List of Complete UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India [Updated 2021]

Suvarna C.

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About UNESCO:

UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and was came into force on November 04, 1946. The agency was made for the promotion of international collaboration in science, education and culture. It seeks to build peace by collaborating in the above sections of the society. It is headquartered in Paris, France.

UNESCO General Conference is held every two years to set the state agency budget. It is headed by Director- General who is appointed by the UN General Assembly. A Director-General is appointed by the General Conference for a period of 6 years. The present Director-General of UNSECO is Audrey Azoulay. She is a French civil servant and 10th Director-General of UNESCO. She assumed office on 15^th November 2017.

World Heritage sites in India:

There is a total of 38 world heritage sites out of which 30 are cultural, 7 are natural and 1 is mixed in India till now. The last added World Heritage site in India was The Walled city of Jaipur. The decision to include it was made on the 43rd session of the world heritage site committee held in Baku (Capital city of Azerbaijan). The Walled City of Jaipur which is a major hub of arts and crafts secured its place on the World Heritage sites list on 6th July 2019. Before this, the Victorian Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai was added to the list in 2018.

List of World Heritage sites in India

The list of 38 world Heritage sites of India distinguish by cultural, natural and mixed are shown below.

Cultural World Heritage Sites in India list

S.No.	Name of Cultural World Heritage Site	Year of Notification	State
1	Agra Fort	1983	Uttar Pradesh
2	Ajanta Caves	1983	Maharashtra
3	Ellora Caves	1983	Maharashtra
4	Taj Mahal	1983	Uttar Pradesh
5	Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram	1984	Tamil Nadu
6	Sun Temple, Konarak	1984	Orissa
7	Churches and Convents of Goa	1986	Goa
8	Elephanta Caves	1987	Maharashtra
9	Group of Monuments at Hampi	1986	Karnataka
10	Fatehpur Sikri	1986	Uttar Pradesh
11	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	1986	Madhya Pradesh
12	Group of Monuments at Pattadakal	1987	Karnataka
13	Great Living Chola Temples	1987	Tamil Nadu
14	Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi	1989	Madhya Pradesh
15	Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi	1993	Delhi
16	Mountain Railways of India	1999	Tamil Nadu
17	Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi	1993	Delhi
18	Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya	2002	Bihar
19	Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park	2004	Gujarat
20	Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Formerly Victoria Terminus)	2004	Maharashtra
21	Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka	2003	Madhya Pradesh
22	Red Fort Complex	2007	Delhi
23	The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur	2010	Rajasthan
24	Hill Forts of Rajasthan	2013	Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambhore, Amber Sub-Cluster, Jaisalmer, Gagron)
25	Rani-Ki-Van (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat	2014	Gujarat
26.	Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda	2016	Rajasthan Bihar
27.	The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	2016	Chandigarh
28.	Historic City of Ahmedabad	2017	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
29.	Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles	2018	Mumbai, Maharashtra
30.	The walled city of Jaipur	2019	Rajasthan

Natural World Heritage Site of India list

S.No.	Natural World Heritage Site	Year of inclusion	State
1	Kaziranga National Park	1985	Assam
2	Keoladeo Ghana National Park	1985	Rajasthan
3	Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers	1982 2005	Uttarakhand
4	Manas Wildlife Sanctuary	1985	Assam
5	Sunderbans National Park	1984	West Bengal
6	Western Ghats	2012	Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
7	Great Himalayan National Park	2014	Himachal Pradesh