Every year on April 18th, International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS), popularly known as World Heritage Day, is celebrated. ‘Heritage Changes’ is the theme of World Heritage Day 2023.
In 1982,
the International
Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) announced 18
April as World Heritage Day.
This was approved by the General Assembly of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1983,
to enhance awareness about the importance of cultural heritage, and monuments
and conserving them.
World Heritage sites
- The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has a total of
1,154 monuments designated as world heritage sites from all over the
world.
- Apart
from India only Italy,
Spain, Germany, China and France have 40 or more World
Heritage sites.
- Telangana's 13th-century
Ramappa Temple and
the Harappan city of Dholavira in the Bhachau
taluka of Kutch district in Gujarat have recently been added to the list
of World Heritage sites in India.
- Built
in 1213 AD during the
reign of the greatest Kakatiya ruler Ganapati
Deva (ruled
1199–1262) by his general Recharla Rudra, the
Ramappa Temple is located in a valley at the village of Palampet,
approximately 77 km away from Warangal and 200km north-east of
Hyderabad.
- Dholavira
is the first Indus Valley Civilisation site in India to be bestowed the
coveted title by UNESCO.
- With
the addition of Dholavira, India now boasts 40 UNESCO World Heritage
Sites.
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