In the process of getting the World Heritage Site status, Assam’s Moidams met UNESCO technical requirements for a heritage center. This is an important topic for the IAS exam.
News in details:
- Assam’s Moidams met all the technical requirements of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre.
- But it needs to be noted that meeting all the technical requirements does not imply that the site has outstanding universal value and will definitely be inscribed in the World Heritage List.
Image: Assam’s Charaideo “Maidams”, the Ahom equivalent of the ancient Egyptian pyramids
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Source: The Hindu
About Moidams:
- Moidams are the pyramid-like structure, mound burial tradition of the Tai Ahoms, who mainly ruled in Assam for almost 600 years, until the advent of the British in the 1820s.
- After the 18th century, the Shom rulers adopted Hindu method of cremation, later entombing the cremated bones and ashes in a Moidam.
- These remains are mainly seen in Charaideo in eastern Assam.
- Nomination of the Charaideo Moidams coincides with the 400th birth anniversary of the most celebrated Ahom general, Lachit Borphukan.
Additional Information:
A. UNESCO World Heritage Sites:
- UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as of distinctive cultural or physical importance which is considered of outstanding value to humanity.
- UNESCO strives to encourage the conservation, identification, and maintenance of natural and cultural heritage around the world. This is exemplified by the Convention regarding the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, accepted by UNESCO in 1972.
- 50 years of UNESCO World Heritage Sites was being celebrated in 2022
B. UNESCO World Heritage sites from India:
- Agra Fort
- Ajanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Taj Mahal
- Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
- Sun Temple, Konârak
- Kaziranga National Park
- Keoladeo National Park
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Group of Monuments at Hampi
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Elephanta Caves
- Great Living Chola Temples 13
- Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
- Sundarbans National Park
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
- Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
- Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
- Mountain Railways of India
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
- Red Fort Complex
- The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
- Western Ghats
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
- Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat
- Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar
- Khangchendzonga National Park
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement *
- Historic City of Ahmedabad
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Dholavira: a Harappan City
- Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana
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