Lok Sabha Question No. 109 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Ancient Worship Places
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.109 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.7.2016 SRAVANA 3, 1938 (SAKA)

## ANCIENT WORSHIP PLACES

## +*109. SHRI  KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified ancient places of worships in the country and if so, the location-wise details of such places in the country;
- (b) whether the ancient places of worships located in different parts of the  country have not been covered under the protected list of the Archaeological Survey of India, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to renovate such ancient sites and temples and  declared  them  as  places  of  tourist  interest  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of funds sanctioned and utilized for the renovation and restoration of identified ancient temples and sites in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)to(d) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.109 FOR 25.7.2016

- (a) Archaeological Survey of India identifies new places/sites including monuments  (religious,  non-religious  and  others)  through  various  means such as village to village survey through its field offices.   In this process in the year 2015-16 in all 1820 villages were surveyed out of which 822 have revealed  remains  of  archaeological  significance  including  386  places  of worship. A State-wise abstract indicating places of worship is at Annexure- I.
- (b) Our  country  has  in-numerable  number  of  places  of  worship  all  over  the country,  out  of  which  a  few  of  them  have  been  declared  protected. Archaeological Survey of India protects only such monuments which meet the criteria specified under Section 2 of Ancient  Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.
- (c) In addition to conservation of protected monuments,  Archaeological Survey of India takes up conservation of religious places, not protected by Archaeological  Survey  of  India,  as  a  Special  work.  Most  of  the  religious places are visited by large number  of devotees, scholars besides enthusiast  and  as  such  they  are  places  of  tourist  interest as  well. However, there is no provision to declare such places as of tourist interest under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.
- (d) The expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation and restoration of centrally protected monuments (including temples and sites) during the last three years and provisions made for this year is at Annexure -II.  Further, expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation and restoration of nonprotected monuments/religious places is at Annexure-III.

ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO.109 FOR 25.7.2016

STATEMENT SHOWING PLACES SURVEYED BY THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA AND NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS PLACES IDENTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Total villages surveyed |   Number of villages yielding antiquarian remains |   Number of religious places identified |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Bihar            |                        60 |                                                 3 |                                      00 |
| 2.        | Chhattisgarh     |                        67 |                                                10 |                                      03 |
| 3.        | Goa              |                        50 |                                                50 |                                      12 |
| 4.        | Gujarat          |                        83 |                                                54 |                                      33 |
| 5.        | Himachal Pradesh |                       237 |                                                85 |                                      61 |
| 6.        | Jharkhand        |                        98 |                                                71 |                                      25 |
| 7.        | Karnataka        |                       237 |                                               226 |                                     169 |
| 8.        | Maharashtra      |                       116 |                                                58 |                                      23 |
| 9.        | Madhya Pradesh   |                       142 |                                               106 |                                      13 |
| 10.       | Odisha           |                        29 |                                                12 |                                      14 |
| 11.       | Punjab           |                       207 |                                                21 |                                      01 |
| 12.       | Rajasthan        |                        04 |                                                04 |                                      00 |
| 13.       | Tamil Nadu       |                       218 |                                                82 |                                      27 |
| 14.       | Uttar Pradesh    |                       155 |                                                72 |                                      00 |
| 15.       | Uttarakhand      |                       189 |                                                10 |                                      05 |
|           | TOTAL            |                      1820 |                                               822 |                                     386 |

ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.109  FOR 25.07.2016

STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF FUNDS ALLOCATED AND UTILISED  FOR CONSERVATION OF  MONUMENTS UNDER ASI FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS

