Declaration of recent world heritage sites by UNESCO
- UNESCO World Heritage Convention was established in 1972, it had been shaped to acknowledge varied cultural hubs and sites of national importance scattered round the world. According to the most recent addition to the United Nations agency World Heritage Sites list, India presently has thirty eight World Heritage Sites and takes pride in being the country with the sixth largest variety of World Heritage Sites within the world. These are categorised into thirty cultural sites, seven natural sites, and one mixed web site as recognised by United Nations agency, Besides these, India has forty two sites listed beneath Tentative List that is considered as a pre-requisite condition to be added for World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage site is classified as a natural or man made space or structures that are of international importance or area which needs special protection, the list is maintained by the International World Heritage Programme administered by the United Nations agency World Heritage Committee, composing of twenty one United Nations agency members that are elected by the General Assembly, every World Heritage site remains a part of the state whereby the positioning is found and United Nations agency considers it within the interest of the international relations to preserve every site. What is more, to be elected as a World Heritage site, it ought to be a classified landmark, distinctive in some facet as a geographically or “traditionally specifiable place having special cultural or physical significance”. Augmentation of websites on the globe Heritage List could be a long continous method and sites are elected on the capability of their potentional for fullfilling criteria of Operational Guideliness and Demonstration of Outstanding Universal Value, the United Nations agency believes that these sites ought to be classified as World Heritage as they’re vital to humanity as they are of great cultural , physical significance and are considered as the remains of our history. In a practical way just, simply imagine closing your eyes and running your hands through the marble of the Tajmahal can provide you with a likelihood to feel the love and keenness of Emperor for his beloved wife Mumtaz, through the Sun temple of Konark, you’ll be able to feel the beauty of nature and man’s architecthure dawning upon you, a walk through the Jaipur town and you will feel the sound of the trinkets and buzzing of native baazars, wheras Kanchendzonga park has a whole expertise to supply, a walk through the 850sqkm of space and trekking routes,and the travellers are filled with awe and surprise of the beauty of nature, if we tend to discuss about the beauty of these places, we could go on and on, so let’s cut to the chase and discuss these sites
WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA
CULTURAL SITES
The Sites listed below comes under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India
- Agra Fort (1983) – Uttar Pradesh
- Ajanta Caves (1983) – Maharashtra
- Ellora Caves (1983) – Maharashtra
- Taj Mahal (1983) – Uttar Pradesh
- Group of monuments located at Mahabalipuram (1984) – Tamil Nadu
- Sun temple, Konark (1984) – Odisha
- Churches and Convents of Goa (1986) – Goa
- Fatehpur Sikri (1986) – Uttar Pradesh
- Group of monuments in Hampi (1986) – Karnataka
- Khajuraho, Group of temples (1986) – Madhya Pradesh
- Elephant Caves (1987) – Maharashtra
- Great living Chola Temples located at Thanjavur, Gaangaikondacholapuram and Darasuram (1987) and (2004) – Tamil Nadu
- Group of Monuments at Pattadakkkal (1987) – Karnataka
- Buddhist Monuments situated at Sanchi (1989) – Madhya Pradesh
- Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi (1993) – Delhi
- Qutab Minar and its monuments, Delhi (1993) – Delhi
- Bhimbetka Rock Shelters (2003) – Madhya Pradesh
- Champaner-Pavagarh Archaeological park(2004) – Gujrat
- Red Fort Complex, Delhi (2007) – Delhi
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Kumbhalgarh,
- Jaisalmer and Ranthambhore,
- Amber and Gagron Forts (2013)
- (Amber and Gagron Forts listed above are located at Rajasthan and they come under the protection of “Rajasthan State Archaeological and Museums”)
- Rani-ki-Vav (The queen’s Stepwell) at Patan (2014) – Gujrat
- The archaeological site located at Nalanda Mahavira (Nalanda University) at Nalanda (2016) – Bihar
The following are under the protection of the Ministry of Railways
- Mountain Railways of India Darjeeling (1999), Nilgiri (2005), Kalka-Shimla (2008) – WestBengal, Tamilnadu,Himachal Pradesh
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (earlier known as Victoria Terminus) (2004) – Maharashtra
Under the protection of Bodh Gaya Temple Management
Mahabodhi Temple Complex located at Bodh Gaya (2002) – Bihar
Under Protection of Rajasthan State Archaeology and Museums
The Jantar Mantar – Jaipur (2010) – Rajasthan
Under Protection of Chandigarh Administration
- The Architectural Work Of Le Corbusier (2016) – Chandigarh
Under Protection of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
- Historic City of Ahmedabad (2017) – Gujrat
Under Protection of Bombay Municipal Corporation
- Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble Of Mumbai (2018) – Government of Maharashtra
Under Protection of Jaipur Municipal Corporation
- Jaipur City – Rajasthan (2019)
NATURAL SITES
These sites comes under the protection of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Kaziranga National Park (1985) – Assam
- Keoladeo National Park (1985) – Rajasthan
- Manas National Park (1985) – Assam
- Sunderbans National Park (1987) – West Bengal
- “NandaDevi and Valley of Flowers National Parks” (1985, 2005) – Uttarakhand
- Western Ghats (2012) – Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Great Himalayan National Park (2014) – Himachal Pradesh
MIXED SITE
- Khangchendzonga National Park (2016) – Sikkim
GOKUL RAJ
SOURCES
https://whc.unesco.org