This ppt does not include central part of India as a point of discussion.

1. UNESCO
Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, regional and
cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural diversity,
translations of world literature, international cooperation
agreements to secure the world's cultural and natural heritage.

2. What is a World Heritage Site?
Why is it given importance ?
What is the criteria for it’s selection?

3. Types of heritage
1.Cultural heritage
➔ Tangible cultural
heritage: such as
monuments, underwater
ruins,paintings,etc.
➔ Intangible cultural
heritage: oral traditions,
performing arts, rituals,
etc.
2.Natural
heritage
Natural sites with cultural
aspects such as cultural
landscapes, physical,
biological or geological
formations.
3.heritage in
the event of
armed
conflict.

4. World Heritage statistics
1121 Properties 39 Transboundary 2 Delisted
53
In Danger
869
Cultural
213
Natural
39
Mixed
167 States Parties
As of 21/07/2019

5. UNESCO World
Heritage Sites of East &
West India.
By Saloni Bansal
Amity Institute of Travel and Tourism
B.A in Tourism Administration - 6th sem
2016-2019

6. Properties (of India) inscribed on the
world heritage list (38):
CULTURAL NATURAL MIXED
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7. Total number of
sites that fall under
west and east
zones of India: 22
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MIXED ( CULTURAL &
NATURAL ) HERITAGE:
1
CULTURAL
HERITAGE:
16
NATURAL
HERITAGE:
05
EAST &
NORTHEAST:
05 & 03
WEST:
14

8. WEST INDIA
West India consists of the Indian
states and union territories of:
1.Dadra and Nagar Haveli
2.Daman and Diu
3.Gujarat
4.Goa
5.Maharashtra
6.Rajasthan

9. AJANTA CAVES, MAHARASHTRA- (1983)

10. ELLORA CAVES, MAHARASHTRA- (1983

11. CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS (FORMERLY VICTORIA TERMINUS), MUMBAI- (2004)

12. CHAMPANER PAVAGADH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK, GUJARAT- (2004)

13. HILL FORTS OF RAJASTHAN- (2013)

14. HISTORIC CITY OF AHMEDABAD- (2017)

16. KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK- (1985)

17. VICTORIAN GOTHIC ART DECO ENSEMBLES - (2018)

18. THE JANTAR MANTAR, JAIPUR - (2010)

19. RANI KI VAV (THE QUEEN'S STEPWELL), PATAN, GUJARAT- 2014

20. WESTERN GHATS, GUJARAT, MAHARASHTRA, GOA - (2012)

22. JAIPUR CITY, RAJASTHAN - (2019)

23. EAST INDIA
East India consists of the Indian
states of:
1.Bihar
2.Jharkhand
3.West Bengal
4.Odisha
Also, the union territory of:
5.Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.

24. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF NALANDA
MAHAVIRA AT NALANDA, BIHAR- (2016)

25. DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAYS - (1999)

26. SUNDERBANS NATIONAL PARK - (1987)

27. MAHABODHI TEMPLE COMPLEX AT BODH
GAYA, BIHAR- (2002)

28. SUN TEMPLE,KONARK - (1984)

29. NORTH EAST
INDIA
North East India consists of the
Indian states of:
1.Arunachal Pradesh
2.Assam
3.Manipur
4.Meghalaya
5.Mizoram
6.Nagaland
7.Tripura
8.Sikkim

30. KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK - (1985)

31. KHANGCHENDZONGA NATIONAL PARK, SIKKIM- (2016)

32. MANAS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - (1985)

33. EAST OR WEST INDIA
IS THE BEST !