INTACH has listed about 2,000 man-made monuments of historical importance in the entire state, out of which 200 are in the NCR town of Rewari. INTACH is now listing such monuments in Mahendergarh also.

The NCR Planning Board, in its Regional Plan 2021, also laid special emphasis to conserve and develop heritage in NCR.

"Developing Kurukshetra and Pehowa as pilgrim destinations would not help much, as it could fail to attract international tourists, most of whom prefer heritage tourism," Dr. Jain said.

The Haryana Tourism Policy 2008 proposes to plan comprehensive integrated development of Kurukshetra as a pilgrim destination with international class infrastructure. The tourism activities will be linked with temples in the area like Thaneshwar and Pehowa.

The policy states, "The objective is to broaden the concept of tourism from highway tourism to eco tourism, adventure tourism, pilgrim tourism, medical tourism, heritage tourism, etc. in order to meet new market requirements.

" When asked, Keshni Anand Arora, chairman of Haryana Tourism Development Corporation told the Hindustan Times that the priority was to project Gurgaon as convention & exhibition city by developing convention centres and exhibitions sites on the lines of India Habitat Centre and Pragati Maidan of Delhi.

"Gurgaon has the capacity to attract more tourists. We have some heritage sites in mind that will be developed later; not now," Arora said. When asked the names of the heritage sites, Arora could not remember even one but said there were few in Mewat region near Taoru.