Parliament Question: Protection of monuments in West Bengal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*211 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026 PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS IN WEST BENGAL *211. SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR RAY: Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) the details of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments in West Bengal; (b) the details of such monuments that are ticketed; (c) the passenger footfall in such monuments and the revenue generated since 2023, year- wise, monument-wise and district-wise; and (d) the funds released and utilised by ASI towards conservation and maintenance of such monuments since 2023, year-wise and monument-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT) (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the table of the HouseSTATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 211 FOR 12.03.2026 RAISED BY SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR RAY, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS IN WEST BENGAL (a) There are 135 monuments and archaeological sites and remains declared as of national importance in the State of West Bengal, which are maintained by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The details are given at Annexure-I. (b)&(c) There are 04 protected monuments in the State of West Bengal under Archeological Survey of India where entry fee is charged. The details including footfall and revenue collected out of sale of entry ticket are given at Annexure-II. (d) The conservation and maintenance of protected monuments and protected areas (sites) is carried out as per requirement, priority and availability of resources, which is a regular phenomenon, following the National Conservation Policy, 2014. Monument- wise expenditure incurred on conservation and maintenance of protected monuments and areas located in the State of West Bengal since 2023 is given at Annexure-I.ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)&(d) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.211* FOR 12.03.2026. DETAILS OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS AND AREAS (SITES) UNDER THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND THEIR CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURE SINCE 2022-23. (Amount in rupees) Sl. Name of Monument District Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure No / Site 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (till) 1. Ancient Temple Bankura 139596 3493710 2143052 314562 2. Brindaban Bankura 2118318 54353 95039 -- Chandra Temple, 3. Radha Damodar Bankura 220336 242397 202273 118682 Temple 4. Dalmadal Gun and Bankura 168542 161510 118255 139628 the platform on which it is mounted 5. Gate of Old Fort Bankura 2217757 164353 118255 138180 6. Jora Mandir Bankura 3167836 903940 574027 441890 7. Jore-Bungla Bankura 1788614 236596 708101 399788 Temple 8. Kala Chand Bankura 2496870 1070713 1186474 802729 Temple 9. Lalji Temple Bankura 2540534 223810 307897 429720 10. Madan Gopal Bankura 158445 2754885 118255 141265 Temple 11. Madanmohan Bankura 593438 352726 118255 148729 Temple 12. Maleswar Temple Bankura 315221 280453 182740 139358 13. Muralimohan Bankura 211546 326527 117503 148729 Temple 14. Nanda Lal Temple Bankura 1994452 440343 319713 314585 15. Patpur Temple Bankura 121614 797885 372102 285431 16. Radhabinode Bankura -- 210298 90520 -- Temple 17. Radhagovinda Bankura 1975746 263809 243042 159774 Temple 18. Radhamadhab Bankura 2562088 642493 1261845 235381 Temple 19. Radhashyam Bankura 1748528 458577 308370 188797 Temple 20. Rashmancha Bankura 3142970 1452217 1398235 870056 21. Shyam Rai Bankura 2894810 874469 322669 292247 Temple 22. Small Gateway of Bankura -- 41600 95062 78412 Fort 23. Stone Chariot Bankura - 46840 100136 74404 24. Saileswar Temple Bankura 121577 304496 621653 2099261 25. Sareswar Temple Bankura 1006681 16941127 5704557 616163 26. Temple of Radha Bankura 115355 484447 190765 142542 Damodar Jew27. Gokulchand Bankura 2745802 277690 306970 269527 Temple 28. Temple of Bankura -- 157496 95061 82716 Ratneswar 29. Temple of Shyam Bankura -- 12166 186820 84408 Sundar 30. Temple site now Bankura -- -- -- -- represented only by a Mound and a Statue of Surya. 