arihant current affairs magazine
arihant current affairs magazine
arihant current affairs magazine Published this article page no 11 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE JAIPUR Recently UNESCO presented the World Heritage City certificate for Jaipur. In July 2019 Jaipur the Pink City of India was declared as United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage site. The fortified city of Jaipur was founded in 1727 by the Kachwaha Rajput ruler of Amber Sawai Jai Singh II. It was established on the plain and built according to a grid plan interpreted in the light of Vedic architecture. The architecture of streets with colonnades (a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof or other structure) which intersect the centre creating large public squares called chaupars is one unique feature of the city. With Jaipurs inclusion the number of world heritage sites in India has increased to 38 including 30 cultural seven natural and one mixed site. Ahmedabad became the first Indian city to get UNESCO world heritage status in 2017. . SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS MELA The largest crafts fair in the world it is being organized since 1987 to showcase the richness and diversity of handicrafts handlooms and cultural heritage of India. It is organized at Surajkund District Faridabad Haryana. For the 34th Surajkund International Crafts Mela2020 the state of Himachal Pradesh has been chosen to be the Theme State. Since 2013 the fair was upgraded to an international level and around 20 countries participate in the fair. It is organized by the Surajkund Mela Authority & Haryana Tourism in collaboration with Union Ministries of Tourism Textiles Culture and External Affairs arihant current affairs magazine buy.
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