Apart from the 36 sites inscribed
on the World Heritage list, India has also maintained a list of tentative sites
for recognition which has been submitted to UNESCO Committee for evaluation and
acceptance. This procedure of prelisting is a prerequisite for the nominations
for the World Heritage list to be accepted.[83] Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines,
and Nepal have
expressed their support in inscribing more sites from India.
01. Temples at Bishnupur (West
Bengal; 1600-1758 AD)
West
Bengal is famous for its terracotta temples
built in the 17th and 18th centuries and the balucheri sarees.
02. Mattancherry Palace (Kochi,
Kerala; 1555 AD)
Mattancherry Palace, also known as the Dutch Palace,
in Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala features
Kerala murals depicting Hindu temple art, portraits and exhibits of the rajas
of Kochi.
03. Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Group
of Monuments (10 Century AD)
Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Group of Monuments are
in the fortress town on a rocky outcrop about 100 km (62 mi)
from Indore,
and are celebrated for their fine architecture.
04. Ancient Buddhist site in Sarnath
(Sarnath, Varanasi, UP; 500 CE)
Ancient Buddhist
Site in Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh where Gautama
Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where
the BuddhistSangha came
into existence through the enlightenment of Kondanna.
05. Sri
Harimandir Sahib (The "Golden Temple") (Amritsar, Punjab;
1604 AD)
06. River Island of Majuli
(Brahmaputra River, Assam)
River Island of Majuli in
midstream of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, it is the
largest river island in the world.
07. Namdapha National Park
(Arunachal Pradesh)
This is the largest protected
area in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot is located in Arunachal
Pradesh in Northeast India
08. Wild Ass Sanctuary (Kutchh,
Gujarat)
Wild Ass Sanctuary, largest wildlife
sanctuary in India is known for the endangered wild ass subspecies of Indian
wild ass in Little Rann of Kutch
09. Bhitarkanika Conservation Area (Odisha)
A mangrove wetland in Odisha home
to largest salt water crocodiles in the world apart from other wildlife animals
and exotics birds both indigenous and migratory. It has the largest number of
mangrove species in India. The Gahirmatha sanctuary besides the bhitarkanika
national park is the site of mass nesting and egg laying by olive ridley sea
turtles that happens once a year. It is known as aribada.
10. Neora Valley National Park (Darjeeling,
West Bengal)
This is one of the richest
biological zones in the entire Northeast situated in the Kalimpong subdivision
under Darjeeling District in West Bengal.
11. Desert National Park (Rajasthan)
This is an example of the
ecosystem of the Thar Desert.
12. Mughal Gardens in Jammu and
Kashmir (1619-1650 AD)
There are six gardens. They
are Chashma Shahi, Shalimar Bagh, Pari Mahal, Verinag Garden, Achabal
Gardens and Nishat Bagh.
13. Silk Road Sites in India (Around 114 BC –
1450s)
This is part of the extensive
interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian
continent connecting East, South, and Western
Asia with the Mediterranean world,
as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe.
14. Santiniketan
(West Bengal, 1862)
Santiniketan made
famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became the
present university town Visva-Bharati University
15. Delhi (6th Century
BC)
India's historic national
Capital- nominated for World Heritage Citystatus
16. The Qutb Shahi Monuments of
Hyderabad (1594 AD)
This is a collection of the Qutb ShahiMonuments in and around Hyderabadcity.
They are Golconda Fort, Qutb
Shahi Tombs, Charminar, Char Kaman and Taramati
Baradari
This is acollection of the
Victorian Gothic buildings and Art Deco buildings. They are Bombay
High Court, Rajabai Clock Tower, Eros
Cinema and University of Mumbai
18. Apatani
Cultural Landscape (Arunachal Pradesh)
19. Archaeological remains
of Lothal (Gujarat; 3700 BCE)
It is one of the most prominent
city of the ancient Indus valley civilisation, discovered in
1954, Lothal was excavated from 13 February 1955 to 19 May 1960 by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Lothal's dock—the world's earliest known—connected the city
to an ancient course of the Sabarmati river.
