{"id":74215,"date":"2020-12-24T15:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T10:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=74215"},"modified":"2021-01-02T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T09:41:54","slug":"suranga-bawadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/suranga-bawadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Suranga Bawadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Suranga Bawadi on World Monument Watch list<\/h3>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Suranga Bawadi has been included in the World Monument Watch list for 2020 along with 24 other monuments from across the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Suranga Bawadi:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suranga Bawadi is an integral part of the ancient Karez system of supplying water through subterranean tunnels built during the Adil Shahi era in Vijayapura,Karnataka.<\/li>\n<li>The magnificent underground system was built to supply water to the city which had a population of nearly 12 lakh then.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance of inclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suranga Bawadi has been selected under the \u2018Ancient Water System of the Deccan Plateau\u2019 by World Monuments Fund.<\/li>\n<li>The inclusion will help Suranga Bawadi to get funds for restoration within the next two years.<\/li>\n<li>The World Monuments Fund would also coordinate with the authorities concerned for restoration and create public awareness on its importance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About World Monuments Fund:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Monuments Fund(WMF) is a private, international, non-profit organization founded in 1965.It is is headquartered in New York,USA.<\/li>\n<li>It is dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About World Monuments Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The World Monuments Watch is a global program launched in 1995 by World Monuments Fund.<\/li>\n<li>It aims to identify imperiled cultural heritage sites and provide direct financial and technical support for their preservation.<\/li>\n<li>It is a biennial selection program of at risk cultural heritage sites that combine great historical significance with contemporary social impact.<\/li>\n<li>It is a nomination-based program that uses cultural heritage conservation to empower communities and improve human well-being.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Karez System:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karez is a water harnessing technology in which groundwater is brought to the surface by a tunnel.<\/li>\n<li>In this system,no mechanical pump or lift is used.Gravity alone brings the water from the underground source.<\/li>\n<li>The Karez is found in 38 countries worldwide and most of these are concentrated in the Middle East region.Persia is known for the earliest known and documented Karez system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suranga Bawadi on World Monument Watch list News:Suranga Bawadi has been included in the World Monument Watch list for 2020 along with 24 other monuments from across the world. Facts: About Suranga Bawadi: Suranga Bawadi is an integral part of the ancient Karez system of supplying water through subterranean tunnels built during the Adil Shahi&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/suranga-bawadi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suranga Bawadi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1351,1310],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700116784},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}