PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF INDIA

Complete List of World Heritage Sites of India

 

 

WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF INDIA ,  Year 2009  Click on the Thumbnail to see the full size image

Cultural Sites (22)

Ajanta  Caves                             Agra Fort                          Ellora Caves

Taj Mahal                       Sun Temple (Konark)            Mahabalipuram

Churches of Goa                    Khajuraho                             Hampi

Fathehpur Sikri                    Pattadakal                     Elephanta Caves

Chola Temple                           Sanchi                         Humayun’s Tomb

Qutub Minar                       Bodh Gaya                          Bhimbetka

Red Fort

NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF INDIA

Kaziranga                            Manas                                Keoladeo

Sunderban                         Nanda Devi

World Heritage Sites of India, Complete List (27 heritage sites of India)

In the year 1972, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a resolution for the  ‘Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage’. The main objectives of this resolution  were to define the World Heritage Sites  in both cultural and natural aspects; to enlist Sites and Monuments from the member countries which are of exceptional interest and universal value, the protection of which is the concern of all mankind; and to promote co-operation among all Nations and people to contribute for the protection of these universal treasures intact for future generations. 

The present List of recorded sites on the World Heritage now stands at 812 which include both cultural and natural wonders, and endowment that is shared by all mankind and the protection of which is the concern of the entire mankind. These include 628 cultural, 160 natural and 24 mixed properties in 137 state parties. India is an active member State on the World Heritage from 1977 and has been working in close co-operation with other International agencies like ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) and ICCROM (International Centre for the study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property). 
  
There are 27 World Heritage Properties in India out of which 22 are Cultural Properties and 5 are Natural Properties