31. Temple site of an Bankura -- --- ---- --- old Jain Temple now represented only by a Mound with a Jain statue. 32. Image of Durga Bankura --- ---- ---- --- slaying Mahisasura under a tree 33. Temple site now Bankura -- -- -- -- represented only by a Mound 34. Temple site now Bankura ----- ---- ---- --- represented only by a Mound with statues of Ganesh and Nandi on it. 35. Temple site now Bankura ----- ---- --- --- represented only by a Mound with an Image of Nandi on it. 36. Rock Inscription of Bankura 3923 148292 95037 88568 Chandra Varman 37. Two Mounds Birbhum 31891 208721 182631 122313 38. Temple of Radha Birbhum 607797 229452 425414 208091 Binode commonly known as Joydeb. 39. Old temple of Birbhum 118629 238789 210950 194921 Dharmaraj 40. The temple of Birbhum 155762 351059 247726 184962 Basuli and the mound together with fourteen other temples near them containing the “Linga” image of Siva 41. Temple and Birbhum 409208 228658 146201 195099 Rasmancha 42. Two Ancient Burdwan 1803331 374161 149206 182445 Temples (Joined together) 43. Rudreswar Temple Burdwan 180485 234507 204326 193293 44. Group of four Burdwan 284716 3113692 6835010 778666 Ancient Temples 45. Ancient Mound Burdwan 154367 237954 310182 241101946. The tombs of Burdwan 150700 251257 190461 230941 Baharam Sakka, Sher Afgan and Nawab Kutabuddin 47. Jain Brick Temple Burdwan 189859 757121 577701 569013 known as Sat-Deul 48. Stone Temple Burdwan 38450 246426 305797 229430 49. Temple of Ichai Burdwan 301416 254883 490833 198559 Ghose 50. Group of Temples Burdwan 2794842 2450734 5518413 2738924 (12 nos. Temples) (i) Bijoy Vaidyanath Temple, (ii) Giri Gobardhan Temple, (iii) Gopalji Temple, (iv) Jaleswar Temple, (v) Krishna Chandraji Temple, (vi) Lalji Temple, (vii) Naba-Kailasha Temple, (viii) Pancharatna Temple, (ix) Pratapeswar Siva Temple in Rajbari Complex, (x)Rameswar Temple, (xi) Ratneswar Temple, (xii) Rupeswar Temple 51. The area situated Burdwan 33880 328301 185872 169805 between the road to Amlajore and the river Damodar 52. Ancient Site and Burdwan 5502243 232051 148427 191906 Remains of Pandurajar Dhipi 53. Hansesvari and Hooghly 833452 1394588 923604 1372050 Vasudeva Temples 54. Dupleix Palace Hooghly 1676692 1097051 1046091 1697793 (Institute de Chandan Nagar) 55. Dutch Cemetery Hooghly 591957 1344414 4733773 949060 together with all tombs & monuments contained therein 56. Dutch Memorial Hooghly 862249 769244 304312 506838 monument of Susenne Anne Maria 57. Group of temples Hooghly 228296 251584 281976 253549 known as Brindaban Chandra's Math58. Mounds Hooghly 167668 187551 168943 168581 59. Minar Hooghly 38037 231013 410731 326786 60. Mosque Hooghly 226746 256214 224459 196429 61. Mosque & Tombs Hooghly 226049 220818 412514 133155 62. i) Danish Cemetery Hooghly 607149 881507 510444 -- ii) All ancient structures, all tombs stone monument remains and inscriptions within the area enclosed by the said walls. 63. Dargah of Zafar Hooghly 620451 938998 850680 763193 Khan Ghazi 64. Sri Mayer Ghat Howrah 524088 348935 255796 261933 65. Currency Building Kolkata 15227805 13881347 2923799 3805695 66. St. John’s Church Kolkata 1171263 1219832 433414 345750 67. Metcalfe Hall Kolkata 6493469 5976832 3664638 3647032 68. Old Building of the Kolkata 1653103 1413789 1456011 1868623 Asiatic Society 69. Beth-el-Synagogue Kolkata 1231564 711073 317698 415973 70. Maghen David Kolkata 1177293 596763 143028 311638 Synagogue 71. Dharmaraj Temple Midanapur -- -- 138820 84705 72. Temples of Midanapur 84330 213136 183497 145729 Bandyopadhyay Family 73. Sitala Temples Midanapur -- -- 137820 74391 74. Nava Ratna Temple Midanapur 195890 242309 707990 141163 Complex 75. Karambera Fort Midnapore 2967706 1793957 771649 2654982 76. John Pierce’s Tomb Midnapore 177511 224689 330818 111755 77. Ruins of Fort Nadia 203715 265410 272865 251365 78. Temple Nadia 539841 494648 223171 187843 79. Warren Hasting’s North 24 7202426 1108621 680262 702350 House Parganas 80. 