India Steps Up Efforts To Protect And Preserve Its Historic Monuments

India Steps Up Efforts To Protect And Preserve Its Historic Monuments

Archaeological Survey of India safeguards 3,686 centrally protected monuments, supported by strengthened conservation systems and scientific restoration methods. Heritage and monument preservation has advanced through large-scale digitisation, creation of national heritage databases, and wider adoption of scientific and digital tools for documentation and conservation. India’s global heritage profile has expanded, with 44 UNESCO World Heritage […]

100 monuments to be upgraded under ‘Adarsh Smarak’

100 monuments to be upgraded under ‘Adarsh Smarak’

Archaeological Survey of India has undertaken the task of providing basic amenities hitherto unknown to it such as providing drinking water, toilet blocks, facilities for physically challenged, pathways, cultural notice boards, vehicle parking, cloak rooms, among others to tourists visiting centrally protected temples and monuments. For now, several archaeological sites have been identified for these […]

Entry Fee Hiked Steeply for Monuments from Today

Visiting centrally Protected Ticketed Monuments under Archaeological Survey of India will cost 200% more from today, April 1, 2016 as the government has decided to enhance the entry fee at 116 Centrally protected ticketed monuments under Archaeological Survey of India from Rs.10 to 30 per person. The new rate comes into effect from today, April […]