Santiniketan: Home of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, Santiniketan, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The announcement by the world body was made on Sunday on a post on 'X', announcing the inclusion of the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
"New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Santiniketan, #India. Congratulations!" it posted. India had been striving for long to get a UNESCO tag for this cultural site located in Birbhum district.
Landmark site was recommended for inclusion
A few months ago, the landmark site was recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by international advisory body ICOMOS.
Established in rural West Bengal in 1901, Santiniketan was founded by Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned poet and philosopher. It is now India's 41st World Heritage Site, wrote UNESCO on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Indian sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List
- Agra Fort.
- Ajanta Caves.
- Ellora Caves.
- Taj Mahal.
- Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.
- Sun Temple, Konarak.
- Kaziranga National Park.
- Keoladeo National Park.
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Churches and Convents of Goa.
- Fatehpur Sikri.
- Group of Monuments at Hampi.
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments.
- Elephanta Caves.
- Great Living Chola Temples 13.
- Group of Monuments at Pattadakal.
- Sundarbans National Park.
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks.
- Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi.
- Humayun's Tomb, Delhi.
- Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi.
- Mountain Railways of India.
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya.
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka.
- Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus).
- Red Fort Complex.
- The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur.
- Western Ghats.
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
- Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area.
- Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat.
- Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar.
- Khangchendzonga National Park.
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement.
- Historic City of Ahmadabad.
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai.
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan.
- Dholavira: A Harappan City.
- Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana.
- Santiniketan.
