The Great Living Chola Temples in Tamil Nadu, built between the 11th and 12th centuries during the Chola Empire, are a World Heritage Site known for their Dravidian architecture and historical significance. These temples feature intricate sculptures and towering gopurams (gateway towers), with the B...
In 2007, it was accorded the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monument is spread over 254.67 acres and is built in the form of an octagon. Every year, when the Independence Day is celebrated, the prime minister of India unfurls the national flag at Red Fort.9...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India [Updated List]There are 42 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Santiniketan, established by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, becomes the 41st site to be declared a world heritage site in India in September 2023. The UNESCO also included the Sacred ...
UNESCO has declared 35 World Heritage Sites in India. Recently UNESCO have added three remarkable heritage places like Nalanda in Bihar, The Capital Building Complex designed by Le Corbusier in Chandigarh, and the Khangchendonga National Park in Sikkim as World Heritage Sites in July 2016 conventio...
Total number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 26 Natural: 5, Cultural: 21 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (cultural) Himeji-jo (cultural) Shirakami-Sanchi (natural) Yakushima (natural) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu Cities) (cultural) Historic Villages of Sh...
unknown. The travelers like, Ibn Batuta or Xuan Zang, have written a lot about India and the huge cities of India in their travelogues. Being such an old civilization on the planet, no wonder that India has as many as 38 UNESCO world heritage sites and nearly 40 more in the pipeline!
NEW DELHI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Jaipur, known as the pink city of India, was declared as a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Saturday, officials said. "In yet another landmark achievement, India's nomination of the Jaipur...
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Famed for its otherworldly sand dunes and crystalline lagoons, Lençóis Maranhenses National Park inBrazilis a must-visit natural wonder. 22. The Flow Country, Scotland, UK UK’s newest World Heritage site is known for its actively accumulating blanket bog landscape. (Image: Getty Images/Chunyi...
The Red Fort Complex is one of the cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. This military fortification site was inscribed into the UNESCO list in 2007. This cultural UNESCO site is of cultural significance to India because it is symbolic of how the Mughal architecture flourished. At the...