Andhra Pradesh 0/1

  • Mallikarjuna Temple

    Andhra Pradesh · Pilgrimage

    A hilltop Jyotirlinga above the Krishna river gorge at Srisailam, one of the few shrines counted among both the Jyotirlingas and the Shakti Peethas.

Assam 0/3

  • Kaziranga National Park

    Assam · Natural · 1985

    Assam grassland and swampland reserve holding the world's largest population of one-horned rhinoceros, best explored by jeep or elephant-back safari.

  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

    Assam · Natural · 1985

    Foothill forest on the Bhutan border sheltering tigers, elephants and the rare golden langur — quieter and far less visited than Kaziranga.

  • Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty

    Assam · Cultural · 2024

    Earthen burial mounds of the Ahom dynasty at Charaideo, raised over six centuries and sometimes called Assam's own pyramids.

Bihar 0/2

  • Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar

    Bihar · Cultural · 2016

    Ruins of the ancient world's largest residential university, teaching Buddhist philosophy to students from across Asia from the 5th to 12th centuries.

  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya

    Bihar · Cultural · 2002

    The site where the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, under a descendant of the original Bodhi tree — still an active pilgrimage site.

Chandigarh 0/1

  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier

    Chandigarh · Cultural · 2016

    The Capitol Complex — Chandigarh's Secretariat, Assembly and High Court — designed by Le Corbusier as the centrepiece of India's first planned city.

Delhi 0/3

  • Humayun's Tomb

    Delhi · Cultural · 1993

    A garden tomb built for the Mughal emperor Humayun in the 1560s, and the direct architectural template for the Taj Mahal decades later.

  • Qutb Minar and its Monuments

    Delhi · Cultural · 1993

    A 73-metre tapering minaret begun in 1193 to mark the start of Delhi's Sultanate era, standing beside an even older iron pillar.

  • Red Fort

    Delhi · Cultural · 2007

    Shah Jahan's red-sandstone citadel and seat of Mughal power for two centuries — every Independence Day, the Prime Minister addresses the nation from its ramparts.

Goa 0/1

  • Churches and Convents of Goa

    Goa · Cultural · 1986

    16th–17th century Portuguese churches in Old Goa, including the Basilica of Bom Jesus, which holds the relics of St. Francis Xavier.

Gujarat 0/7

  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

    Gujarat · Cultural · 2004

    An abandoned 16th-century sultanate capital at the foot of Pavagadh hill, blending Hindu and Islamic architecture across mosques, tombs and stepwells.

  • Dholavira: a Harappan City

    Gujarat · Cultural · 2021

    A 5,000-year-old Indus Valley city in the Rann of Kutch, with stone reservoirs and a stadium-sized ceremonial ground still visible today.

  • Dwarkadhish Temple

    Gujarat · Pilgrimage

    Krishna's Char Dham temple in his legendary capital of Dwarka, its five-storey spire visible from far along the Gujarat coast.

  • Historic City of Ahmadabad

    Gujarat · Cultural · 2017

    A 15th-century walled city of carved-wood havelis and stepped pols, founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah on the banks of the Sabarmati.

  • Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

    Gujarat · Pilgrimage

    A Jyotirlinga near Dwarka marked by a giant Shiva statue, one of three shrines across India that claim the name Nageshwar.

  • Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat

    Gujarat · Cultural · 2014

    An 11th-century stepwell built as a memorial by a Solanki queen, its seven descending levels carved with over 500 sculptures.

  • Somnath Temple

    Gujarat · Pilgrimage

    The first of the twelve Jyotirlingas, on Gujarat's Arabian Sea coast — rebuilt several times after historic raids, its current shikhara dates to 1951.

Himachal Pradesh 0/1

  • Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area

    Himachal Pradesh · Natural · 2014

    A steep Himachal wilderness of conifer forest and alpine pasture, home to snow leopards and blue sheep, reached mainly on foot.

Jharkhand 0/1

  • Baidyanath Temple

    Jharkhand · Pilgrimage

    A Jyotirlinga at Deoghar also revered as one of the Shakti Peethas, drawing pilgrims who carry Ganga water on foot from Sultanganj.

