Bengaluru: JDS Supremo HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accepting the suggestion of art connoisseurs in Karnataka and finalizing Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid, and Somnathapura in the state as India's nomination for World Heritage List 2022-23.
Last month, the JDS Supremo had written to the PM, requesting him to direct the Archeological Survey of India to submit documents regarding the Hoysala temples to UNESCO as the main nomination dossier.
Expressing gratitude to PM Modi, HD Deve Gowda took to Twitter to say he is "Happy, proud that temples of Hoysala architecture in Belur, Halebid, and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations seeking the UNESCO world heritage tag"
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Happy, proud that temples of Hoysala architecture in Belur, Halebid and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations seeking the UNESCO world heritage tag. I sincerely thank @PMOIndia for accepting my suggestion as well as that of all lovers of art and heritage in Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/nkaKbuB78y
— H D Devegowda (@H_D_Devegowda) February 2, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Happy, proud that temples of Hoysala architecture in Belur, Halebid and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations seeking the UNESCO world heritage tag. I sincerely thank @PMOIndia for accepting my suggestion as well as that of all lovers of art and heritage in Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/nkaKbuB78y
— H D Devegowda (@H_D_Devegowda) February 2, 2022Happy, proud that temples of Hoysala architecture in Belur, Halebid and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations seeking the UNESCO world heritage tag. I sincerely thank @PMOIndia for accepting my suggestion as well as that of all lovers of art and heritage in Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/nkaKbuB78y
— H D Devegowda (@H_D_Devegowda) February 2, 2022
The Union Culture Ministry on Monday had said the Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid, and Somnathapura in Karnataka have been finalized as India's nomination for World Heritage List for the year 2022-2023.
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A moment of great pride for #Karnataka that India has officially nominated 'The Sacred Ensembles of The Hoysalas' to the World Heritage List of 2023.
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) February 1, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Represented by the temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura,
1/2 pic.twitter.com/TVWzbxHhV3
">A moment of great pride for #Karnataka that India has officially nominated 'The Sacred Ensembles of The Hoysalas' to the World Heritage List of 2023.
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) February 1, 2022
Represented by the temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura,
1/2 pic.twitter.com/TVWzbxHhV3A moment of great pride for #Karnataka that India has officially nominated 'The Sacred Ensembles of The Hoysalas' to the World Heritage List of 2023.
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) February 1, 2022
Represented by the temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura,
1/2 pic.twitter.com/TVWzbxHhV3
Calling it a moment of great pride for Karnataka that India has officially nominated 'The Sacred Ensembles of The Hoysalas' to the World Heritage List of 2023, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in a tweet on Tuesday had said, "these exquisite works of architectural excellence are wonders that have to be witnessed and their grandeur soaked in."
The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala' have been on UNESCO's Tentative list since April 15, 2014, and stand testimony to the rich historical and cultural heritage of this country. The site evaluation will happen in September or October this year and the dossier will be taken up for consideration in July or August next year. Belur and Halebid are in Gowda's home district of Hassan. Karnataka's Hampi and Pattadakal are already among UNESCO's world heritage sites.
