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The Tentative List

The 78 sites India has proposed to UNESCO and may nominate next, by State, each with a line on what it is.

RajasthanMadhya PradeshMaharashtraUttar PradeshKarnatakaGujaratLadakhAndhra PradeshOdishaTamil NaduChhattisgarhTelanganaBiharWest BengalArunachal PradeshJharkhandAssamHimachal PradeshJammu & KashmirUttarakhandPunjabHaryanaKeralaManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandTripuraSikkimAndaman & Nicobar IslandsGoaDelhiAndaman & Nicobar IslandsAndaman & Nicobar IslandsApatani Cultural LandscapeArchaeological remains of a Harappa Port-Town, LothalBagh Cave paintingsBahá'í House of Worship at New DelhiBhedaghat-Lametaghat in Narmada ValleyCellular Jail, Andaman IslandsChettinad, Village Clusters of the Tamil MerchantsChilika LakeCold Desert Cultural Landscape of IndiaColonial Penal Settlement of Andaman IslandsDeccan Traps at Panchgani and MahabaleshwarDelhi - A Heritage CityDesert National ParkEkamra Kshetra – The Temple City, BhubaneswarEvolution of Temple Architecture – Aihole-Badami- PattadakalGaro Hills Conservation Area (GHCA)Geoglyphs of Konkan Region of IndiaGeological Heritage of St’ Mary’s Island ClusterGinnorgarh fortGroup of Monuments at Mandu, Madhya PradeshGroup of Temples of the Chambal Valley: Bateshwar, Padavali and KakarmathGwalior Fort, Madhya PradeshHire Benkal, Megalithic SiteIconic Riverfront of the Historic City of VaranasiIconic Saree Weaving Clusters of IndiaJingkieng jri: Living Root Bridge Cultural LandscapesKanger Valley National ParkKeibul Lamjao Conservation AreaKhooni Bhandara, BurhanpurMattanchery Palace, Ernakulam, KeralaMeghalayan Age CavesMonuments and Forts of the Deccan SultanateMonuments of Srirangapatna Island TownMountain Railways of India (Extension)Mudumal Megalithic MenhirsMughal Gardens in KashmirNaga Hill OphioliteNamdapha National ParkNarcondam IslandNatural Heritage of Erra Matti DibbaluNatural Heritage of Tirumala HillsNatural Heritage of VarkalaNeora Valley National ParkNicobarese Cultural Continuity in the Central group of Nicobar IslandsPadmanabhapuram PalaceRangpur-Sivasagar Historic EnsembleRiver Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in AssamRock Art Sites of the Chambal ValleyRock-cut Sculptures and Reliefs of the Unakoti, Unakoti Range, Unakoti DistrictSalkhan Fossil Park, SonbhadraSatpura Tiger ReserveSerial nomination for Ashokan Edict sites along the Mauryan RoutesSerial Nomination of Buddhist Triangle Sites of OdishaSerial nomination of Chausath Yogini TemplesSerial nomination of Coastal Fortifications along the Konkan Coast, MaharashtraSerial nomination of Gupta Temples in North IndiaSilk Road Sites in IndiaSites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam, Grand Trunk RoadSri Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar, PunjabSri Ranganathaswamy Temple, SrirangamSri Veerabhadra Temple and Monolithic Bull (Nandi), Lepakshi (The Vijayanagara Sculpture and Painting Art Tradition)Sun Temple, Modhera and its adjoining monumentsTemples at Bishnupur, West BengalTemples of KanchipuramThe Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple, BhojpurThe Gond monuments of Ramnagar, MandlaThe historic ensemble of DhamnarThe historic ensemble of OrchhaThe Neolithic Settlement of BurzahomThe Painted Haveli Towns of ShekhawatiThe Palace-Fortresses of the BundelasThe Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, CharminarThe Sites of Satyagraha: The Emergence and institutionalization of the non-violent movementThembang Fortified VillageUdaigiri CavesVadnagar – A multi-layered Historic town, GujaratWild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch

Boundaries after the Survey of India political map. A site proposed in several places, or as a whole landscape, is one dot at its principal place.

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