Hi Shrinivasan, according to a definition in Wikipedia, a Monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture. Roads, nature, scenery, people, shops, people materials does not qualify for the contest, while heritage monuments like *Thiruvalluvar Statue, Gateway of India, India gate, etc **are the few examples of monuments. * Do ping me for any queries :) Thanks! On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Shrinivasan T &lt;tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph: 91-9773608862)