mumbai in a major recognition to mumbais heritage conservation movement three city landmarks flora fountain gloria church at byculla and keneseth eliyahoo synagogue at kala godha have won this years unesco asiapacific awards for cultural heritage conservation flora fountain restored by conservation architect vikas dilwari and his team received the award under the category honourable mention the award of merit were given to the jewish synagogue restored by abha narain lambah and gloria church restored by david cardoz and and ainsley lewis the vikram sarabhai library indian institute of management ahmedabad received the award of distinction for its restoration architect brinda somaya the awards were announced in penang malaysia on monday morning the unesco asiapacific awards for cultural heritage conservation programme recognises the efforts of private individuals and organizations that have successfully restored and conserved structures and buildings of heritage value in the region the unesco said by recognizing private efforts to restore and adapt historic properties the awards aim to encourage other property owners to undertake conservation projects within their communities either independently or by seeking publicprivate partnerships the renewal of the historic tai kwun centre for heritage and arts received the award of excellence sixteen projects from five countries australia bhutan china india and new zealand have been recognized by the international jury of conservation experts in this years awards the jury met in august to review 57 entries from 14 countries across the asiapacific regionread this story in marathi