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Uttarakhand’s Narayankoti Temple: Adopt a Heritage Project

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    23rd Aug, 2021

The Narayan Koti temple (Uttarakhand) in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district has been included under the Centre's Adopt a Heritage project.

Context

The Narayan Koti temple (Uttarakhand) in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district has been included under the Centre's Adopt a Heritage project.

Narayankoti temple

  • It is believed that these temples were constructed in the 9th century.
  • It is devoted to Lakshmi Narayana who is associated with Pandavas.
  • The Narayankoti Temple is a group of ancient temples located about two kilometers from Guptkashi on the Rudraprayag-Gaurikund highway.
  • It is a major attraction for devotees visiting Rudraprayag as it’s the only place in the country where temples of all the nine planets ??“symbol of nine planets” – Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Sun, Moon, Rahu and Ketu – are present. 

Key-highlights of the MoU

  • The Narayan Koti temple is set to get a major facelift. For this, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between-
    • The Ministry of Tourism
    • The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board
    • The Social Legal Research & Education Foundation (SLREF)
    • Ministry of Culture
    • Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

 Main focus of the MoU

  • To develop tourism amenities at heritage/ natural/ tourist sites spread across India to make them tourist friendly, in a planned and phased manner.
  • The Social Legal Research & Education Foundation (SLREF) will develop various amenities for tourists/visitors around the heritage site.
  • This includes 
    • Construction of roads.
    • Installation of street lighting.
    • Garbage disposal system.
    • Ensuring availability of clean drinking water, development of the parking area. 
    • Revamping the entrance.
    • Boundary wall around the temple site.

Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan

  • The ‘Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India.
  • It was launched in September 2017 on World Tourism Day.

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