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LIST OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA 






3 MARCH 2024




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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA ARE PLACES RECOGNISED FOR THEIR CULTURAL,
NATURAL, OR MIXED SIGNIFICANCE






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THESE SITES INCLUDE ANCIENT TEMPLES, HISTORICAL CITIES, STEPWELLS, WILDLIFE
SANCTUARIES, AND REVERED MOUNTAIN RANGES






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THERE ARE 42 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA OUT OF WHICH 34 ARE CULTURAL,
7 ARE NATURAL, AND ONE IS MIXED HERITAGE. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR
SITES






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THE TAJ MAHAL, BUILT BY EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN IN THE 17TH CENTURY, IN AGRA, IS ONE
OF THE MOST ADMIRED MASTERPIECES OF THE WORLD'S HERITAGE 






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JAIPUR CITY IN RAJASTHAN DEMONSTRATES INDIGENOUS CITY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
IN SOUTH ASIA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1727 BY MAHARAJA SAWAI JAI SINGH II






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THE ELEPHANTA CAVES IN MAHARASHTRA WERE CONSTRUCTED AROUND MID-5TH TO 6TH
CENTURIES AD. THE CAVES CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF ART LINKED TO LORD SHIVA 






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THE CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS IN MUMBAI DEPICTS VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE BLENDED WITH THEMES DERIVING FROM INDIAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE






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THE QUTUB MINAR COMPLEX IN DELHI IS HOME TO A 12TH-CENTURY MINARET THAT RISES TO
A HEIGHT OF 73 METRES. IT IS AN EXQUISITE EXAMPLE OF INDO-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE






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KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST POPULATION OF ONE-HORNED
RHINOCEROSES, TIGERS, ELEPHANTS, PANTHERS AND BEARS, AND THOUSANDS OF BIRDS






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SUN TEMPLE, KONARAK, WAS BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY AND IS A MONUMENTAL
REPRESENTATION OF THE SUN GOD'S CHARIOT






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