New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) regional director Dharamveer Sharma on Saturday claimed that the capital’s iconic structure, Qutub Minar, was a “Vedhshala” (an ancient observatory to study Astronomy) in reality and also presented cogent arguments to corroborate his claims. Speaking at the Shabdotsav 2026 event, the Ex-ASI director said, “I have called Qutub Minar a VedhShala. There is a reason for this. Whenever a monument, temple, or building is constru…
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Phnom Penh, Jan 1 (IANS) Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park welcomed a total of 955,131 international visitors in 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7 per cent, the site’s operator said on Thursday. The UNESCO-listed world heritage site earned 44.7 million US dollars in revenue from ticket sales last year, also down 6.5 per cent, said the press release from the state-owned Angkor Enterprise.Main sources of foreign tourists to the park were the United States, Britain, France, China and S…