Will Majuli be ever listed as World Heritage site?

South Asia’s largest river island Majuli hoping this time that Unesco accord in World Heritage Site Guwahati, Assam which is an important seat of Vaishnavism and is located in the state. In Quebec a committee for Heritage of World meeting in July, Canada, would consider and positively grant the status to Majuli which it deserves. The information was submitted by them and all documents to the committee which are sought by them is among those pushing the case. Unesco is keen itself to preserve Majuli which is prone to flood and culture of Satriya of the island has satras or the Vaishnavite monasteries set up by a philosopher -saint Sri Sankaradeva. A dossier by the body of world has sanctioned for the island, society, culture and its people. Location of Majuli is in east of Assam’s main city in Guwahati and extensively suffers erosion and flooding.
Sarma the President of Island Majuli is also the activists for Development and Protection Council, said that the government of Assam also should send an Indian delegation to meet place for perspective of case of Majuli. For Majuli’s case Indian government must depute a representative to present at the 32nd session between July 2 and 10 at Quebec for the World Heritage Committee.
The inscription requests for new sites will consider by the committee on the list of World Heritage in Unesco’s and examine the state for sites conservation inscribed on list. For Assamese civilization of Majuli has remained the cultural capital since with social reformer visit of Sankaradeva, who preached Vaishnavism and established satras on the islet.The islanders of Majuli despite of from being cut off virtually from their mainland, have been able to preserve its uniqueness and hence its distinct identity. last year the Indian government proposed to Unesco that Majuli can be accorded for the international recognition. In its recommendations, New Delhi said Majuli deserves to be listed as a World Heritage Site for its “great cultural landscape and a site of outstanding universal properties”.