A special unreserved train will operate between Mathura Junction and Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction on Saturday to accommodate passengers affected by non-interlocking work at Mathura Junction and Bateshwar Yard. Passengers are advised to verify their train's running status, cancellation

Four Madhya Pradesh heritage sites have joined UNESCO’s tentative list, taking the state’s total to 19, including Bagh, Ginnaurgarh, Bateshwar-Padavali-Kakramath and Udayagiri.

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#UNESCO #MadhyaPradesh #IndianHeritage

The Delta's Hidden Emporium: Wari-Bateshwar and the Romance of the River Trade

https://mixcache.com/blog/post/the-deltas-hidden-emporium-wari-bateshwar-and-the-romance-of-the-river-trade-story-14322

#OTD in 1861, Bengali writer and Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta. Read about a museum in Bangladesh founded by a family inspired by the great poet's words:

archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2013/letters-from/wari-bateshwar-ptolemy-sounagoura-indo-pacific-beads/

இனி தாஜ்மகால் செல்லும் சுற்றுலா பயணிகள் படேஷ்வருக்கும் போவார்கள் - சுற்றுலா தலமாகும் வாஜ்பாய் பூர்வீக கிராமம்..! | new tourist spot near taj mahal

kalkionline.com/news/vajpaye...

#vajpayeevillage #touristspot #bateshwar #tajmahaltour #incredibleindia #heritagevillage #indiantourism #uttarpradeshtourism #ruraltourism #kalkionline

(There’s also Bateshwar: Bats but he’s a spoiled princeling who’s into alchemy, not a badass ladygirlbossbitchmurderer)

2/6 Mohammad's real complaint: excavations stalled at Purana Qila, Bateshwar temples slow to restore.

Valid concerns. But this isn't about money.

Excavation budget 2014-15: ₹6.53 crore
Excavation budget 2024-25: ₹15 crore

Funding for digging increased 2.3x.

3/8 But Muhammed's 90-to-10 collapse might mislead. Bateshwar could've been low-hanging fruit—concentrated site, simpler structures. Where's the system-wide data? We don't have it. That's the problem. ASI doesn't publish comprehensive restoration metrics. Why not? What are they hiding?

1/8 KK Muhammed restored 90 Bateshwar temples before 2014. Post-2014, with triple the funding? Just 10. He calls it BJP's "dark years" for ASI. But one archaeologist's numbers don't tell the whole story. They hint at something deeper—and more uncomfortable. Thread. 🧵