GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:3101 ANSWERED ON:14.12.2005 PROTECTED RELIGIOUS PLACES TEMPLES IN WEST BENGAL Mandal Shri Sanat Kumar Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) the details of the ancient religious places and temples in West Bengal being protected by the Archaeological Survey of India; (b) whether there are any schemes for the protection and development of these places/temples; (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d) the funds provided for development of these places/temples during each of the last three years? Answer MINISTER FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE (SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY) (a) The list of protected religious places/temples under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India in West Bengal is at Annexure. (b)&(c) The conservation, preservation, maintenance and environmental development around the centrally protected monuments is a continuous process. However, during the year 2005-06, 41 monuments/sites under worship have been identified for restoration and development. (d) The following expenditure has been incurred during the last three years for the maintenance and development of these monuments: 2002-03 Rs. 40,23,229/- 2003-04 Rs. 94,79,716/- 2004-05 Rs.1,56,29,555/- ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3101 FOR 14.12.2005 LIST OF PROTETED RELIGIOUS PLACES/TEMPLES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOIGCAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN WEST BENGAL Sl.No. Name of Monument/Sites Location District 1. Jormandir Bishnupur Bankura 2. Jor Bangla Temple Bishnupur Bankura 3. Kalachand Temple Bishnupur Bankura 4. Lalji Temple Bishnupur Bankura 5. Madan Gopal Temple Bishnupur Bankura 6. Madan Mohan Temple Bishnupur Bankura 7 MallesvaraTemple Bishnupur Bankura 8. Murali Mohan Temple Bishnupur Bankura 9. Nanda Lal Temple Bishnupur Bankura 10. Patpur Temple Bishnupur Bankura 11. Radha Vinod Temple Bishnupur Bankura 12. Radha Govinda Temple Bishnupur Bankura 13. Radha Madhav Temple Bishnupur Bankura 14. Radha Shyam Temple Bishnupur Bankura 15. Rasmancha Bishnupur Bankura 16. Shyamraj Temple Bishnupur Bankura 17. Stone Chariot Bishnupur Bankura 18. Sailesvara Temple Dihar Bankura 19. Saresvara Temple Dihar Bankura 20. Radha Damodar JeuTemple Ghutgarya Bankura 21. Gokul Chand Temple Gokulnagar Bankura 22. Ratnesvara Temple Jagannath pur Bankura 23. Shyam Sundar Temple Madanmohanpur Bankura 24. Temple of Dharmaraj Kabilaspur Birbhum 25. Temple of Basuli and the mound Nanoor Birbhum together with fourteen other temples near them containing the Linga images of Shiva 26. Damodar Temple Suri Birbhum 27. Two Ancient Temple Baidyapur Barddhaman (Jointed together) 28. Group of four Ancient Temples Begunia Barddhaman 29. Stone Temple Garui Barddhaman 30. Temple of Ichai Chosh Gourangapur Barddhaman 31. Jain Brick Temple known as Deulia Barddhaman Sat-Deul 32. Group of Temples Kalna Barddhaman (12 nos. Temples) 33. Hansesvari and Vasudeva Temples Bansberia Hugli 34. Group of temples known as Guptipara Hugli Brindaban Chandra's Math 35. Mosque Pandua Hugli 36. Mosque & Tombs Satgaon Hugli 37. Shrine and Mosque known as Dargah of Zafar Khan Gazi Tribeni Hugli 38. Sri Mayer Ghat Belur Haora 39. Adina Masjid Pandua Maldah 40. Baraduari Masjid or the Great Golden Mosque Gaur Maldah 41. Chamkatti Masjid Gaur Maldah 42. Chika Mosque Gaur Maldah 43. Gunamant Mosque Gaur Maldah 44. Lottan Masjid Gaur Maldah 45. Qadam Rasul Mosque Gaur Maldah 46. Tantipara Masjid Gaur Maldah 47. Two tombs in front of Tantipara Masjid Gaur Maldah 48. Eklakhi Mausoleum Pandua Maldah 49. Qutub Sahi Masjid Pandua Maldah 50. Bhabanisvar Mandir Baranagar Murshidabad 51. Char Bangla Group of Four Siva Temples Barangar Murshidabad 52. Mosque Kheraul Murshidabad 53. Tomb & Mosque of Murshid Kuli Khan Sabjikatra Murshidabad 54. Hazarduari Palace & Imambara together with adjacent area Killa Nizamat Murshidabad 55. St. John Church Council House Kolkata Street 56. Temple Palpara Nadia 57. Old Temple at Banda Banda Puruliya 58. Jatar Deul Jata 24 Parganas (South) 59. Maghen David Synagogue B.R.B.Bose Road Kolkata 60. Beth-el-Synagogue Pollock Street Kolkata 61. White Mosque, Killa Nizamat Lalbag Murshidabad 62. Yellow Mosque, Killa Nizamat Lalbag Murshidabad 63. 26 Siva Temple Khardah 24 Parganas(North) 64. Temples of Bandopadhaya family Pathra West Medinipur 65. Navaratna Temple Complex and Kalachand Temple Complex Pathra West Medinipur 66. Sitala Temple Pathra West Medinipur 67. Dharmaraj Temple Pathra West Medinipur 68. Dubdi Monastery Kheochod West Sikkim Phalri, Yuksam.