Make a lasting impact by adopting, conserving, and promoting Karnataka’s cultural heritage while aligning with CSR or ESG goals.
What is the Adopt a Monument Scheme?
Karnataka offers a multitude of tourism opportunities, living up to the promise of its brand “One State, Many Worlds”. The State’s tourism destinations encompass a wealth of tourism products across a range of themes including heritage, culture, ecotourism, spiritual, adventure, coastal, wellness, rural, and urban.
The Karnataka Tourism Policy has always highlighted the role of the State’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and history in creating tourism-driven growth for the State. There is a need to develop a robust mechanism for the provision of basic amenities and facilities at the Heritage Monuments across Karnataka and create a platform to make Karnataka’s Heritage Monuments a must-see tourism experience. This scheme is envisioned to synergize with other infrastructure development schemes of various departments and shall be implemented in collaboration with other Departments and Organisations, to ensure the provision of amenities and facilities across the Heritage Monuments in Karnataka, thereby enhancing the overall tourist experience. Successful undertaking of this Adopt a Monument scheme shall also provide an impetus for tourism-driven economic development around the Heritage Monuments of Karnataka.
Detailed scheme guidelines may be downloaded from the website of the Department of Archaeology, Museums, and Heritage, Government of Karnataka
Vision Of This Scheme
The Department of Archaeology, Museums, and Heritage (DAMH), Government of Karnataka in close collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DoT), Government of Karnataka, and relevant private and public sector entities envisages developing amenities and facilities at the Heritage Monuments of Karnataka while sustaining the efforts of DAMH to conserve, preserve and protect the Heritage Monuments. This will increase the tourism potential of the monument site by enhancing the tourist experience in a planned and phased manner.
Objectives Of This Scheme
- Conserve, preserve and protect the Heritage Monuments of Karnataka
- Develop basic tourism infrastructure in and around Heritage Monuments of Karnataka
- Develop basic tourism infrastructure in and around Heritage Monuments of Karnataka
- romote cultural and heritage values of the State and develop avenues to create awareness about the Heritage Monuments sites in the State
- Develop and promote sustainable tourism infrastructure and ensure proper Operations and Maintenance there in
- Generate employment opportunities and support the livelihoods of local communities around the Heritage Monument sites
