Dehradun resident Tapas Chakraborty has been chosen for the second position under the Rahul Sankrityayan Paryatan Puraskar Yojana for the year 2018-19 for his book “Mandiron ka Nagar: Bishnupur”. He has received a communication in this regard from the adviser to the Ministry of Tourism. The book is all about his travel journey to the heritage town of Bishnupur in the Bankura district of West Bengal.
The book was launched in 2018 in the presence of The Uttarakhand State Minister for higher education, Dhan Singh Rawat. It gives a preview about the Bishnupur temple complex, which has got nearly 30 surviving terracotta temples. The award is given to the original writings about tourism and heritage related activities in Hindi.
The event for conferring the award is likely to be held during September, this year. Chakraborty is an officer with the Central GST department and had also received the Rajbhasha Gaurav Award in 2017 for his book “Ruk Jana Nahin”.