Nearly 60 properties from India on tentative list for inclusion on world heritage list

There are nearly 60 properties in India which find a place in the Tentative List for further inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, according to information shared by the government in Parliament on Monday.

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) is being held in New Delhi from July 21 to July 31.

India is hosting the key event of UNESCO for the first time.

 The mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty in Assam ‘Moidams’ was on July 26 inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, making it the first cultural property from the Northeast to get the coveted tag.

However, as per the Operational Guidelines 2023, only one property can be submitted for the World Heritage inscription process each year.

As of now, 42 properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List.

The updated list for India, after the inclusion of centuries-old ‘Moidams’, is now 43 sites on the World Heritage List and 56 properties on the Tentative List, according to the website of UNESCO, which adds that out of the 195 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, 189 have submitted a Tentative List.