Source: www.wmf.org

KAUAI, HI, USA, October 27, 2009: The article “Forgetting Hinduism When Preserving the Past,” from the October 24th edition of HPI, incorrectly listed the monuments on Indian soil that the World Monuments Foundation is protecting.

The main point of the article, however, remains unchanged: none of the selected monuments in India are relevant to Hinduism.

The correct list is:

  • CHIKTAN CASTLE
    Kargil, India
    Built in the 16th century by Balti (Pakistani) craftsmen

  • DECHEN NAMGYAL GONPA
    Nyoma, India
    Dating to the 17th century, Dechen Namgyal was an early monastery, or gonpa, of the Drugpa Kagyu branch of Tibetan Buddhism

  • HISTORIC CIVIC CENTRE OF SHIMLA
    Shimla, India
    In 1864, Shimla was officially declared the summer capital of the British Indian Government and is as a rare example of the British colonial era.

  • KOTHI, QILA MAHMUDABAD
    Mahmudabad, India
    The Mahmudabad Estate was founded in 1677 by Raja Mahmud Khan, a descendant of the first caliph of Islam.

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