Warangal Fort and its Keerthi Thoranas, one of the most important icons of Telangana state have found place on the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of Unesco (United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). A communication to that effect was received by Kakatiya Heritage Trust on April 15, 2014. According to World Heritage Convention Unesco’s official website, it was submitted under the title ‘The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways’ by the permanent delegation of India to Unesco. The proposal consists of three serial sites of the remnants of Swayambhu temple and Keerthi Thoranas, Warangal fort; Rudreswara Temple (Thousand-pillar temple) at Hanamkonda and Rudreswara (Ramappa) Temple at Palampet. The three proposed serial sites have a common linkage characteristic of Kakatiyan ...

Read More »