26 Shiva Temples North 24 1416027 5176222 830142 1210036 Parganas 81. Chandra Ketu's Fort North 24 426893 489952 378573 384439 Parganas 82. Ancient Mound North 24 285535 338491 251532 471348 known as Parganas Varahamihirer Dhipi 83. Clive’s House North 24 636580 759474 527250 619295 known as Barakothi Parganas 84. Tamluk Rajbati, Purba 710759 619459 708683 231840 West Bengal Medinipur 85. Old Temple at Purulia 2386593 384384 183524 140673 Banda 86. Temple at Jhater South 24 228189 438005 173194 401633 Deul Parganas 87. Cooch Behar Palace Cooch Behar 15445091 3458167 5965184 11305707 88. Rajpat Site Cooch Behar 584435 375614 910150 649854589. Tomb of Alexander- Darjeeling 118110 27991 143285 96262 Cosma de Koros 90. Tomb of General Darjeeling 195206 110313 142588 97752 Lloyd 91. Mounds Dinajpur 208577 96285 803241 5586895 (South) 92. Dargah of Shah Ata Dinajpur 180047 142515 836527 743136 (South) 93. Baisgazi Wall Malda 806841 263026 209906 189104 94. Baraduary Masjid Malda 4218685 803320 545443 1035370 or the Great Golden Mosque 95. Bhita of Chand Malda 634544 564830 215324 412218 Sadagar 96. Chamkatti Masjid Malda 673630 550169 927751 609642 97. Chika Masjid Malda 1031615 973522 1905209 1693614 98. Dakhil Darwaza or Malda 5016755 3101296 971382 978369 the northern Gate of the Fort 99. Firoz Minar or the Malda 521369 458785 742737 1028596 tower of Firoz Shab 100. Gunti gateway Malda 653792 508608 625895 533144 101. Gunmant Mosque Malda 831707 970709 1074113 1319339 102. Kotowali Darwaza Malda 451277 459975 3896114 817320 103. Lotton Masjid Malda 3268049 409275 309609 348055 104. Lukachuri gateway Malda 901905 3589452 418701 184280 105. Qudam Rasul Malda 649796 720839 471716 602304 Masjid 106. Tomb of Fath Khan Malda 642745 454777 796637 641003 107. Tantipara Masjid Malda 3644524 876294 1091301 1143176 108. Two tombs in front Malda 720964 371584 769393 1296797 of Tantipara Masjid 109. Two Stone Pillars Malda 178635 143971 770194 1332564 110. The tower of Malda 148650 177814 762734 650311 Nimasarai 111. Eklakhi Mausoleum Malda 348767 2977487 1058902 900160 112. Kutub Shahi Masjid Malda 325886 2542765 85849 155279 113. Adina Mosque Malda 9521711 3650436 1019279 1632448 114. Tomb of Murshidabad 194140 1492759 848030 974755 Azimunnessa Begum, daughter of Murshid Kuli Khan 115. Residency Murshidabad 441101 4375744 441552 281775 Cemetery also known as Station Burial ground 116. Bhavanisvar Mandir Murshidabad 80002 489369 458177 250596 117. Char Bangla group Murshidabad 292813 1507618 3702056 418762 of four Siva mandirs 118. Tomb of Mir Madan Murshidabad 80003 235246 16956 -- 119. Dutch Cemetery Murshidabad 80003 345466 504863 227435120. Old English Murshidabad 79379 346300 465566 339358 Cemetary or the old Residency burial- ground 121. Ancient Monument Murshidabad 153805 401224 32103 -- 122. The tomb and the Murshidabad 2381894 4301759 921864 1481903 mosque of Aliverdi Khan and the tomb of Seraj-ud-Dowla 123. Hazarduari Palace Murshidabad 5444201 14589019 18019971 4382173 & Imambara (Murshidabad) 124. South Gate, Kella Murshidabad 75628 314494 257077 101882 Nezamat 125. Immambara, Kella Murshidabad 1840837 6849814 648920 605235 Nezamat 126. White Mosque, Murshidabad 96661 1004211 264680 116823 Kella Nezamat 127. Yellow Mosque Murshidabad 98350 235896 254580 261259 with vacant land 128. Tripolia Gate, Kella Murshidabad 80004 219189 260755 114102 Nizamat 129. Nil Kuthi Mound Murshidabad 153168 415204 33419 -- 130. Motijhil Jama Murshidabad 171285 526446 483173 4682942 Masjid 131. Two mounds called Murshidabad 80002 203783 16956 -- the Barkona Deul mound 132. Mounds known as Murshidabad 778778 4159677 1744929 971190 the Devil's Mound and Raja Karna's Palace 133. Tomb of Sujauddin Murshidabad 1190050 643050 618359 702677 134. Tank & Mosque of Murshidabad 1448343 2175929 905001 1039374 Murhsid Kuli Khan 135. Jahan Kosa Gun Murshidabad 80002 286339 257795 176225ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)&(c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 211 FOR 12.03.2026. DETAILS OF FOOTFALL AND REVENUE EARNED FROM THE PROTECTED TICKETED MONUMENTS UNDER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL SINCE 2022-23. (Amount in rupees) Sl. Name of Dist 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-26 No. Monument rict (till December, 2025) footfall Revenue footfall Revenue footfall Revenue footfall Revenue 1 Cooch Cooch 608874 15192515 685366 17119905 682704 17050295 478751 11940770 Bihar Behar Palace 2 Hazarduari Murshidabad 911484 22632860 984479 24883725 908899 23141470 640776 16156400 Palace 3 Bishnupur Bankura 186105 4671865 197455 4962641 183663 4645605 118280 2953300 Temples 4 Metcalfe Kolkata 17936 424845 22849 491331 32505 684910 37112 811140 Hall *****