20. Bahá'í
House of Worship (New Delhi; 1986)
21. Cellular Jail (Andaman
Islands; 1906 AD)
Historic Cellular
Jail in Port Blair was used by the British to exile political prisoners during the struggle for India's independence to
the remote archipelago. Presently, the jail complex serves as a
national memorial monument.
22. Chettinad,
Village Clusters of the Tamil Merchants (Tamil Nadu)
23. Chilika
Lake (Odisha)
It is the largest coastal lagoon
in India and the second largest lagoon in the world.
24. Monuments
and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (Karnataka; 1656)
25. Ekamra
Kshetra – The Temple City (Bhubaneswar, Odisha; 3rd Century BCE)
Bhubaneswar is
famous for Kalinga Style temples and Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, Bhubaneswar got
the name Ekamra Kshetra as Lingaraj, deity of Lingaraja
Temple, is believed to be originally under a mango tree (Ekamra), according
to Ekamra Purana. Bhubaneswar is considered as pilgrimage site by Shaivite, Buddhist and Jain.
26. Padmanabhapuram Palace (Tamil Nadu; 1601 AD)
Padmanabhapuram Palace is located in
the Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu but
it is owned and controlled by Kerala Govt.
Group of 25 Jain and Hindu temples.[97][98][99][100] built
in 12th and 13th century AD by Hoysala
Emperors.
28. Monuments
of Srirangapatna Island Town (Karnataka; 9th to 18th
Century)
Group of structures including Ranganatha Swamy Temple, Tipu
Sultan's palace, Tipu Sultan's Gumbaz, Garrison cemetery, Scott's
Bungalow, Srirangapatna Fort, Bailey's Dungeon, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary.
29. Narcondam
Island (A&N)
It is a small volcanic island
located in the Andaman Sea. Famous for endangered Narcondam hornbill that is endemic to
the island.
30. The Neolithic Settlement of Burzahom
(Jammu and Kashmir; 3000 BC to 1000 BC)
Prehistoric occupational culture
of Neolithic era,
Megalithic era and early Modern Period
31. The
Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways (Warangal, Telangana; 1163 AD)
This is a collection of the Kakatiya
eraGateways and Temples. They are Kakatiya Kala Thoranam, Warangal
Fort, Ramappa Temple and Thousand Pillar Temple.
32. Sites of Satyagraha,
India’s non-violent freedom movement
Satyagraha loosely translated as
"insistence on truth"[102] generally
known as nonviolent resistance, was coined and
developed by Mahatma Gandhi[103] for Indian independence movement.
Satyagraha theory influenced Nelson
Mandela's struggle in South Africa under apartheid, Martin Luther King Jr.'s and James
Bevel's campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement in the United
States, and many other social justice and similar movements.
It is one of Asia's oldest and
longest major roads.
36. Dholavira: A
Harappan City (Gujarat; 2650 BCE)
Ancient Dholavira, archaeological sitein Kutch
District contains ruins of ancient Indus Valley Civilization city, it
is one of the largest Harappanarchaeological sites.
37. Evolution of Temple Architecture –
Aihole-Badami-Pattadakal (Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal in Karnataka;
450 AD)
Cradle of Indian rock cut
architecture
39. Jaipur (Rajasthan;
1727)
India's historic city and capital
city of state of Rajasthan- nominated for World Heritage City status. Famous for
palaces and Forts.
40. Cold Desert Cultural
Landscape of India (Ladakh; 2015)
Much of it being over an altitude
of 3,000 m
41. Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
(1881)
The Matheran Hill Railway, Maharashtra is
proposed to be included to the group of already inscribed Mountain Railway
Lines.
42. Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area
(Manipur; 1977)
Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area
comprises Keibul Lamjao National Park and Loktak Lake and Pumlen Pat. Loktak
Lake is famous for Phumdis, a series of floating islands.[112] Keibul
Lamjao National Park is rich amalgam of aquatic, wetland and
terrestrial ecosystem.
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