCTIONING OF RELIGIOUS PLACES

## 2957. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  famous  and  world  fame  religious  places  like  temples,  Mosque,  dargah, church and gurudwaras etc. are functioning under the Government Control and if so,  the  details  of  the  names  and  places  along  with  the  date  from  when  they  are operating, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government  has  laid down  certain norms  for controlling and functioning of all the above said religious places and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  has  implemented  uniform  rules  and regulations in respect of the above said all the religious places and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  control  of  all  these  religious  places  and operating them under the uniform norms and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  the  uniform  norms  in  all  the States and bring all these religious places under its control and operations and if so, the time by which the same is likely to be done and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Monuments of national importance are declared protected and are maintained by Archaeological  Survey  of  India,  which  also  include  ancient  temples,  mosques, dargahs,  churches  etc.  State-wise  details  of  protected  monuments/sites  is  at Annexure.
- (b) All the protected monuments and sites are maintained as per the provisions of the
- to Ancient  Monuments  and  Archaeological  Sites  and  Remains  Act,  1958  and  Rule
- (e) 1959 made there under.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED    QUESTION NO.  2957 FOR 21.03.2022 STATE-WISE NUMBER OF MONUMENTS/SITES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE IN THE  COUNTRY

| Sl.N o.   | Name of State / U.T.   |   Number of Monuments/Site |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh         |                        135 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh      |                         03 |
| 3.        | Assam                  |                         55 |
| 4.        | Bihar                  |                         70 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh           |                         46 |
| 6.        | Daman & Diu (U.T.)     |                         11 |
| 7.        | Goa                    |                         21 |
| 8.        | Gujarat                |                        203 |
| 9.        | Haryana                |                         91 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh       |                         40 |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir (U.T.) |                         56 |
| 12.       | Jharkhand              |                         13 |
| 13.       | Karnataka              |                        506 |
| 14.       | Kerala                 |                         29 |
| 15.       | Ladakh (U.T.)          |                         15 |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh         |                        291 |
| 17.       | Maharashtra            |                        286 |
| 18.       | Manipur                |                         01 |
| 19.       | Meghalaya              |                         08 |
| 20.       | Mizoram                |                         01 |
| 21.       | Nagaland               |                         04 |
| 22.       | N.C.T. Delhi           |                        173 |
| 23.       | Odisha                 |                         80 |
| 24.       | Puducherry (U.T.)      |                         07 |
| 25.       | Punjab                 |                         33 |
| 26.       | Rajasthan              |                        163 |
| 27.       | Sikkim                 |                         03 |
| 28.       | Telangana              |                         08 |
| 29.       | Tamilnadu              |                        412 |
| 30.       | Tripura                |                         08 |
| 31.       | Uttar Pradesh          |                        743 |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand            |                         43 |
| 33.       | West Bengal            |                        135 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                  |                       3693 |