UNESCO world heritage: Six sites including Varanasi’s Ganga ghat added from India

Union cultural minister, Prahl Singh Patel, on Wednesday informed that six of India's heritage sites have me it to UNESCO's tentative list. se sites include Varanasi’s ghats along Ganges, Kanchipuram Temple in Tamil Nu, Satpura Tiger Reserve, and Bhedaghat in Mhya Presh, Maratha Military architecture in Maharashtra, and Hire Bankal of Karnataka. union minister informed that Government h sent a recommendation of nine sites, out of which six have been selected. 

Prahl Singh Patel also tweeted names of sites that have me it to provisional list. 

six proposals were included on April 13 which me total count of proposals from India to 48. An official also ded that as per 2019 guidelines it is compulsory for selected sites to be first ded in tentative list before it is considered for final nomination. 

"As per operational guidelines, 2019 it is mandatory to put any monument/site on Tentative List (TL) before it is considered for final nomination dossier. India has 48 sites in TL as of now. As per rules, any country can submit nomination dossier after one year of it being on TL. So we can utilize this time to prepare nomination dossiers," ded an official to PTI reporters. 

Cultural Heritage sites of India in UNESCO 

UNESCO has alrey ded 30 of India's cultural sites, 7 natural, and 1 mixed site. This includes Agra Fort, Ajanta Caves, Elephanta caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and Jaipur City of Rajasthan. list of Natural sites includes Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, Kaziranga National Park, Keoleo National Park, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Nanda Devi, and Valley of Flowers National Parks, Sundarbans National Park, and Western Ghats. 

Apart from heritage sites, tentative list also includes activities, news, and events of India. Previously ded 42 historic locations include Temples of Bishnupur in West Bengal, Mattanchery Palace, Ernakulam in Kerala, Group of Monuments at Mandu in Mhya Presh, Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath of Varanasi, Uttar Presh, Sri Harimandir Sahib of Punjab, and River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam.