New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness over the inclusion of Karnataka’s Hoysala Temples’ sacred ensembles in the World Heritage site list and said these temples are a testament to India’s rich cultural heritage.

Taking to X, PM Modi said, “More pride for India! The magnificent Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas have been inscribed on the @UNESCO World Heritage List. The timeless beauty and intricate details of the Hoysala temples are a testament to India’s rich cultural heritage and the exceptional craftsmanship of our ancestors.”

More pride for India!

The magnificent Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas have been inscribed on the @UNESCO World Heritage List. The timeless beauty and intricate details of the Hoysala temples are a testament to India’s rich cultural heritage and the exceptional craftsmanship of… https://t.co/cOQ0pjGTjx

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 18, 2023

Today, Karnataka’s Hoysala Temples’ sacred ensembles have been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list.

This comes just a day after Santiniketan, the town in West Bengal, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list on Sunday.

Notably, the Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid, and Somnathapura in Karnataka that are now included in the UNESCO World Heritage list make them the 42nd UNESCO World Heritage Site of India.

The Union Government had proposed the Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid, and Somnathapura as India’s official nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List for the year 2022-2023.

Yesterday, Santiniketan was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list during the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Saudi Arabia.

Responding to the post by Vishal V Sharma, India’s ambassador and permanent representative to UNESCO, on X, Jaishankar wrote, “Congratulations. A fitting tribute to our first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and all those who have kept his message alive.”

Earlier, taking to his social media ‘X’, Vishal V Sharma said it is a great day for Indians as Santiniketan had been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.”Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List (Agenda 45COM.8B.10). A great day for all Indians. Bharat Mata ki jai,” he posted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called the inclusion of West Bengal’s Santiniketan in the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites a “proud moment for all Indians”.

Taking to X, PM Modi posted, ”Delighted that Santiniketan, an embodiment of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s vision and India’s rich cultural heritage, has been inscribed on the @UNESCO World Heritage List. This is a proud moment for all Indians.”

একথা জেনে আনন্দিত হলাম যে, গুরুদেব রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের স্বপ্ন ও ভারতের সমৃদ্ধ সাংস্কৃতিক ঐতিহ্যের মূর্ত রূপ শান্তিনিকেতন উৎকীর্ণ হয়েছে @UNESCO বিশ্ব পরম্পরা তালিকায়। সব ভারতীয়ের কাছেই এ এক গর্বের মুহূর্ত। https://t.co/Um0UUACsnk

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2023

Established in 1901 by Tagore, Santiniketan was a residential school and centre for an art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of the unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries.

A ‘world university’ was established at Santiniketan in 1921, recognising the unity of humanity or “Visva Bharati”.

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Suri (West Bengal):

The Visva-Bharati University on Saturday submitted several documents to a court in West Bengal’s Birbhum district to justify the eviction notice it has served on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen asking him to vacate 0.13 acre (5,500 square feet) of land which it claims he is illegally occupying.

District Judge Sudeshna De (Chatterjee) on August 8 stayed the eviction notice and directed that the stay will be in force till the disposal of the main case related to the ownership of the plot in the Santiniketan campus of the central university.

The court was hearing a case in which the economist had challenged the eviction notice.

“Today the university authorities submitted several documents in support of the eviction order. We have asked for copies of them. The court will pass the order on whether we can get those documents on September 21,” said Rahul Auddy, one of Mr Sen’s lawyers. 

Visva-Bharati had sent the eviction notice to the economist on April 19, asking him to vacate 0.13 acres of the total 1.38 acres of land of his ancestral residence ‘Pratichi’ in Santiniketan by May 6. 

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