Jaipur receives UNESCO World Heritage City certificate

Another feather was added to the cap of Pink City, as the capital of Rajasthan is known, renowned for its art, architecture and culture in the world, when Auditor General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay presented the World Heritage City certificate to Minister of Urban Development Shanti Dhariwal, here.

Highlights

• The UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay visited India to present the certificate.
• The World Heritage Certificate was presented to Jaipur for the efforts of the people of the pink city towards preserving its cultural heritage. Jaipur’s Parkota has been listed in the World Heritage sites of UNESCO.

Jaipur

• Jaipur is known for its palaces, architecture, forts. The architecture in the city reflected inclusion of Mughal, Persian and Hindu designs.
• In order to preserve this cultural mixture of the city, UNESCO and the Rajasthan Tourism Department have signed an agreement.

What is World Heritage Site?

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites are designated specific locations such as forest areas, mountains, lakes, deserts, monuments, buildings, or cities, etc. These are selected by the World Heritage Sites Committee.
• This committee oversees these sites with the help of UNESCO.
• The objective of this program is to select and preserve such places of the world which are important for humanity in terms of world culture.
• UNESCO provides financial assistance to such sites under certain circumstances.
• Each heritage site is the property of the particular country in which that site is located. But, it is also important for the international community to protect them for the coming generations.
• UNESCO believes that the entire world community is responsible for its protection. According to the official website of UNESCO, there are six cultural and four natural criteria for the selection of a world heritage site.

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