Bhubaneswar, Aug. 20 -- Odisha's Puri Jagannath Temple and Konark Sun Temple will get 'iconic heritage' tag and as they assume historical importance, nobody can overlook them, said Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of State Tourism Ministers' Conference held in New Delhi on Tuesday, Patel said, "Puri and Konark are such places which cannot be ignored. There might be some problems due to some paperwork and it will be rectified soon."
Patel's statements would allay apprehensions of the people of Odisha as earlier there was a lot of hue and cry after none of the sites in the State found place in the Centre's list of 17 iconic tourism sites.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik had written to the Union Tou...