UNESCO World Heritage Sites - India

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Project : UNESCO World Heritage Sites - India

UNESCO has been a key player in the recognition, management, restoration, conservation and preservation of World Heritage Sites -WHS, across the world. Though much more Indian heritage deserves the WHS status, this project aims at articles with regard to the WHS that have been recognized in India.
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This is a full time exhaustible project, full time indicating that the project shall be in operation for as long as it takes, whereas exhaustible indicating that all articles that are to be created have been enlisted at once, and no more space is yielded for further additions into this project.

Also, the below mentioned list of articles that are yet to be created are not ought to remain in the original chronology or pattern forever in the Create Articles section, as whenever any article is created on any title, it is deleted from the Create Articles section and added to the section of Enhance Articles.

World Heritage in India 

In India, a total of 40 World Heritage Sites exist as of August 2021, ranking the country number 6 worldwide in the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites across the world. Among the 40 - 32 are cultural, 7 are natural and 1 mixed. In the year 1983 - Ajanta Caves, Agra fort, Ellora Caves and Taj Mahal were the first World Heritage sites to be inscribed in India by UNESCO.

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Cultural Property

  • Agra Fort (1983)
  • Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar (2016)
  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989)
  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004)
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (2004)
  • Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)
  • Dholavira: a Harappan City (2021)
  • Elephanta Caves (1987)
  • Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
  • Great Living Chola Temples (1987,2004)
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi (1986)
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987)
  • Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2013)
  • Historic City of Ahmadabad (2017)
  • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
  • Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana (2021)
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002)
  • Mountain Railways of India (1999,2005,2008)
  • Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993)
  • Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat (2014)
  • Red Fort Complex (2007)
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003)
  • Sun Temple, Konârak (1984)
  • Taj Mahal (1983)
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)
  • The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (2010)
  • Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai (2018)

Natural Property

  • Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (2014)
  • Kaziranga National Park (1985)
  • Keoladeo National Park (1985)
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985)
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (1988,2005)
  • Sundarbans National Park (1987)
  • Western Ghats (2012)

Mixed Property

  • Khangchendzonga National Park (2016)

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Readings

The list of readings mentioned below are suggestive (you may use authentic references that aren't in the list as well), and inexhaustible - indicating that more readings in the form of book titles, research papers, articles can be added to the readings list as the project progresses further.

Please do contribute in expanding the range of readings to facilitate more fact-based and objective content for articles under this project.

The Open-Source books in the list below are interlinked (green external links), and can be accessed for free by clicking on them. Doing so shall redirect you to the soft copy of the title.

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