India’s Hidden Wonders: 3 Sites Added To UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

3 Sites Added To UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. (Image: Canva)

India has added three new sites to its Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage status. Two are in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and one is in Chhattisgarh. The new entries are the Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang, the Andaman Subduction Volcanoes, and the Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape.

The Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO announced the news on October 20 in a post on X. The post explained that a site must be on the Tentative List before it can be nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List. It also thanked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for preparing the documents behind the proposals.

Here is a closer look at each site and what travellers can expect.

File photo of Baratang. (Image: Canva)

Baratang is usually visited as a day trip from Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair), around 100 km away. The road passes through the Jarawa reserve, where vehicles travel in convoys at fixed times. Stopping, taking photos or interacting with the Jarawa people is strictly not allowed. To reach the caves, visitors take a boat ride through mangrove creeks, followed by a short walk…

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