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The demolition of the 17th-century Mubarak Manzil, a Mughal heritage site, by an Agra-based builder, has sparked outrage among many, including famed India-based Scottish historian William Dalrymple. The razing of Mubarak Manzil in Agra, in collusion with police and administrative officials, speaks volumes about the sad state of ancient monuments and archaeological sites in our…
New Delhi: A lower court’s order of a survey at the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid of Sambhal that triggered massive violence in which four people died and many were injured, has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The Masjid Committee has sought an immediate stay on the order and demanded an early hearing from Chief…
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A view of Shree Jagannath temple in Odisha’s Puri. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “The Odisha government will unlock the ‘Ratna Bhandar’, the revered treasury of the 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri, on July 14 after 46 years for an inventory of the valuables and the repair of the structure,” an official said. The…
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The temple complex was part of a celebrated college built by king Bhoja. New Delhi: Another disputed temple-mosque site will come under the lens of the Archaeological Survey of India after Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque. This time, it is the Bhojshala at Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar, where it has to conduct a survey. The order came from…
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The Badrinath temple is one of the unprotected monuments. New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has underlined that a large number of historical monuments are “not under any sort of protection” and asked about the procedure through which requests for restoration of “unprotected monuments” is made to the ASI. It also asked how many such requests…
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