‘To boost conservation, visitor facilities’ Srinagar, July 2: In a move aimed at strengthening the conservation of heritage sites and improving visitor amenities, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Srinagar Circle has written to its headquarters in New Delhi seeking approval to declare two prominent monuments in Kashmir as ticketed monuments. A senior ASI official speaking on the condition of anonymity told Rising Kashmir that the Srinagar Circle has submitted a proposal to the Director General of the ASI requesting that the historic Martand Sun Temple at Mattan in Anantnag district and the Shankar Gaurishvar Temple at Pattan in Baramulla district be brought under the ticketed monument category. “We have formally requested the Director General of the ASI to notify these two monuments as ticketed sites.