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Context: The State government has intensified its pitch for speeding up the process for recognition of the Rudreshwara (Ramappa) temple as world heritage site.

• Tourism Minister urges Archaeological Survey of India take up development of monuments and forts

About Rudreshwara (Ramappa) temple

• It is also known as the Ramalingeswara temple, and is located in the state of Telangana in southern India.
• An inscription in the temple dates it to the year 1213 CE and says it was built by a Kakatiya General Recherla Rudra Reddy, during the period of the Kakatiya ruler Ganapati Deva.
• Marco Polo, during his visit to the Kakatiya Empire, allegedly called the temple "the brightest star in the galaxy of temples". Ramappa Temple stands majestically on a 6 ft high star-shaped platform.
• The Temple is included in the proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site "The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways", in 2019 on the "tentative list".

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/state-intensifies-pitch-for-world-heritage-site-status-to-ramappa-temple/article34956875.ece

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