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UNESCO award for Srirangam Temple
November 2 , 2017
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- The massive renovation and restoration effort at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, executed through the public-private partnership model, has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation.
- It has become the first temple in Tamil Nadu to be given the prestigious award from the UN body.
- The temple bagged one of the four Awards of Merit from a jury comprising nine international conservation experts, which considered conservation projects from 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region.
- The honours and awards by the UNESCO for cultural heritage conservation were graded under four different categories .
- The famous Christ Church in Mumbai and Royal Bombay Opera House are the other historic Indian monuments that received the Award of Merit this year, in addition to the temple.
- The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation recognize excellent achievement in successfully conserving or restoring heritage buildings and properties in the region by the private sector or by public- private initiatives.
- Its office located at Bangkok, Thailand
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