World Heritage Sites in India comprise religious monuments, cultural heritages and natural sites.
The World Heritage sites are declared by the UNESCO in1972, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a resolution with overwhelming enthusiasm creating thereby a 'Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage'.The enlisted sites on the World Heritage list now stands at 830 incorporating both cultural and natural sites, and endowment that is shared by all mankind and the protection of which is our primal concern.
Agra Fort
Agra Fort represents the first major building project of Akbar, with remains of the ruins.
Ajanta CavesAjanta Caves including the unfinished ones are thirty in number, of which five) are chaitya-grihas and the rest are viharas (monasteries).
Ellora Caves
The magnificent group of rock-cut shrines of Ellora, demonstrating three diverse faiths, Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina were excavated during the period from fifth to the thirteenth century AD.
Taj Mahal
Taj on the right bank of River Yamuna, about 1.5km from the Agra fort, was built to enshrine the remains of Arjumand Banu Begam entitled Mumtaj Mahal, the queen of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments
Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, the city of Mamalla, is named after the title of great
Pallava ruler Narasimhavarman-I (AD 630-668).Sun Temple
Konark is the Kainapara of the Periplus (first century AD) - an important port of the Orissan coast. The most notable marvel is the stately Sun Temple, built in c.
Fatehpur Sikri
In honour of Saint Shaikh Salim Chishti, the Mughal Emperor Akbar, the great, founded a magnificent city on Sikri ridge.
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