36 sites from India inscribed on World Heritage List

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New Delhi : Thirtysix sites from India are inscribed on the World Heritage List which include 28 Cultural, 7 Natural and 1 Mixed category site. There are 3,686 monuments/sites under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

During the last three years, the Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda (Bihar), The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an outstanding contribution to the modern movement, Chandigarh and Historic City of Ahmedabad under cultural category and Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim, under mixed category have been added to the World Heritage List and the Vishnu Temple, Wynad (Kerala) are added to the protection list of ASI.

The protected monument/sites under ASI are in good state of preservation. This information was given by Minister of State (IC) for Culture and Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Dr Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha on March 22, 2018, according to a PIB release.