The video’s circulation has, however, sparked concern among heritage experts and officials, who fear that such breaches could compromise the monument’s preservation.
The Shiva temple is located at Punjiama village in Banpur block of Khurda district
Unlike die-struck originals, these moulds suggest a casting method, likely driven by the Drachma’s enduring trade value along Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean routes.
The government believes that after an exhaustive Annual Survey of Industries has been put in place, a chain-based index can better capture the changes in India's production patterns.
Sharma was going to attend a programme of Laghu Udyog Bharti in which Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was the chief guest.
Historian Nayanjot Lahiri talks about ex-ASI chief John Marshall, the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization in the 1920s, and places to visit today to retrace the work of John Marshall, RD Banerji, DR Sahni, MV Vats and Luigi Pio Tessitori who excavated sites in undivided Punjab and Sindh and Rajasthan (then Rajputana).
Sharp words were exchanged during the first session of the meeting between some of the opposition and the BJP members, and the Archaeological Survey of India faced piercing questions from both sides, sources said
In April 2003, the ASI agreed to find a compromise by allowing Hindus to pray inside the Bhojshala complex every Tuesday, while Muslims can give namaz there on Fridays.
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) had on January 3 urged the court not to make its report public for at least four more weeks, according to the lawyer for the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav.
According to the lawyer, the ASI requested the court for four more weeks before the sealed survey report is opened.
(Eds: Minor edits in headline, intro) New Delhi, Sep 21 A parliamentary panel in its report has observed that the list of ASI-protected sites inclu..
Dismissing the petition filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee, which manages the mosque, the High Court said the district court order for a survey on the disputed premises is just and proper, and no interference from this court is warranted.
The court also ordered the ASI to stay the survey work till then. Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker heard the matter in the afternoon session and reserved his verdict till August 3.
Advocate of the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said that the ASI team will start the survey of the Gyanvapi complex at around 7 am on Monday.
'The last time the Yamuna touched the back wall of the Taj Mahal was during high floods in 1978,' Prince Vajpayee, conservation assistant at ASI, said.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had set up the panel more than a month ago.
'The insects breed in the nearby Yamuna and until they are eradicated with a regular flow of clean water in the river, these spots will continue to reappear at the Taj Mahal,' ASI’s chief assistant conservator at the Taj Mahal said.
The Archaeological Survey of India has been asked to pay property and water tax for the Taj Mahal in Agra, a protected monument dating back to the Mughal era.
The monument, which resembles Agra's Taj Mahal, was built for Dilras Banu Begum, the first wife of Emperor Aurangzeb, near the Kham river.
The original suit sought restoration of the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple at the site where the Gyanvapi Mosque currently stands.
The permission was granted by the court subject to the submission of Rs 10,000 in the Legal Services Committee, Allahabad.
While the Mughal-era mausoleum ranked first, the Red Fort and the Qutub Minar -- both UNESCO-recognised sites in Delhi -- were the second and third most visited sites, respectively, for the period.
The Union Culture Ministry recently announced free entry to all Archaeological Survey of India-protected monuments, sites and museums across the country from August 5 to 15, for both domestic and foreign visitors.
As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the ASI has already announced free entry for all visitors to all its monuments, sites and museums from August 5 to 15.
Two days ago, MNS spokesperson Gajanan Kale had in a tweet questioned the need for the monument's existence in the state and said it should be destroyed.