The Union authorities on Tuesday mentioned a complete of 231 antiquities of Indian origin had been brought back to India since 2014, and shut to 72 had been within the strategy of being repatriated from numerous international locations, together with the U.S., the U.Okay., Singapore, and Australia.
“The Prime Minister himself has discussed this matter with global leaders and many multilateral institutions, and today, innumerable countries are themselves reaching out to India to send back stolen artefacts and antiquities,” Union Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy mentioned.
He mentioned that the efforts had been a part of the federal government’s steps to protect historic civilisational ethos, shield cultural and non secular heritage, and propagate Indian information methods and traditions internationally. “Bringing our gods home is one such initiative that is rooted in preserving, promoting and propagating our heritage,” Mr. Reddy mentioned.
The Minister additionally identified the UNESCO has a complete of 1,154 monuments designated as World Heritage Sites from everywhere in the world. Apart from India, solely Italy, Spain, Germany, China and France have 40 or extra World Heritage Sites.
“Out of 40 World Heritage inscriptions, 10 have been done in the last nine years with a wide range of diversity from across India. India’s tentative list has increased from 15 in 2014 to 52 in 2022. Considering that 52 more sites are on India’s World Heritage tentative list, our heritage monuments will play a huge role in transforming the tourism sector,” Mr. Reddy mentioned in a press release on the event of World Heritage Day.
April 18 was introduced because the World Heritage Day in 1982 by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). This was accepted by UNESCO’s General Assembly in 1983, to improve consciousness on the significance of cultural heritage and monuments, and conserving them.