(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT    | Number of protected monuments   | Circle / Branch                    | 2013-14       | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh       | 743                             | Agra Circle                        | 957.97        | 1404.99   | 1270.00   | 1060.00   |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh       | 743                             | Lucknow Circle                     | 944.99        | 1165.00   | 945.08    | 925.00    |
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh       | 743                             | Sarnath Circle                     | ---           | 534.99    | 495.00    | 500.00    |
| 2.        | Maharashtra         | 285                             | Aurangabad Circle                  | 493.00        | 695.00    | 629.05    | 500.00    |
| 2.        | Maharashtra         | 285                             | Mumbai Circle                      | 415.00        | 645.00    | 902.82    | 725.00    |
| 2.        | Maharashtra         | 285                             | Nagpur Circle                      | ---           | 444.98    | 845.00    | 610.00    |
| 3.        | Karnataka           | 506                             | Bangalore Circle                   | 1253.00       | 1515.99   | 1427.02   | 1125.00   |
| 3.        | Karnataka           | 506                             | Mini Circle Hampi                  | --            | 90.00     | 401.24    | 575.00    |
| 3.        | Karnataka           | 506                             | Dharwad Circle                     | 993.79        | 713.94    | 716.42    | 675.00    |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh      | 292                             | Bhopal Circle                      | 716.99        | 956.99    | 1261.01   | 925.0     |
| 5.        | Odisha              | 79                              | Bhubaneswar Circle                 | 280.00        | 596.99    | 679.52    | 605.00    |
| 6.        | West Bengal,        | 136                             | Kolkata Circle                     | 448.18        | 549.63    | 537.95    | 550.00    |
| 6.        | Sikkim              | 03                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 7.        | Tamil Nadu,         | 413                             | Chennai Circle                     | 845.00        | 1070.01   | 919.10    | 775.00    |
| 7.        | Puducherry (UT)     | 07                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 8.        | Punjab              | 33                              | Chandigarh Circle                  | 795.92        | 875.85    | 634.98    | 555.00    |
| 8.        | Haryana             | 91                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh    | 40                              | Shimla Circle                      | 155.86        | 315.00    | 300.00    | 275.00    |
| 10.       | Delhi               | 174                             | Delhi Circle                       | 1300.19       | 1499.75   | 1176.73   | 750.00    |
| 10.       |                     |                                 | Delhi Mini Circle                  | -             | -         | -         | 375.00    |
| 11.       | Goa                 | 21                              | Goa Circle                         | 144.50        | 397.36    | 240.99    | 300.00    |
| 12.       | Assam               | 55                              | Guwahati Circle                    | 174.94        | 292.56    | 395.07    | 260.00    |
| 12.       | Manipur             | 01                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 12.       | Meghalaya           | 08                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 12.       | Mizoram             | 01                              |                                    |               |           |           | 125.00    |
| 12.       | Nagaland            | 04                              | Aizwal Circle,                     |               |           |           |           |
| 12.       | Tripura             | 08                              | Mijoram                            |               |           |           |           |
| 12.       | Arunchal            | 03                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 13.       | Pradesh Rajasthan   | 162                             | Jaipur Circle                      | 521.48        | 610.00    | 512.98    | 485.00    |
|           |                     |                                 | Jodhpur Circle                     | ---           | 569.96    | 729.29    | 615.00    |
| 14.       | Andhra Pradesh      | 129                             | Hyderabad Circle                   | 1068.43       | 998.32    | 776.61    | 675.00    |
| 15.       | Telangana Bihar     | 08 70                           | Patna Circle                       | 263.00 260.00 | 414.99    | 374.99    | 375.00    |
| 16.       | Jammu &             | 56                              | Srinagar Circle                    |               | 443.00    | 135.07    | 275.00    |
|           | Kashmir             | 13                              | Mini Circle Leh                    | 116.83        | 141.98    | 131.50    | 130.00    |
| 18.       | Gujarat             |                                 |                                    | 655.00        | 847.99    |           | 1025.00   |
|           |                     | 203                             | Vadodara Circle                    |               |           | 1123.07   |           |
|           | Daman &             | 12                              |                                    |               |           |           |           |
| 19.       | Diu(UT) Uttarakhand | 42                              | Dehradun Circle                    | 210.49        | 264.99    | 215.00    | 145.00    |
| 20.       | Chhattisgarh        | 47                              | Raipur Circle                      | 468.40        | 587.89    | 670.33    | 560.00    |
| 21.       | Jharkhand           | 13                              | Ranchi Circle                      | 69.00         | 115.98    | 147.61    | 135.00    |
| 21.       |                     |                                 | Chemical Preservation (All India)  | 510.85        | 787.65    | 729.60    | 985.00    |
|           |                     |                                 | Horticultural Activity (All India) | 2446.05       | 3357.98   | 3878.22   | 3405.00   |
|           |                     |                                 | Reserve                            |               |           |           | 880.00    |

| Total   | 3686   | 16963.86   | 23551.95   | 23861.24   | 22465.00   |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|

## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.109 FOR 25.07.2016

## EXPENDITURE ON UNPROTECTED MONUMENTS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

## (RUPEES IN LAKHS)

| Sl.No.   | Name of Monument                                     | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|          |                                                      | 2013-14       | 2014-15       | 2015-16       |
| 1,       | Shree Kedarnath Temple (Uttarakhand)                 | 102.47        | 58.10         | 54.74         |
| 2.       | Koodalmanickam Temple, Irinjalkkuda, (Kerala)        | 114.98        | -             | -             |
| 3.       | Jama Masjid, Delhi                                   | -             | -             | 2.52          |
| 4.       | Rachol Seminary, The Roman Archidiocese of Goa (Goa) | -             | -             | 37.33         |
| 5.       | Fatehpuri Masjid, Delhi                              | 138.59        | 2.50          | -             |
| 6.       | Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya (Bihar)                   | -             | 19.15         | -             |