Updated List of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in India
March 1, 2022 2022-03-01 11:18Updated List of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in India
The list of World Heritage Sites is maintained by the international ‘World Heritage Programme’. It was administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This treaty was adopted by UNESCO in 1972.
On 14 November 1977, India accepted the convention and made its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The first sites to be inscribed were Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, and Taj Mahal. At present, there are 40 World Heritage Sites located in India. Out of these, 32 are cultural, 7 are natural, and 1 is mixed. India has the sixth-largest number of sites in the world.
The List of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in India are:
- Agra Fort
- Ajanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Taj Mahal
- Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
- Sun Temple, Konârak
- Kaziranga National Park
- Keoladeo National Park
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Group of Monuments at Hampi
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Elephanta Caves
- Great Living Chola Temples 13
- Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
- Sundarbans National Park
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
- Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
- Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
- Mountain Railways of India
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
- Red Fort Complex
- The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
- Western Ghats
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Great Himalayan National Park-Conservation Area
- Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat
- Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar
- Khangchendzonga National Park
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement *
- Historic City of Ahmadabad
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Dholavira: a Harappan City
- Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana