Adopt a Heritage Project - List of Adarsh Monuments Monument Mitras are invited under the Adopt a Heritage project for selecting/opting monuments from the below list of Adarsh Monuments under the protection of Archaeological Survey of India. As provided under the Adopta Heritage guidelines, a prospective Monument Mitra needs to opt for monuments under a package. i.e Green monument has to be accompanied with a monument from the Blue or Orange Category. For further details please refer to project guidelines at https://www.adoptaheritage.in/pdf/adopt-a-Heritage-Project-Guidelines.pdf Please put forth your EoI (Expression of Interest) for selected sites, as prescribed in the format available for download on the Adopt a Heritage website: https://adoptaheritage.in/ Sl.No Name of Monument Image Historical Information Category The Veerabhadra temple is in Lepakshi in the Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Virabhadra Temple, Pradesh. Built in the 16th century, the architectural Lepakshi Dist. features of the temple are in the Vijayanagara style 1 Orange Anantpur, Andhra with profusion of carvings and paintings at almost Pradesh every exposed surface of the temple. It is one of the centrally protected monumemts of national importance. 1 | Page Nagarjunakonda is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur district of Nagarjunakonda, 2 the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, near the state Orange Andhra Pradesh border with Telangana. It is 160 km west of another important historic site Amaravati Stupa. Salihundam, a historically important Buddhist Bhuddist Remains, monument and a major tourist attraction is a village 3 Salihundum, Andhra lying on top of the hill on the south bank of the Orange Pradesh Vamsadhara River. It is about 9 miles from Srikakulam. 2 | Page The Rang Ghar is a two-storeyed building which once served as the royal sports-pavilion where Rang Ghar, Sibsagar, Ahom kings and nobles were spectators at games 4 Blue Assam like buffalo fights and other sports at Rupahi Pathar particularly during the Rongali Bihu festival in the Ahom capital of Rangpur. Vaishali or Vesali was a city in present-day Bihar, India, and is now an archaeological site. It is a part Vaishali – Kolhua, of the Tirhut Division. It was the capital city of the 5 Orange Bihar Vajjian Confederacy of (Vrijji mahajanapada), considered one of the first examples of a republic around the 6th century BCE. The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is in the Sasaram town of Bihar state, India. The tomb was built in memory Sher Shah’s Tomb, 6 of Emperor Sher Shah Suri, a Pathan from Bihar Blue Sasaram, Bihar who defeated the Mughal Empire and founded the Suri Empire in northern India. 3 | Page Nalanda was an ancient Mahavihara, a revered Buddhist monastery which also served as a renowned centre of learning, in the ancient kingdom Excavated Remains at of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India. The site 7 Blue Nalanda, Bihar is located about 95 kilometres southeast of Patna near the city of Bihar Sharif, and was one of the greatest centres of learning in the world from the fifth century CE to c. 1200 CE. Sirpur is a village in Mahasamund district in the state of Chhattisgarh 35 km from Mahasamund city Lakshman Temple, and 78 km away from Raipur on the banks of the Sirpur, Dist. 8 river Mahanadi. Sirpur was capital of Panduvanshi Blue Mahasamund, dynasty in ancient times. The village hosts the Chhatisgarh Sirpur Group of Monuments consisting of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain temples and monasteries. 4 | Page Archaeological Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the Remains of a ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in the 9 Orange Harappan Port Town, Bhāl region of the modern state of Gujarāt. Lothal, Gujarat Construction of the city began around 2200 BCE. Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Dholavira, Kutch 10 Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name Orange District., Gujarat from a modern-day village 1 kilometre south of it. This village is 165 km from Radhanpur. 5 | Page The Diu Fortress, is a Portuguese-built fortification located on the west coast of India in Diu. The Diu Fort, Daman & 11 fortress was built as part of Portuguese India's Orange Diu defensive fortifications at the eastern tip of the island of Diu during the 16th century. Sheikh Chilli's Tomb is complex of structures ShikhChilli’s Tomb, located in Thanesar city, Haryana, India. It includes 12 Blue Haryana two tombs, a madarsa, mughal gardens and various subsequent features. 