Six cultural heritage sites from India, including Varanasis ghats along the Ganges, Kanchipuram Temple inTamil Naduand Satpura Tiger Reserve in MP, have been added to Unescos tentative list of , Union culture ministerPrahlad Singh Patelsaid.
Of the nine entries sent to Unesco by theArchaeological Survey of India, six have been accepted for inclusion in the tentative list, a mandatory requirement before a site is finally nominated, Patel said.
Indias entries included the Maratha military architecture inMaharashtra, the Hire Bengal megalithic site inKarnatakaand Bhedaghat-Lametaghat of Narmada Valley inMadhya Pradesh. The six proposals were included on April 13, taking the total proposals from India to 48.