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"Fundamentalism in attitudes and beliefs often targets mankind's heritage structures and sites, leading to their destruction.
"The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan is only one sad and stark example of such threats to heritage preservation," he said, inaugurating the 12th International Conference of National Trusts in New Delhi.
In recent years, heritage conservation saw renewed threats from fundamentalists, extremists and terrorists, Singh said, adding "there was a need to send a message across the globe that no one has the right to destroy what humanity has inherited from the past."
Observing that India was conscious of the need to preserve, protect and promote its cultural heritage, the Prime Minister said "but we cannot be satisfied with the status quo. We have not always succeeded in doing so.
"Our cultural properties have been exposed to various threats - natural and man made - over the centuries. Conquerors, explorers, colonisers, vandals and thieves have added their bit to the vagaries of nature and the passage of time," he told the conservation specialists who are attending the three-day meet.
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