1. India heritage, cultural and
natural sites-UNESCO
By: md Rahat and team

2. Introduction
The world heritage sites in India
recognized by the UNESCO are 29, as of
2012
These are places of importance of cultural
or natural heritage as described in the
UNESCO world heritage convention,
established in 1972
India’s first two sites inscribed on the list
at the world heritage held in 1983 were the
Agra and the Ajanta caves

4. Agra Fort, is a monument, a
UNESCO World Heritage
site located in Agra, Uttar
Pradesh, India. It is about
2.5 km northwest of its
more famous sister
monument, the Taj Mahal.
The fort can be more
accurately described as a
walled city.
The Ajanta Caves in
Aurangabad district of
Maharashtra, India are
about 30 rock-cut
Buddhist cave monuments
which date from the 2nd
century BCE to about
480 or 650 CE.
Champaner-Pavagadh
Archaeological Park, a
UNESCO World Heritage
Site, is located in
Panchmahal district in
Gujarat, India. It is located
around the historical city of
Champaner, a city which was
built by Sultan Mahmud
Begada of Gujarat.
On a hill overlooking the
plain and about 40 km from
Bhopal, the site of Sanchi
comprises a group of
Buddhist monuments and all
in different states of
conservation most of which
date back to the 2nd and
1st centuries B.C. It is the
oldest Buddhist sanctuary in
existence and was a major
Buddhist Centre in India
until the 12th century A.D.

5. The Elephanta Caves are a
network of sculpted caves
located on Elephanta
Island, or Gharapuri in
Mumbai Harbour, 10
kilometers to the east of
the city of Mumbai in the
Indian state of
Maharashtra.
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus is a historic
railway station in the city
of Mumbai, India. It is a
UNESCO World Heritage
Site. Its name used to be
Victoria Terminus.[1] The
station is also called VT or
CST . The station was built
in 1887. It was designed by
Frederick William Stevens.
Old Goa or Velha Goa is a
historical city in North Goa
district in the Indian state of
Goa. The city was constructed
by the Bijapur Sultanate in
the 15th century, and served
as capital of Portuguese India
Ellora is an
archaeological site, 29
km North-West of the
city of Aurangabad in
the Indian state of
Maharashtra built by
the Rashtrakuta
dynasty. It is also known
as Elapura.

6. The austere, grandiose site of
Hampi was the last capital of
the last great Hindu Kingdom
of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously
rich princes built Dravidian
temples and palaces which won
the admiration of travelers
between the 14th and 16th
centuries. Conquered by the
Deccan Muslim in 1565
Group of monuments at
Mahabalipuram is a
monument complex on the
Coromandel Coast of the
Bay of Bengal, in
Kancheepuram district,
Tamil Nadu, India. It is
located near Chennai.
The Great Living Chola
Temples are temples built
during the Chola rule in the
south of India. These
temples are the Brihadisvara
Temple at Thanjavur, the
Temple of
Gangaikondacholisvaram and
the Airavatesvara Temple at
Darasuram.
Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a
municipal board in Agra
district in the state of Uttar
Pradesh, India. The city was
founded in 1569 by the Mughal
emperor Akbar, and served as
the capital of the Mughal
Empire from 1571 to 1585.

7. Humayun's tomb is the tomb of
the Mughal Emperor Humayun in
Delhi, India. The tomb was
commissioned by Humayun's first
wife Bega Begum in 1569-70
Kaziranga National Park is a
national park in the Golaghat and
Nagaon districts of the state of
Assam, India. A World Heritage
Site, the park hosts two-thirds
of the world's Great Onehorned Rhinoceroses.
Pattadakal, in Karnataka,
represents the high point
of an eclectic art which, in
the 7th and 8th centuries
under the Chalukya
dynasty, achieved a
harmonious blend of
architectural forms from
northern and southern
India
The Jantar Mantar is
located in the modern
city of New Delhi. It
consists of 13
architectural astronomy
instruments

8. The Khajuraho Group of
Monuments in Khajuraho, a
town in the Indian state of
Madhya Pradesh, located in
Chhatarpur District, about 620
kilometres southeast of New
Delhi, is one of the most
popular tourist destinations in
India.
The Mahabodhi Temple
Complex is one of the four
holy sites related to the life
of the Lord Buddha, and
particularly to the
attainment of
Enlightenment.
The Keoladeo National Park or
Keoladeo Ghana National Park
formerly known as the Bharatpur
Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur,
Rajasthan, India is a famous
avifauna sanctuary that plays host
to thousands of birds especially
during the summer season.
Manas National Park or Manas
Wildlife Sanctuary is a National
Park, UNESCO Natural World
Heritage site, a Project Tiger
Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and
a Biosphere Reserve in Assam,
India.

9. The construction of the Nilgiri
Mountain Railway, a 46-km long
meter-gauge single-track railway
in Tamil Nadu State was first
proposed in 1854, but due to the
difficulty of the mountainous
location the work only started in
1891 and was completed in 1908.
The Red Fort is a large fort
complex located in Delhi
currently controlled by the
Indian Army. Every year on 15
August, the Prime Minister
hoists the national flag at the
Red Fort
Nestled high in West
Himalaya, India’s Valley of
Flowers National Park is
renowned for its meadows of
endemic alpine flowers and
outstanding natural beauty.
The Bhimbetka rock shelters
are an archaeological site of
the Paleolithic, exhibiting the
earliest traces of human life
on the Indian subcontinent,
and thus the beginning of the
South Asian Stone Age.

10. The Taj Mahal is a white
marble mausoleum located
in Agra, Uttar Pradesh,
India. It was built by
Mughal emperor Shah
Jahan in memory of his
third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
The Sundarbans National Park is a
National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a
Biosphere Reserve in the
Sundarbans delta. It is in the
Indian state of West Bengal. This
area is densely covered by
mangrove forests. It is one of the
largest reserves for the Bengal
tiger.
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th
century Sun Temple, at
Konark, in Odisha, India. It
was supposedly built by king
Narasimhadeav I of Eastern
Ganga Dynasty around 1250.
The Western Ghats or the
Sahyādri constitute a
mountain range along the
western side of India. It is
a UNESCO World Heritage
Site and is one of the eight
"hottest hotspots" of
biological diversity in the
world.

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