TOP 3 UNESCO VISITING SITES IN INDIA

TOP 03 WORLD HERITAGE PLACES IN INDIA:-

India is well known for its culture and traditions. Tourist from all over the world gets attracted towards the culture and people of India. In different states of India, many UNESCO verified sites are liked by tourists from throughout the world. The main attraction to different sites in different states is their uniqueness or, you may say, variation in their art and sculptures. Here are the top 03 out of them which you should definitely visit.

 

BODH GAYA:-(A PROUD OF BIHAR)

LORD Buddha

Bodh Gaya lies 115 km south of the state capital of Bihar, Patna, and 16 km from the district headquarters at Gaya, in Eastern India. It is one of the four holy sites related to the Lord Buddha's life, particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The famous Mahabodhi Temple was established in the reign of Ashoka the Great in about approximately 250 BCE. The present Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya comprises the 50 m high grand Temple, the Vajrasana, sacred Bodhi Tree, and other six sacred sites of Buddha's enlightenment, surrounded by numerous ancient Votive stupas, well maintained and protected by inner, middle, and outer circular boundaries. The Main Temple wall has an average height of 11 m, and it is built in the classical style of Indian temple architecture. You will definitely feel at peace, and your mind will attain a relaxed when you visit this place.

 

SUN TEMPLE,(KONARK,ODISHA)

konark temple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vEvvnrfEV8 (documentry by Doordarshan)

The Sun Temple at Konârak, located on the eastern shores of the Indian subcontinent, is one of the outstanding examples of temple architecture. It is an outstanding testimony to the 13th-century kingdom of Orissa and a monumental example of the personification of divinity, thus forming an invaluable link in the history of the diffusion of the cult of Surya, the Sun God. The Sun Temple is the culmination of Kalingan temple architecture, with its defining elements in complete and perfect form. The temple represents a chariot of the Sun God, with twelve pairs of wheels drawn by seven horses evoking its movement across the heavens. 

 

KAZIRANGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY:-(ASSAM)

kaziranga wildlife sanctuary

Famous for its one-horn rhinoceroses, Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Assam and is one of India's untouched natural areas. It is said that this World Heritage Site in India was a project initiated by Lord Curzon when his wife failed to see a single Rhinoceros in the region and urged her husband to take measured regarding the protection of these endangered species. This park lies on the flood plains of the river Brahmaputra and consists mainly of dense grasslands, forests and also has several streams and lakes running through it. Kaziranga contains about 15 endangered Indian faunal species, of which the Rhino is the most endangered. Other mammals include capped langur, hoolock gibbon, tiger, leopard, sloth bear, Ganges dolphin, etc.

 

Flora:

Due to the difference in altitude between the eastern and western areas of the park, here one can see mainly four types of vegetation’ alluvial inundated grasslands, alluvial savanna woodlands, tropical moist mixed deciduous, and tropical semi-evergreen forests. Kumbha, Indian gooseberry, cotton tree, and elephant Apple are amongst the famous trees that can be seen in the park. Also, a good variety of aquatic flora can be seen in lakes, ponds, and along the river shores. 

 

Fauna:

The forest region of Kaziranga Park is home to the world’s largest population of Indian Rhinoceros. Other animals that can be seen in the elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests of Kaziranga are Hoolock Gibbon, Tiger, Leopard, Indian Elephant, Sloth Bear, Wild water buffalo, swamp deer, etc. With the increase in tiger population every year, the government authorities declared Kaziranga as a Tiger Reserve in 2006.

If you are fond of traveling, then you must visit these three places.

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