On Sunday, UNESCO inscribed the 13th-century Ramappa temple in Palampet, Telangana as a World Heritage Site. The decision to inscribe the Ramappa temple was taken at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO held on Sunday in China. The listingThe temple was proposed by the government as its only nomination for the UNESCO World Heritage site tag for 2019. After UNESCO includes a property in the tentative list, the country prepares a nomination document that will be considered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. With this, India now has 39 sites on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and the Archaeological Survey of India is now the custodian of 23 world heritage sites.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2021 21:46 UTC