Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO reviews conservation works at Ramappa Temple

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO-Paris Vishal V. Sharma visited the Rudreswara (Ramappa) Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, successful Palampet colony of Mulugu territory connected Sunday to reappraisal the preservation and conservation efforts undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the State government.

Mr. Sharma, who was successful Hyderabad for a programme astatine the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), besides toured the territory to measure the ongoing conservation work. He was accompanied by ASI officials H.R. Desai, Krishna Chaitanya and Rohini Pandey-Ambedkar, on with INCOIS elder enforcement Nagoji Rao.

Mr.Sharma earlier served arsenic Chair of UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage Committee during its 46th session, becoming the archetypal Indian to clasp the position. He precocious chaired the 20th league of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage astatine the Red Fort successful Delhi, during which ‘Deepavali’ was inscribed connected UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. It was nether his enactment that the Ramappa Temple was inscribed connected the World Heritage List successful 2021, a property merchandise said.