An expert team, including a representative from the International Commission on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and other officials will visit the Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebid, and Somanathpur this week before submitting a report to UNESCO ahead of declaring them as a World Heritage Site.
The team, comprises Tiang Kian Boom, ICOMOS expert; Janwij Sharma, Additional Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India, and Madan Singh Chouhan, Director, World Heritage (ASI), and will be in the State from September 13 to 17.
The team will arrive in Bengaluru on September 13 and visit the 12th Century Chennakeshava temple at Belur on September 14, the Hoysaleshwara temple (12th Century) at Halebid on 15th and the 13th Century Keshava temple at Somanathpur on September 16. The team will dedicate an entire day at each of the monuments before leaving for Bengaluru for a discussion with the Chief Secretary on September 17.
