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World Heritage Day
InFrame- Hampi : Achyutaraya temple
The Achyutaraya temple, also called the Tiruvengalanatha temple, is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Virupaksha temple and a part of its sacred centre is close to the Tungabhadra River. It is referred to be in Achyutapura in inscriptions and is dated to 1534 CE. It is one of the four largest complexes in Hampi. The temple is unusual because it faced north. It is dedicated to Vishnu. In Vijayanagara times, the temple was traditionally approached from the river, first past a ceremonial tank then along the market street with a broad road. The temple had an outer gopuram leading into a courtyard with a 100-column hall and an inner gopuram leading to the Vishnu temple. On each side of each pillar in the 100-column hall are reliefs of avatars of Vishnu; other deities such as Shiva, Surya, Durga; scenes of daily life-Rishi, amorous couples, jokers; people in yoga Asanas , people in Pranam poses & Vijayanagara emblems.
The temple gateway shows the Vijayanagara dynastic emblems, a boar from Varah, a sword, the sun and the moon. The temple and the market street are ruined but their layout suggests it was a major market with streets provided for chariot traffic.
World Heritage Day
To ration and restore our social and regular legacy destinations, it was imperative to sort out an aggregate development everywhere throughout the world. The need was felt by numerous specialists from various fields that there should be a purposeful push to spare our legacy locales.
Out of the blue, the proposal to celebrate 18th April as “International Day for Monuments and Sites” was advanced in a symposium composed by International Council for Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in Tunisia on 18th April, 1982.
This proposal was additionally concluded and endorsement by the Executive Committee of ICOMOS. From there on, at its 22nd Session, in November 1983, UNESCO’s General Assembly endorsed this thought and passed the determination that every year on 18th April “International Monuments and Sites Day” will be praised all through the world. The point, as indicated by the UNESCO, is to upgrade consciousness of the estimation of the social legacy of mankind, and open up endeavors to secure and monitor the human legacy.
After approval from the UNESCO the “International Monuments and Sites Day” came to known as the World Heritage Day.
World Heritage Day is a day watched each year on 18th April to celebrate heritages of the world having ‘Outstanding Universal Value’. The fundamental question is to bring issues to light to preserve and minding our antiquated significant landmarks and structures everywhere throughout the world. The other name of World Heritage Day is International Day for Monuments and Sites.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 1982 announced April 18 as the World Heritage Day. Every year, ICOMOS proposes a theme for the celebrations and activities which are to be organised on the World Heritage Day.
In 2019, the theme is Rural Landscapes. This theme is linked to the theme of the 2019 ICOMOS Scientific Symposium on Rural heritage which is to take place in October in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Principles concerning rural landscapes as heritage adopted by the ICOMOS General Assembly in 2017. Rural landscapes are multifunctional resources. ICOMOS defined rural landscapes as terrestrial and aquatic areas co-produced by human-nature interaction. These areas are used for the production of food and other renewable natural resources, via agriculture, animal husbandry and pastoralism, fishing and aquaculture, forestry, wild food gathering, hunting, and extraction of other resources, such as salt.
Ancient Monuments and architectures are reflection of glory of our vibrant past. They show the origin and cultural evolution of our civilization. Each heritage site has its own value which represents the diversity in culture, art, religion, thoughts etc. Therefore it’s important to spread awareness about the importance of our common heritages i.e. the World Heritage Sites. Efforts are needed to recognise and protect our ancient buildings, temples, monuments or other natural structures from being destroyed. It is not just a day to visit heritage sites but also to spread awareness about our tradition, culture, art and languages.
Another objective of celebrating this day is to define the World Heritage in both natural and cultural terms. These World Heritage Sites have exceptional interest and universal value to the mankind. Thus, collective efforts are required to protect our monuments and sites, and other.
