The Archaeological Survey of India (AS) has issued a discover to the Karnataka Endowments division after the centrally protected Hampi’s Virupakseshwara Temple pillar was allegedly nailed to alter the motion of devotees throughout the CM Siddaramaiah’s go to to the temple final week. The letter, signed by the Conservation Assistant, states that Sri. Virupaksh Temple and Advanced is a centrally protected monument maintained by the Ministry of Tradition, Authorities of India, Archaeological Survey of India, Hampi Circle by way of Hampi Sub Circle, Kamalapur.
“This workplace has seen that, you will have closed the precise Northern exit of the Viurpaksha Temple Garbhagruha by barricading on the steps and a separate manner was accomplished for the devotees as such your workplace has not taken any permission to shut the exit and in addition your workplace has fastened the M.S hole pipes in between pillars by making holes and inserting the iron piece within the ornamental pillars which is the clear violation of the part 30 of AMASR Act (Modification and Validation Act) 2010,” the letter learn.
The ASI stated the AMASR Act underneath part 30 states that if somebody destroys, removes, inquires, alters, defaces, imperils, or misuse a protected monument shall be punishable with imprisonment which can prolong to 2 years, or with advantageous which can prolong to One lakh rupees.
Archaeological Survey of India has issued discover to Karnataka Endowments division after ASI protected Hampi’s Virupakseshwar Temple pillar was allegedly nailed to change the motion of devotees throughout the go to of CM Siddaramaiah to the temple final week. pic.twitter.com/aL6J3fdS6a
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“Whoever, being the proprietor or occupier of a protected monument, contravenes an order made underneath subsection (1) of part 9 or underneath sub-section (1) of part 10, or (iii) removes from a protected monument any sculpture, carving, picture, bas-relief,
inscription, or different like object, or (iv) does any act in contravention of sub-section (1) of 8 part 19, shall be punishable with imprisonment which can prolong to 2 years, or with advantageous which can prolong to One lakh rupees, or with each,” it stated.
“(2) Any one who strikes any antiquity in contravention of a notification issued underneath sub-section (1) of part 25 shall be punishable with advantageous which can prolong to One lakh rupees; and the courtroom conviction an individual of any such contravention could by order direct such individual to revive the antiquity to the place from which it was moved,” the ASI talked about within the letter.