India has a very broad history and its monuments are very famous in the world. More than 1000 forts and 2 million temples were built in India and among them, UNESCO declared 38 monuments as world heritage sites which includes 30 cultural sites, 7 natural properties, and 1 mixed site.
The UNESCO world heritage sites in India are:
1. Ajanta caves
It is situated in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Its construction started in the 2nd century BC and completed in the 6th century AD. UNESCO declared it a world heritage site in India in 1983. Ajanta caves are Buddhist caves built in two phases, the first phase was built by the emperor of that period, "The Great Ashoka" and the second phase was built by the Gupta emperor in the 5th-6th century.
2. Ellora Caves
Ellora caves are built in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. It was built between 600-1000 AD. UNESCO declared it a world heritage site in 1983. It represents multiple religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. 34 monasteries and temples sculpted contiguously into rock walls of a high basalt cliff are seen along a length of 2 kilometers (1.2 mi).
3. The Agra fort
In 1983, UNESCO inscribed the Agra fort as a world heritage site. It is also known as the Red fort of Agra. The fortress is situated on the bank of river Yamuna and it was built with red sandstone. It is built in 2.5 kilometers area. It was built in the 16th century by an intruder emperor Akbar.
4. Taj mahal
Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders in the world was built by the intruder emperor's descendant Shahjahan. It was built in the 17th century. In the year, 1983, UNESCO declared the Taj Mahal as a world heritage site. It is situated near the river Yamuna and based in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
5. Sun temple
Sun temple is also known as Black Pagoda. It is situated in Puri, Odisha. The temple was built in the 13th century by King Narasimhadeva 1 of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. It was inscribed as a world heritage site in 1984. The sun temple is dedicated to the Lord Sun.
.6. Group of monuments in Mahabalipuram
It is situated in Tamil Nadu built by King Pallava in the 7th and 8th centuries. These monuments were carved out of rock. In 1984, UNESCO inscribed it as a world heritage site.
7. Kaziranga National Park
Built in the 20th century in Assam was inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site in the year 1985. It was first established in the year 1908 as a reserve forest to protect the dwindling number of rhinos. In 1916, the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary has renamed a National Park in 1974, as Kaziranga Game Sanctuary.
8. Manas Wildlife Sanctury
The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the northeastern state of Assam, is located in an area of 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres) in the plains of the Manas River in the foothills of the Himalayas, bordering Bhutan (surrounded by the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan)) Belongs to ) Belongs to. It was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 for its unique natural environment. The sanctuary is home to several plant species, 21 most threatened species of mammals (out of 55 mammal species in the sanctuary), 36 reptile species, three amphibians, and 350 species of birds. Endangered species include tiger, Peggy hog, cloud leopard, sloth bear, Indian rhinoceros, wild buffalo (the only pure stool of buffalo in India), Indian elephant, golden langur, and Bengal Corsican. In 1907, it was declared a reserve forest, a sanctuary in 1928, and became a tiger reserve in 1973 as part of the "Project Tiger" and World Heritage Site in December 1985. Plants listed under the broad category of Burma monsoon forests include 285 species of dicotyledon and 98 species of monocotyledon.
9. Keoladeo National Park
Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur is located within the Indus-Ganga Monsoon Forest Biographical Province. It is spread over an area of 2,783 hectares (6,880 acres). It was declared a national park in 1982. In 1900 it was a duck-hunting reserve of Maharajajas Bharatpur, then became a bird sanctuary in 1956, with Maharajas acquiring shooting rights until 1972. It was recorded as a Ramsar Wetland site in 1981. It was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List under 1985 (category) as a natural asset. The park's wetland area shrinks to 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) most of the year.
10. Churches and Convents of Goa
The Church and Convention of Goa are cultural monuments engraved by UNESCO under the World Heritage List in 1986 under Norms (ii), (iv) and (vi), built by the Portuguese colonial rulers of Goa in the 16th and 16th centuries Was. 18th century. These monuments are mainly in the former capital Velha Goa. Velha Goa is also known as Goem, Poornam Gori, Adlem Goi, Old Goa or Saibakem Goi, where Sahib or Goencho Sahib refers to St. Francis Xavier. The most important of these monuments is the Basilica of Bom Jesus, which overlooks the tomb containing the relics of St. Francis Xavier. These monuments of Goa, known as the "Rome of the Orient", were established from November 25, 1510, by various Catholic religious orders.
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