(a) whether on the basis of the recommendations of a
committee, the Government has identified certain
temples/pilgrim centres for development of infrastructural
facilities.
(b) if so, the details thereof, and
(c) the action taken on those recommendations and funds
allocated by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CULTURE (SHRI ANANTH KUMAR)
(a,(b) and (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.201 TO
BE ANSERED ON 9.3.2000 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPLES AS
TOURIST SPOTS.
(a) On the recommendations of a Committee constituted in
the year 1992 by the Ministry of Tourism, certain pilgrim
centres were identified for development of tourist
infrastructural facilities.
(b) A list of identified pilgrim centres is at Annexure.
(c) Ministry of Tourism sanctioned projects amounting to
Rs.2407.94 lakhs from 1992 onwards for the development of
tourist infrastructure at various pilgrim centres in the
country including those mentioned in the annexure.
LIST OF IDENTIFIED PILGRIM CENTRES
Nineteen Pilgrim Centres in 12 States and 2 Circuits in
UP have been identified for development.
S.No. State Centre
1. Assam Kamakhya
2. Bihar Bodhgaya and Patna
3. Gujarat Dwarka, Palitana and Odwada (Near Vapi)
4. Himachal Pradesh Paonta Saheb and Jawalaji
5. Jammu & Kashmir Mata Vaishno Devi 6. Kerala Guruvayur
7 Karnataka Gulbarga and Sringeri
8. Madhya Pradesh Ujjain
9. Maharashtra Shirdi, Nanded, Jyotiba (in Kolhapur District). 10. Orissa Jagannath Puri 11. Rajasthan Ajmer Shareef 12. Tamil Nadu Rameshwaram 13. Uttar Pradesh
(i) Badrinath-Kedarnath-Gangotri-Yamunotri
(ii) Barsana-Nandgaon-Brindavan-Gowardhan.