{"id":202,"date":"2017-07-22T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/?p=202"},"modified":"2019-12-04T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T07:37:04","slug":"state-maximum-number-unesco-world-heritage-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/india\/state-maximum-number-unesco-world-heritage-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Which State has the Maximum Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/india\/state-maximum-number-unesco-world-heritage-sites\/attachment\/which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-unesco-world-heritage-sites\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-210\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/2017\/07\/Which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Sites.jpg\" alt=\"Which State has the Maximum Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sitese-has-the-maximum-number-of-UNESCO-world-heritage-sites\" width=\"800\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/2017\/07\/Which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Sites.jpg 800w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/2017\/07\/Which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Sites.jpg 118w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/2017\/07\/Which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Sites.jpg 237w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/2017\/07\/Which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Sites.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/2017\/07\/Which-state-has-the-maximum-numbers-of-UNESCO-World-Heritage-Sites.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of India Showing UNESCO World Heritage Sites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Maharashtra has the maximum number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">UNESCO released this year\u2019s list of new World Heritage Sites in the month of July. Historic City of Ahmedabad has been the only inclusion from India this year. Ahmedabad is the first Indian city to receive heritage status. With this, there are now 36 World Heritage sites in India, out of which 28 are cultural sites, 7 natural sites and 1 mixed site. UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972, provides World Heritage status. Agra Fort and Ajanta Caves were the first two Indian sites inscribed to the list in the year 1983. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">State of Maharashtra has 4 World Heritage sites and another one on shared basis. The sites are \u2013 Ajanta Caves (Aurangabad), Ellora Caves (Aurangabad), Elephanta Caves (Mumbai), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus\/Victoria Terminus (Mumbai) and Western Ghats (Sahyadri sub-clusters).<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">State of Tamil Nadu comes next with three World Heritage sites and another one on shared basis. The heritage sites are \u2013 Great Living Chola Temples, Mahabalipuram monuments, Nilgiri Mountain Railways and Western Ghats (Agasthyamalai \u2013 Anamalai Hills).<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,serif;\">Delhi City is the only city in India having three world heritage sites \u2013 Red Fort complex, Qutub Minar complex and Humayun\u2019s Tomb.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra has the maximum number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. UNESCO released this year\u2019s list of new World Heritage Sites in the month of July. Historic City of Ahmedabad has been the only inclusion from India this year. Ahmedabad is the first Indian city to receive heritage status. 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