[INDIA] UNESCO’s Tentative List For World Heritage Status

At present, India has approx 38 sites of category cultural and mixed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Apart from 38 sites, more than 40+ sites has already been submitted for Evaluation and Acceptance to UNESCO Committee.

Many neighboring countries such as Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines and Nepal have already expressed their support.

Here is the tentative list of all sites which will be recognized by UNESCO’s for World Heritage Status:

1. Temples at Bishnupur
2. Mattancherry Palace
3. Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Group of Monuments
4. Ancient Buddhist Site in Sarnath
5. Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)
6. River Island of Majuli
7. Namdapha National Park
8. Wild Ass Sanctuary
9. Bhitarkanika Conservation Area
10. Neora Valley National Park
11. Desert National Park
12. Mughal Gardens in Jammu and Kashmir
13. Silk Road Sites in India
14. Santiniketan
15. The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
16. Delhi
17. Apatani Cultural Landscape
18. Archaeological remains of Lothal
19. Bahá’í House of Worship
20. Cellular Jail
21. Chettinad, Village Clusters of the Tamil Merchants
22. Chilika Lake
23. Monuments and forts of the Deccan Sultanate
24. Ekamra Kshetra – The Temple City
25. Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
26. Padmanabhapuram Palace
27. Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala
28. Monuments of Srirangapatna Island Town
29. Narcondam Island
30. The Neolithic Settlement of Burzahom
31. Thembang Fortified Village
32. The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways
33. Sites of Satyagraha, India’s non-violent freedom movement
34. Moidams – the Mound-Burial system of the Ahom Dynasty
35. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
36. Dholavira: A Harappan City
37. Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
38. Sites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam, Grand Trunk Road
39. Evolution of Temple Architecture – Aihole-Badami-Pattadakal
40. Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India
41. Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area
42. Garo Hills
43. Orchha

Italy and China has consistently outperformed in the submission of World’s Heritage List and currently having 55 sites listed as Heritage Status as of Oct 2020. UNESCO always seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage.

Culture always plays an important role in the development of any nation which represents a set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices.

The above Tentative List of INDIA has already been published at World Heritage Centre’s website.

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