{"id":28719,"date":"2024-12-14T09:06:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T03:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28719"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:05:30","slug":"abathsahayeswarar-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/abathsahayeswarar-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Abathsahayeswarar Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Abathsahayeswarar Temple:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is located in Thukkatchi in <strong>Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was constructed during the reigns of Kings <strong>Vikrama Chola and Kulothunga Chola.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This temple stands as a testament to the architectural brilliance and spiritual dedication of the <strong>Chola dynasty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Historically, the village surrounding the temple was known as Vikrama Chozheeswaram and Kulothunga Chola Nallur, named after these illustrious rulers.<\/li>\n<li>Kulothunga Chola also installed the idol of <strong>Aadhi Sarabeshwarar<\/strong> in the temple.<\/li>\n<li>The temple is home to numerous deities, including Soundaryanayaki Ambal and Ashtabhuja Durga Parameshwari and also consists five prakarams, or enclosures,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key facts about UNESCO Asia &#8211; Pacific Awards for cultural heritage conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This award recognises the <strong>efforts of individuals and organizations<\/strong> in Asia and the Pacific in restoring, conserving, and otherwise transforming structures and buildings of heritage value since its <strong>establishment in 2000.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In acknowledging private efforts to restore, adapt and breathe new life into historic properties, the Awards encourage other independent efforts, as well as public-private partnerships to undertake conservation projects in their communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization?<\/h3>\n<p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born on 16 November 1945. UNESCO has 195 Members and 8 Associate Members and is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. The Secretariat, headed by the Director-General, implements the decisions of these two bodies. Its headquarters are located in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/chennai\/abathsahayeswarar-temple-chosen-for-unesco-award-for-conservation\/article68955388.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Abathsahayeswarar temple chosen for UNESCO award for conservation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abathsahayeswarar Temple was constructed during the reigns of Kings Vikrama Chola and Kulothunga Chola.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}