Centre approves research project on ancient Ram Setu ANI | Updated: Jan 15, 2021 00:32 IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Union Culture and Tourism Ministry has approved a research proposal on the ancient Ram Setu. Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel on Thursday said that excavation work at ancient Ram Setu will do no harm. He added that scientific research should take place on the site.
The Central Advisory Board on Archaeology, a body under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), approved the proposal by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, (NIO) last month. NIO had made the request on three points first is nature, the second is the formation of Ram Setu and third is the about the area which will be affected by it. ASI had given permission to them, Patel told ANI.
PRAYAGRAJ: The team of the expert archaeologists from department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, Iswar Saran PG College, the constituent college of Allahabad University has conducted an archaeological village to village survey on foot in the vicinity of the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers of Prayagraj, from Jhunsi to Sringverpur and from Daraganj to Kali Paltan in Kaushambi district on both side of the river Ganga on a wide scale and have found more than four dozen archaeological sites.
This important archaeological survey stretched for 70 kms on the ground surface and 3 to 5 km (in width) on both sides of the river. The exploration was conducted under the direction of principal of the college and head of the department and project director, Prof Anand Shankar Singh along with the project deputy director and assistant professor Jamil Ahmad and his team. Perhaps, for the first time, an archaeological survey was taken up in this area on such a large scale.
has hit us really hard, we are finding it really difficult to survive,” says BS Ranawat, owner of a tour agency in Jaipur.
“I had three branch offices in Jaipur but had to shut down two of them, release a majority of the staff and take credit from the family for payment of loans. I have lost 80 percent of my business,” says Ranawat, who worked with Indian Railways in Delhi, had come back to Jaipur in 2007 and started his own tour agency.
Today, his business and dreams seem to be falling apart because of the impact of COVID-19 on the city’s tourism industry.
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The tourism industry in the state is on a rebound after a dull patch during the Covid-19 pandemic. The threat of Bird Flu adding to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic woes, has, however, barely dented the sector, which is seeing a revival with people stepping out of their cities, towns and villages with a vengeance following months of restrictions.
Dfficials and experts from tourism and hospitality sectors observe that tourist crowds have increased so much that roads leading to Mysuru, Ooty, Kodagu and other places from Bengaluru often seeing traffic gridlocks as most tourists from within the state prefer taking their own vehicles rather than rely on trains or government or private buses.
Work on Vasantha Mandapam to resume
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January 11, 2021 03:08 IST
Conservation project at the site from the later Chola period was paused by ASI due to COVID-19
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Heritage site: A view of the dismantled Vasantha Mandapam at the Senthamangalam temple in Villupuram district. Photo: Special arrangement
Conservation project at the site from the later Chola period was paused by ASI due to COVID-19
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will soon resume the conservation work at the Vasantha Mandapam of the later Chola-period Abathsahayeswarar temple-cum-fort in Senthamangalam in Villupuram district.
“The work for restoration and conservation of the temple are over. We had dismantled the Vasantha Mandapam for reconstruction. The work could not be continued earlier because of the pandemic. We will start the work shortly,” said Mr P.S. Sriraman, superintending archaeologist of the ASI.