New Indian Sites added to Tentative List of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites

Six Indian sites have been added to the tentative list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites. The submissions were made by Archaeological Survey of India, which is responsible for the conservation and preservation of Indian monuments.

The six sites are –

  1. Satpura Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh)
  2. Iconic Riverfront/Ghats of the historic city of Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
  3. Megalithic site of Hire Benkal (Karnataka)
  4. Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra
  5. Bhedaghat-Lametaghat in Narmada Valley-Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
  6. Temples of Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu)
  • With the addition of these six sites, UNESCO has 48 proposals in the tentative list of India.

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