Lok Sabha Question No. 1011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Temples under ASI
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1011

ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

## TEMPLES UNDER ASI

## 1011. SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details  of  the number of  functional  and non-functional Hindu temples/temple-sites maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI);
- (b) the details of the list of the number of such functional and non-functional temples, Statewise;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to allow for the rehabilitation and restoration of any non-functional Hindu sites into functional temples;
- (d) if so, a list of such proposals and any details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has rehabilitated and restored any other temples before, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a)& (b) There are 3697 ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains declared as of national importance by and under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 in the country. State-wise details are given at Annexure.
- (c)& (d) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) maintains these monuments and sites declared as of national importance based on their requirement in order to preserve them in their originality and pass them on to the future generations.
- (e) The temple of Kedarnath, District Rudraprayag, Utarakhand which was damaged due to cloud burst in 2013, was restored by ASI.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.  1011 FOR 02.12.2024.

## STATE-WISE  NUMBER  OF  PROTECTED  MONUMENTS  AND  PROTECTED AREAS IN THE COUNTRY.

| Sl.No.   | Name of State          |   Protected Monuments/Areas |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 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                |                         205 |
| 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                 |                          81 |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U. T.)     |                          07 |
| 25.      | Punjab                 |                          33 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan              |                         163 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                 |                          03 |
| 28.      | Telangana              |                          08 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu             |                         412 |
| 30.      | Tripura                |                          08 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh          |                         743 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand            |                          44 |
| 33.      | West Bengal            |                         135 |
|          | TOTAL                  |                        3697 |