Karnataka 0/3

  • Group of Monuments at Hampi

    Karnataka · Cultural · 1986

    The boulder-strewn ruins of Vijayanagara's capital — temples, bazaars and a stone chariot spread across a landscape that looks otherworldly at dawn.

  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

    Karnataka · Cultural · 1987

    A cluster of 7th–8th century Chalukya temples blending northern and southern Indian temple styles side by side on the Malaprabha river.

  • Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas

    Karnataka · Cultural · 2023

    Star-shaped 12th–13th century temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura, carved by Hoysala sculptors in soapstone fine enough to resemble ivory.

Kerala 0/1

  • Western Ghats

    Kerala · Natural · 2012

    A mountain range older than the Himalayas, running down India's west coast — one of the world's biodiversity hotspots across 39 protected pockets.

Madhya Pradesh 0/5

  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

    Madhya Pradesh · Cultural · 1989

    India's best-preserved Buddhist stupa complex, founded by Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, with elaborately carved gateways added later by the Sungas.

  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments

    Madhya Pradesh · Cultural · 1986

    Chandela-dynasty temples from the 10th–11th centuries, celebrated for intricately carved sculpture — only a fraction of the original 85 temples survive.

  • Mahakaleshwar Temple

    Madhya Pradesh · Pilgrimage

    Ujjain's Jyotirlinga, unusual for facing south, known for its pre-dawn Bhasma Aarti where the deity is ritually bathed in sacred ash.

  • Omkareshwar Temple

    Madhya Pradesh · Pilgrimage

    A Jyotirlinga on a Narmada river island shaped like the sacred Om symbol, reached by a footbridge from the mainland ghats.

  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

    Madhya Pradesh · Cultural · 2003

    Sandstone rock shelters with paintings spanning the Mesolithic to medieval periods — among the earliest evidence of human life in India.

Maharashtra 0/9

  • Ajanta Caves

    Maharashtra · Cultural · 1983

    30 rock-cut Buddhist caves in a horseshoe gorge, carved between the 2nd century BCE and 6th century CE, famous for painted murals of the Jataka tales.

  • Bhimashankar Temple

    Maharashtra · Pilgrimage

    A Jyotirlinga tucked into a forested wildlife sanctuary in the Sahyadri hills, and the source of the Bhima river.

  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)

    Maharashtra · Cultural · 2004

    A Victorian Gothic railway station in daily use, its spires and turrets modelled on London's St Pancras and still Mumbai's busiest terminus.

  • Elephanta Caves

    Maharashtra · Cultural · 1987

    A short ferry ride from Mumbai's Gateway of India to rock-cut Shiva shrines, centred on a monumental three-faced Sadashiva sculpture.

  • Ellora Caves

    Maharashtra · Cultural · 1983

    34 caves cut side by side — Buddhist, Hindu and Jain — crowned by the Kailasa Temple, carved top-down from a single basalt cliff.

  • Grishneshwar Temple

    Maharashtra · Pilgrimage

    The last of the twelve Jyotirlingas, rebuilt in the 18th century barely a kilometre from the Ellora Caves.

  • Maratha Military Landscapes of India

    Maharashtra · Cultural · 2025

    Twelve hill, forest and coastal forts built by the Maratha empire, headlined by Shivaji's mountain stronghold at Raigad.

  • Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

    Maharashtra · Pilgrimage

    A black-stone Jyotirlinga near Nashik where the Godavari river is believed to originate, its inner sanctum holding three small lingas for the Trimurti.

  • Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai

    Maharashtra · Cultural · 2018

    Two adjoining South Mumbai precincts — Gothic Revival civic buildings around Oval Maidan facing an Art Deco skyline along Marine Drive.

Odisha 0/2

  • Jagannath Temple, Puri

    Odisha · Pilgrimage

    The Char Dham temple on Odisha's coast, famous for its annual Rath Yatra, when the deities are pulled through the streets on giant wooden chariots.

  • Sun Temple, Konark

    Odisha · Cultural · 1984

    A 13th-century temple built as a colossal stone chariot for the sun god, its wheels carved as working sundials, half-ruined but still monumental.

