On 15-October-1982, International Council On Monuments And Sites (ICOMOS) submitted to the World Heritage Committee, the report on its evaluation of Group Monuments of Hampi. In its recommendation, ICOMOS proposed "the cultural property be inscribed on the World Heritage List, on the condition that there be an extension of the area of protection to the whole of the archaeological site." Read more...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), since 1972, has been working with countries around the world to identify the places of outstanding universal value of cultural and natural heritage. These gifts from the past to the future are named as "World Heritage Sites." Read more...

A country signs the World Heritage Convention and pledges to protect its natural and cultural heritage. The country is then called a State Party. The State Party then prepares a list of sites within its borders considered to be of universal value and nominates sites for inscription on the World heritage List to the World Heritage Committee. Along with the nomination, the State Party also read more...