A day after the Kumbh Mela mass Hindu pilgrimage was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described it as a matter of immense joy and pride for the country. “A matter of immense joy and pride for India,” Modi[Read More…]
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Taj Mahal rightly removed from tourism booklet, says UP Minister
Fueling the Taj Mahal controversy even further, a cabinet minister of the state, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary has said that the famous monument was rightly kept out of the tourism booklet of Uttar Pradesh and it should instead be replaced with the Guru Gorakhnath peeth. The minister in charge of religious[Read More…]
Great Barrier Reef may feature in UNESCO ‘Danger List’
The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral system off the coast of Australia, is at a high risk of being included in UNESCO’s ‘World Heritage in Danger’ list, an official said on Friday. Canberra last year narrowly avoided the UN body putting the site on its endangered list and[Read More…]