Rajasthan 0/4

  • Hill Forts of Rajasthan

    Rajasthan · Cultural · 2013

    Six hilltop Rajput forts, including Chittorgarh and Kumbhalgarh, built between the 5th and 18th centuries to guard the kingdoms below.

  • Jaipur City, Rajasthan

    Rajasthan · Cultural · 2019

    Rajasthan's pink-washed walled capital, planned in 1727 on a precise grid of nine blocks around the City Palace and Hawa Mahal.

  • Keoladeo National Park

    Rajasthan · Natural · 1985

    A former royal duck-hunting marsh near Bharatpur, now a wetland sanctuary drawing thousands of migratory birds every winter.

  • The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

    Rajasthan · Cultural · 2010

    An 18th-century open-air observatory of stone astronomical instruments built by Maharaja Jai Singh II, including the world's largest stone sundial.

Sikkim 0/1

  • Khangchendzonga National Park

    Sikkim · Mixed · 2016

    A Sikkim reserve wrapped around the world's third-highest peak, sacred to local communities and home to red pandas and snow leopards.

Tamil Nadu 0/3

  • Great Living Chola Temples

    Tamil Nadu · Cultural · 1987

    Three living Shiva temples built over three centuries by Chola kings, headlined by the towering 11th-century Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur.

  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

    Tamil Nadu · Cultural · 1984

    Pallava-era rock-cut shrines and the Shore Temple facing the Bay of Bengal, alongside the giant open-air relief known as Arjuna's Penance.

  • Ramanathaswamy Temple

    Tamil Nadu · Pilgrimage

    A Jyotirlinga and Char Dham site on an island linked to the Ramayana, famed for a pillared corridor among the longest of any Hindu temple.

Telangana 0/1

  • Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana

    Telangana · Cultural · 2021

    A 13th-century Kakatiya temple with a roof said to be light enough to float on water, and sandstone carving famed for its detail.

Uttar Pradesh 0/5

  • Agra Fort

    Uttar Pradesh · Cultural · 1983

    Mughal red-sandstone fortress on the Yamuna, built by Akbar and later the site of Shah Jahan's confinement, with a clear view of the Taj.

  • Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath

    Uttar Pradesh · Cultural · 2026

    The deer park where the Buddha gave his first sermon after enlightenment, marked today by the Ashoka pillar and the great Dhamek Stupa.

  • Fatehpur Sikri

    Uttar Pradesh · Cultural · 1986

    Akbar's short-lived red-sandstone capital, abandoned within 15 years for lack of water — its palaces and the towering Buland Darwaza remain intact.

  • Kashi Vishwanath Temple

    Uttar Pradesh · Pilgrimage

    Varanasi's Jyotirlinga on the Ganga's ghats, rebuilt in its present form in 1780 and now linked to the river by a broad new corridor.

  • Taj Mahal

    Uttar Pradesh · Cultural · 1983

    Shah Jahan's white-marble mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, finished in 1653 and inlaid with semi-precious stone — best seen at sunrise, before the crowds.

Uttarakhand 0/3

  • Badrinath Temple

    Uttarakhand · Pilgrimage

    The Himalayan Char Dham dedicated to Vishnu, open only from spring to autumn before Garhwal's snows close the valley.

  • Kedarnath Temple

    Uttarakhand · Pilgrimage

    A stone Shiva temple at 3,583m in the Garhwal Himalaya, reachable only on foot or by helicopter, open to pilgrims a few months each year.

  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

    Uttarakhand · Natural · 1988

    A high-Himalayan wilderness of alpine meadows and snow peaks around Nanda Devi, open to trekkers only through the short monsoon bloom.

West Bengal 0/3

  • Mountain Railways of India

    West Bengal · Cultural · 1999

    Three narrow-gauge Himalayan lines — Darjeeling, Nilgiri and Kalka–Shimla — still climbing steep grades on steam and diesel toy trains.

  • Santiniketan

    West Bengal · Cultural · 2023

    The university town Rabindranath Tagore built around open-air classrooms and rural craft, still run on the Visva-Bharati philosophy he founded in 1921.

  • Sundarbans National Park

    West Bengal · Natural · 1987

    The world's largest mangrove forest, shared with Bangladesh, explored by boat through tidal channels where the Bengal tiger still swims between islands.