Art/Culture/Heritage
Four Indian Sites won UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
- India won UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation towards its four sites.
- Award of Excellence/ Special Recognition for Sustainable Development: Sunder Nursery, set amid historical structures at Nizamuddin, has become Delhi’s first heritage complex to receive two UNESCO Asia-Pacific awards for Cultural Heritage Conversation, bagging the Award of Excellence and the newly announced Special Recognition for Sustainable Development.
- Award of Distinction: Koothambalam at Guruvayoor Temple in Thrissur. Koothambalam or Kuttampalam meaning temple theatre is a closed hall for staging Koothu, Nangiar koothu and Koodiyattam, the ancient ritualistic art ....