World Heritage Site: Charaideo Maidams move a step ahead

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GUWAHATI: There is good news for Assam. The Charaideo Maidams have met all technical requirements of the UNESCO Secretariat for getting World Heritage Site status.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today tweeted, “With great pride, happy to share a landmark achievement in our endeavour to get World Heritage Site status for Charaideo Maidams. The maidams have met all technical requirements of the UNESCO Secretariat. My gratitude once again to Hon PM Shri Narendra Modi ji for the nomination. The nomination will now be evaluated by the International Council on Monuments and Sites. We look forward to the Evaluation Mission’s visit.”

The Assam Government had forwarded the final dossier for inclusion of the Charaideo Maidams in the World Heritage list to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, through the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The Charaideo Maidams are the lone nomination for the World Heritage Site tag sent by the Government of India.

Charaideo was the first permanent capital of the Ahom kingdom established by the first Ahom king Chao Lung Siu-Ka-Pha in 1253. Even though the capital moved to other places over the 600 years of Ahom rule, Charaideo remained the symbol of Ahom power. The royal maidams are found exclusively at Charaideo; whereas other maidams are found scattered in the region between Jorhat and Dibrugarh towns.

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