6 | Page The Jal Mahal, also known as the Jal Mahal of Narnaul or the Water Palace, is a late 16th century Jal Mahal, Narnual, palace, fortification, and artificial lake located in 13 Orange Haryana Narnaul, Haryana. Built by a Mughal governor of Narnaul, the structure currently serves as a tourist attraction. The Masrur Temples, also referred to as Masroor Temples or Rock-cut Temples at Masrur, is an early Masrur Rock Cut 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in 14 Temple, Himachal Blue the Kangra Valley of Beas River in Himachal Pradesh Pradesh, India. The temples face northeast, towards the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas. 7 | Page The Martand Sun Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Surya and built during the 8th century Martand Temple , CE. Martand is another Sanskrit synonym for 15 Kashmir, Jammu & Orange Surya. Now in ruins, the temple is located five miles Kashmir from Anantnag in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Pari Mahal, also known as The Palace of Fairies, is a seven-terraced garden located at the top of Pari Mahal, Srinagar, 16 Zabarwan mountain range, overlooking the city of Orange Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar and the south-west of Dal Lake in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 8 | Page Ramanagar is a historical small town Situated in Udhampur District of J & K. Ramnagar is named Ram Nagar Palace, after its last ruler, King Ram Singh of Ramanagar. 17 Blue Jammu & Kashmir He was a brave dogra king. The King' Palace is also in the town. It has been taken over by ASI for maintenance and preservation. Being adjacent to Odisha indicates the rule of a king in Benesagar. Excavation work is currently underway. To find out the history here, it has to be Ancient Tank and understood by connecting it with the history of excavated remains, Odisha. The discovery of the pond in the remains 18 Orange Benisagar, Dist. found so far from the excavation indicates that there Singhbhumi, Odisha must have been an advanced civilization there. The idols of Shiva, Surya Bhairav, Agni, Kubera and Hanuman which are a symbol of Hindu culture, it seems that the king here will be a Hindu. 9 | Page Pattadakal, also called Paṭṭadakallu or Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples in northern Karnataka. Located on the west Group of Temples, bank of the Malaprabha River in Bagalakote 19 Green Pattdakal, Karnataka district, this UNESCO World Heritage site is23 km from Badami and about 9.7 km from Aihole, both of which are historically significant centres of Chalukya monuments. Daria Daulat Bagh is a palace situated in the city of Srirangapatna, near Mysore in southern India. It is Dariya Daulat Bagh, mostly made out of teakwood. Srirangapatna is an 20 Shrirangpattnam, island in the river Kaveri, about 14 km from Blue Karnataka Mysore. In Srirangapatna is the Dariya Daulat Palace that is set amidst beautiful gardens called Daria Daulat Bagh. 10 | Page Aihole is 35 km from Badami and about 9.7 km from Pattadakal, both of which are major centres of historically important Chalukya monuments. Aihole, along with nearby Badami (Vatapi), Group of Temples, 21 emerged by the 6th century as the cradle of Green Aihole, Karnataka experimentation with temple architecture, stone artwork, and construction techniques. This resulted in 16 types of free-standing temples and 4 types of rock-cut shrines. Bidar Fort is a fort situated in the Bidar, Karnataka, India. The fort, the city and the district are all Fort Bidar, Dist. Bidar, affixed with the name Bidar. Sultan Alla-Ud Din 22 Orange Karnataka Bahman of the Bahmanid Dynasty shifted his capital from Gulbarga to Bidar in 1427 and built his fort along with a number of Islamic monuments. 11 | Page Gol Gumbaz at Vijayapura is the mausoleum of king Muhammad Adil Shah, Adil Shah Dynasty. Construction of the tomb, located in Vijayapura, Gol- Gumbaz, Bijapur, 23 Karnataka, India, was started in 1626 and Blue Karnataka completed in 1656. The name is based on Gola gummata derived from Gol Gombadh meaning "circular dome". Halebidu is a town located in Hassan District, Sacred Ensembles of Karnataka, India. Halebidu (which used to be called 24 the Hoysalas, Belur & Green Dorasamudra or Dwarasamudra) was the regal Helebidu, Karnataka capital of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th century. 12 | Page Kudakkallu Parambu is a prehistoric Megalith burial site situated in Chermanangad of Thrissur KudakaliuParabmu, District of Kerala. The site has 69 megalithic 25 Orange Thrissur, Kerala monuments spread over a small area. Different types of burials in this area include Topikkal, Kudakkal, multiple hood stones and stone circles. St. Angelo Fort is a fort facing the Arabian Sea, situated 3 km from Kannur, a city in Kerala state, St. Anjelo Fort, 26 south India. The Saint Angelo Fort is also known Orange Kannur, Kerala as the Kannur Fort. This was built by the Portuguese Viceroy Don Francesco de Almada, built in 1505 13 | Page Mandu or Mandavgad is an ancient city in the present-day Mandav area of the Dhar district.