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State’s 3 Hoysala Temples now UNESCO World Heritage sites
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State’s 3 Hoysala Temples now UNESCO World Heritage sites

September 19, 2023

Chennakeshava Temple at Belur, Hassan; Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebeedu, Hassan; Keshava Temple at Somnathpur, Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: The unique architectural marvels of Karnataka, the 12th century Hoysala era Temples of Belur and Halebeedu in Hassan and Somnathpur in Mysuru districts, were bestowed with the prestigious United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site…

UNESCO World Heritage Site Status: Team ends State visit at Somnathpur Temple
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UNESCO World Heritage Site Status: Team ends State visit at Somnathpur Temple

September 17, 2022

UNESCO team also visits Belur, Halebid; Mysuru DC translates local views in Kannada to English T. Narasipur: A team from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) visited the 13th century Chennakeshava Temple at Somnathpur in Mysuru yesterday before concluding its tour of Hoysala monuments in Karnataka. The team, headed by Tiang Kian Boon,…

Efforts begin to secure UNESCO tag for Dasara
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Efforts begin to secure UNESCO tag for Dasara

January 6, 2022

Department of Archaeology to give another push for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Tag Mysore/Mysuru: Renewing its efforts to secure UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Intangible Cultural Heritage Tag for the historic Dasara celebrations, the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Government of Karnataka, will again take the initiative forward and study the…

UNESCO asks Govt. to regulate private coaching classes
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UNESCO asks Govt. to regulate private coaching classes

December 6, 2017

New Delhi: A 500-page Global Education Monitoring UNESCO report, which was released on Monday has called for regulatory mechanisms for private tutoring in India and other countries. It has said in its report that such a practice is “widening” the education gap between the rich and the poor. It has described private tutoring as one…

Samskruthi Parva: A scintillating fest of Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Samskruthi Parva: A scintillating fest of Intangible Cultural Heritage

March 6, 2017

‘Abhyudaya Samskruthika Vihara’ — a Trust functioning at the heritage city of Mysuru, envisages for the revival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of India. According to UNESCO, “The ‘intangible cultural heritage’ means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills — as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith — that communities, groups…

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