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State pitches Rath Yatra for UNESCO Heritage status
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|March 11, 2025
AFTER a gap of three years, the state government has renewed its efforts in getting the UNESCO Intangible Heritage tag for the Rath Yatra in Puri.
The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has initiated the process to inscribe Rath Yatra in the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The nomination dossier of Rath Yatra is currently being prepared, which will be submitted to UNESCO through the Ministry of Culture, said temple chief administrator Arabinda Padhee.
This story is from the March 11, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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