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Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday said the Centre has decided to hold cultural events and organise sound and light shows at 75 prominent tourist sites across the country as part of the ongoing
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday said the Centre has decided to hold cultural events and organise sound and light shows at 75 prominent tourist sites across the country as part of the ongoing celebrations of 75 years of Independence being observed as ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahostav’.
Addressing a press conference at the party office, the Minister said these would be held in tourist sites as diverse as the Taj Mahal, Hampi, Thousand Pillar Temple, Golconda Fort, Ramappa Temple, Ajanta-Ellora Temple caves and the likes. In fact, Ramappa Temple is being considered as the venue for hosting the an all-India conference on ‘Temple Architecture’ in the last week of February next year, he said.
He reminded that the Ramappa Temple in Mulugu district has been recently given the UNESCO world heritage site status and the Pochampally village famous for the handloom sarees was recognised as the ‘Best Tourism Village’ by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

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