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Destruction of Heritage Places in India

                          Destruction Of Heritage Places in India     Introduction India is an ancient civilization and one of the richest nations in terms of cultural heritage—or those physical artifacts and intangible legacies that are inherited from the past and which remain highly significant to generations of the present and the future. Indeed, India’s heritage can be described as multi-millennial in age, oceanic in size, and rainbow-like in variety. After all, the ‘India’ as we know it today is a result of thousands of years of assimilating diverse cultures. This richness is visible in both the tangible heritage—monuments and other structures of historical value—and the intangible heritage comprising language, music and dance, amongst many other practices and customs. By their very nature, these physical and intangible artifacts of heritage belong to every Indian and, by extension, all of humanity. Unf...

Destruction of Heritage places in India

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Destruction Of Heritage Places in India A  heritage place  is… a specific  area  or  site , perhaps a large  area  such as a whole region or landscape, or a small  area  such as a feature or building, which is valued by people for its natural and/or cultural  heritage  significance. Natural  heritage  significance means the importance of ecosystems, biodiversity.                                                            The  destruction  is largely based on the desire to annihilate, challenge, eradicate and suppress the ideological and emotional attachments that are often connected to these historical  monuments .  Monuments  communicate various figures and events in history that bind or divide                 ...