UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

Subject : Environment

Context : Six sites have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage site

Concept :

• Six of the nine sites submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India had been accepted by UNESCO for inclusion in the tentative list, which is a requirement before the final nomination of any site.
• The recently-included proposals are ,

Maratha military architecture in Maharashtra,

Hire Bengal megalithic site in Karnataka,

Bhedaghat-Lametaghat of Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh.

Ganga ghats in Varanasi,

Temples of Kancheepuram and

Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

• These proposals will remain in tentative list for a year after which the government will decide which one of them to push for in their final dossier to UNESCO, officials said.
• With the addition of these six sites, the UNESCO has 48 proposals in tentative list of India.
• As per Operational Guidelines, 2019, it is mandatory to put any monument/site on the Tentative List (TL) before it is considered for the final nomination dossier.
• India has 48 sites in the TL as of now.
• As per rules, any country can submit the nomination dossier after one year of it being on the TL.