37 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Uncommon presence, otherworldly appearance, captivating past, contribution, awareness – India is a place of wonder and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India are truly worth a visit. Travelsite India presents the World Heritage Sites in India that are determined by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the year in which these 37 indian monuments has been considered as the World Heritage Sites.

1. World Heritage Sites In India
The Speakers of Past
The uncommon presence; the otherworldly appearance; the
captivating past; the significant function; their role and
contribution; the source of knowledge and awareness – the World
Heritage sites of India are truly worth a visit.
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2. 37 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India
1- The Ajanta caves [1983]
2- The Ellora Caves [1983]

3. 3- The Taj Mahal [1983]
4- The Agra Fort [1983]
5- Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram [1984]

4. 6 – The Konark Sun Temple [1984]
7- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary [1985]
8- Keoladeo National Park [1985]

5. 9- Kaziranga National Park [1985]
10- Churches and Convents of Goa [1986]
11- Group of Monuments at Hampi [1986]

6. 12- Khajuraho Group of Monuments [1986]
13- Fatehpur Sikri [1986]
14- The Elephanta Caves [1987]

7. 15- Group of Monuments at Pattadakal [1987]
16- Sundarbans National Park [1987]
17- The Great Living Chola Temples [1987]

8. 18- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park
[1988 and 2005]
19- Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi [1989]
20- Qutb Minar and its exemplary monuments [1993]

9. 21- Humayun’s Tomb [1993]
22- Mountain Railways of India [1999, 2005 and 2008]
23- Mahabodhi Temple Complex [2002]

10. 24- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka [2003]
25- Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park [2004]
26- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
[earlier addressed as Victoria Terminus – 2004]

11. 27- Red Fort Complex [2007]
28- Jantar Mantar [Jaipur – 2010]
29- Western Ghats [2012]

12. 30- Hill Forts of Rajasthan [2013]
31- Rani Ki Vav [2014]
32- Great Himalayan National Park [2014]

13. 33- Khangchendzonga National Park [2016]
34- Nalanda [2016]
35- The Architectural work of Le Corbusier [2016]

14. 36- The Historic city of Ahmedabad [2017]
37- The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai
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15. The Tentative list of Heritage Sites In India
[Subject to Confirmation]
Here is a table providing the names and regions of some of the
tentative destinations for recognition; submitted in the evaluating
hands of the UNESCO committee [standing in the queue of
acceptance] –
NAME PLACE OF STAY
1 Mattancherry Palace Kochi, Kerala
2 Temples at Bishnupur West Bengal
3 Ancient Buddhist site in
Sarnath
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
4 Mandu-Madhya Pradesh
Group of Monuments
Madhya Pradesh
5 The Golden Temple Amritsar- Punjab
6 Namdapha National
Park
Arunachal Pradesh
7 River Island of Majuli Assam
8 Wild Ass Sanctuary Gujarat
9 Neora Valley National
Park
West Bengal
10 Bhitarkanika
Conservation Area
Odisha
11 Mughal Gardens of
Jammu and Kashmir
Chashma Shahi| Verinag
Garden| Shalimar Bagh|
Achabal Gardens| Pari Mahal|
Nishat Bagh
12 Desert National Park Rajasthan
13 Santiniketan West Bengal
14 Silk Road sites in India [Jammu and Kashmir| Bihar|
Puducherry| Punjab|
Maharashtra| Uttar Pradesh
and Tamil Nadu
15 Delhi India’s Capital territory

16. 16 The Qutb Shahi
Monuments of
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
17 Apatani Cultural
Landscape
Arunachal Pradesh
18 Baha i house of Worship New Delhi
19 Cellular Jail Andaman Islands
20 Archaeological remains
of Lothal
Gujarat
21 Chettinad – Village
clusters of the Tamil
Merchants
Tamil Nadu
22 Monuments and Forts of
the Deccan Sultanate
Karnataka and Telangana
23 Chilika Lake Odisha
24 Ekamra Kshetra – The
Temple city
Odisha
25 Padmanabhapuram
Palace
Tamil Nadu
26 Monuments of
Srirangapatna Island
Town
Karnataka
27 Sacred Ensembles of the
Hoysala
Karnataka
28 Monuments of
Srirangapatna Island
Town
Karnataka
29 The Neolithic Settlement
of Burzahom
Jammu and kashmir
30 Narcondam Island Andaman and Nicobar
31 Thembang Fortified
Village
Arunachal Pradesh
32 Destinations of
Satyagraha
India
33 The Kakatiya Temples
and Gateways
Telangana
34 Moidams Assam
35 Sri Ranganathaswamy Tamil Nadu

17. Temple
36 Dholavira Gujarat
37 Evolution of Temple
Architecture – Aihole-
Pattadakal and Badami
Karnataka
38 Sites along the
Uttarapath – Sadak-e-
Azam| Badshahi
Sadak| Grand Trunk
Road
India
39 The Jaipur City Rajasthan
40 Keibul Lamjao
Conservation Area
Manipur
41 Cold Desert Cultural
Landscape of India
Ladakh
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18. Statewise Data of World Heritage Sites In India
[Take A Quick Look]
Here is a list that conveys the number of the Heritage sites in India
classified by the states –
STATE EXCLUSIVE
SITES
Bihar 2
Chandigarh 1
Assam 2
Goa 1
Delhi 3
Himachal Pradesh 1
Karnataka 2
Gujarat 3
Maharashtra 5
Kerala 0
Madhya Pradesh 3
Rajasthan 3
Odisha 1
Uttarakhand 1
Tamil Nadu 2
Sikkim 1
Uttar Pradesh 3
West Bengal 1
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