The Geoglyphs of Konkan Region of Indiaproposed under criteria (i)(iii)(vi) has the most important (and highest) concentration of such rock art form. Geoglyphs and Rock Paintings for their composition ...

This is also by far the largest concentration of geoglyphs on the laterite plateaus of Konkan region. At Jambhrun, there are 50 geoglyphs, and at Kasheli has about 70 to 80 figures carved into the ...

PUNE: The study and conservation of Konkan region's petroglyphs (prehistoric rock art) and geoglyphs (type of land art and sometimes rock art) will gain momentum now that it is a science and ...

JNU will work on the dating of the geoglyphs. “We have a Rs 5 crore budget for two-and-a-half years approved for the project to study and document petroglyphs and geoglyphs in the Konkan region.

Geoglyphs are spread across the 900 km of the Konkan coast in Maharahstra and Goa. Ratnagiri alone is home to more than 1,500 such artworks across 70 sites, seven of which are on the Unesco’s ...

Explore the unique biodiversity and cultural practices of the Konkan region's sada, ... (The area is also host to works of art called geoglyphs, dated to roughly 10,000 years ago.) ...

In the largest cluster of geoglyphs in the coastal belt of Konkan, one in Barsu has a larger-than-life carving of a man and two tigers. The carving is spread over an area of 17.5 x 4.5 m.

On March 25, UNESCO added Maharashtra’s nomination for ‘Geoglyphs clusters of the Konkan region, south-western Maharashtra and Goa’ in the tentative list.

It sought that as an interim relief, no developmental or industrial work be allowed in and around the sites where geoglyphs are situated in the Konkan region. The HC has kept the PIL for hearing ...