Hyderabad, July 28 -- The Rudreshwara (Ramappa) temple getting the UNESCO World Heritage site is surely something to celebrate about, as it will now put Telangana on the global map as a tourist destination. However, given this development, the question begs to be asked: Why hasn't the state government pushed forward other equally important monuments like the Charminar and the Qutb Shahi tombs as well?

In the past, attempts were made earlier to try and nominate the 430-year-old Charminar, Hyderabad's foundational monument, and the Golconda fort. But nothing came off it, given that there were several issues which the government had to fix. More recently, the Qutb Shahi tombs, as part of monuments from Deccan (including those from Bijapur a...