Karnataka’s ‘Adopt a Monument’ sees muted response three years after launch

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Among the monuments already taken up under the programme are Venkatappa Art Gallery successful  Bengaluru, Yadgir Fort, Taj Bawdi successful  Vijayapura and Basavakalyan Fort successful  Bidar, among different   sites.  

Among the monuments already taken up under the programme are Venkatappa Art Gallery successful Bengaluru, Yadgir Fort, Taj Bawdi successful Vijayapura and Basavakalyan Fort successful Bidar, among different sites.   | Photo Credit: File photo

Three years aft the motorboat of Karnataka’s ‘Namma Smaraka — Adopt a Monument’ initiative, the programme has struggled to meet its stated objective, with lone 23 of the implicit 800 State-protected monuments drafting involvement truthful far. Of these, support is inactive pending for 5 sites portion 18 sites person been adopted. 

Poor publicity, constricted connectivity to respective practice locations, deficiency of elaborate improvement plans, and the lack of stronger authorities outreach, person been pointed as immoderate of the main reasons for the dilatory uptake by the stakeholders. 

Published - May 05, 2026 07:42 p.m. IST

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