WHAT TO SEE IN INDIA
Tourist spots to suit all tastes
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An impressive list of sights
Since ratifying the World Heritage Convention in November 1977, India has had 43 of its spots inscribed on the prestigious list. Among the latest additions, are the burial mounds of the Ahom dynasty in July 2024, and in September 2023, The Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas, three temples dating from the 12th and 13th centuries located to the north-west and east of Mysore in Karnataka and the site of Shantiniketan, founded 170km north-east of Calcutta in the state of West Bengal in 1901 by Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Fifty-six additional sites are on the Tentative List, i.e. the list that the Indian State intends to propose for inscription. That clearly shows how rich India's heritage is for the tourists.
Iconic sights feature on all tours
Thirty-four ‘cultural’ sites, seven ‘natural’ sites and one ‘mixed’ site are on the Unesco list. Among the most famous are the monumental site of Hampi (Karnataka), the erotic sculptures in the temples of Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh), the hill forts of Rajasthan, etc... and, of course, the iconic Taj Mahal (Uttar Pradesh), which is also one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
Other tourist sites, probably because they are less accessible, remain more or less anonymous, but are nonetheless of exceptional universal value. These include Kaziranga National Park (Assam), the rock paintings of Bhimbetka (Madhya Pradesh), the Sun Temple of Konark (Odisha), the churches and convents of Goa (Goa), Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan), etc.....
Many of these places, already listed or to be listed in the future, are major tourist sites in India that any traveller will have the opportunity to discover by incorporating them into his or her tour. Here are a few suggestions for tours that include these wonders.
Here are some suggestions of tours where you can see (almost) everything !
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