Chowmohalla Palace gets UNESCO award
Hyderabad, March 15 (INN): Princess Esra, former wife of Prince Mukarram Jah Bahadur on Tuesday received the prestigious UNESCO Asia Pacific Merit award for cultural heritage conservation on behalf of the Chowmohalla Palace.
UNESCO representative Takahiko Makino formally handed over a plaque and certificate to Princess Esra at a simple ceremony organised on the lawns in front of the Durbar Hall in which the family of the Nizam and officials were present. Chowmohalla Palace director G Kishan Rao welcomed the guests.
The famed Chowmohalla Palace had bagged the prestigious Asia Pacific Heritage Merit Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after managing to edge out many awe-inspiring and fascinating Heritage sites of the country such as Taj Mahal, Red Ford etc and other sites in 23 countries.
The restoration of Chowmahalla Palace has rescued an extraordinary complex from years of abandonment and re-opened it up for contemporary civic use as a private museum after a meticulous process. The Chowmahalla is only the palace in Hyderabad and in Andhra Pradesh which has got this prestigious Award of Merit for the first time from UNESCO.
This palace is one among the Nizam's Palace; Chowmahalla Palace is also known famous as Khilwath Palace which was in the centre of capital city Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh state.
News Posted: 15 March, 2011
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