UPSC CSE 2024 · PYQ · Art & Culture / UNESCO World Heritage Sites · medium
Consider the following properties included in the World Heritage List released by UNESCO:
1. Shantiniketan
2. Rani-ki-Vav
3. Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
4. Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodhgaya
How many of the above properties were included in 2023?
A.Only one
B.Only two✓ Correct
C.Only three
D.All four
Explanation
In 2023, UNESCO added two Indian properties to the World Heritage List: Shantiniketan (the cultural site in West Bengal founded by Rabindranath Tagore) and the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas (the Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebid and Somanathapura in Karnataka). Rani-ki-Vav at Patan in Gujarat was inscribed earlier in 2014, and the Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodhgaya was inscribed in 2002. Hence only two of the listed properties were added in 2023.
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