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Great Living Chola Temples

Cultural World Heritage property in India, inscribed in 1987 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Great Living Chola Temples, India
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Aflaj Irrigation System of OmanAjanta CavesAnuradhapuraArchaeological Heritage of the Lenggong ValleyAyutthaya Historical ParkBaganBahla FortBhimbetka rock sheltersCentral Highlands of Sri LankaChampaner-Pavagadh Archaeological ParkChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj TerminusChurches and Convents of GoaCultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’erDambulla cave templeDholaviraElephanta CavesEllora CavesGreat Living Chola TemplesGroup of monuments at MahabalipuramHampiHistoric City of AhmadabadHistoric Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic TownsHistorical Monuments at Makli, ThattaKaeng Krachan Forest ComplexKandyKonark Sun TempleMahabodhi TempleMaratha Military Landscapes of IndiaMosque City of BagerhatOld Town of Galle and its FortificationsOmbilin coal minePattadakal Group of MonumentsPolonnaruwaPyu Ancient CitiesQalhatRamappa TempleRani ki vavSacred Ensembles of the HoysalasSanchiSantiniketanSigiriyaSinharaja Forest ReserveSundarbans National ParkSundarbans Reserved ForestThungyai Naresuan Wildlife SanctuaryVictorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of MumbaiWat Phra MahathatWestern Ghats10.783° N, 79.132° E
State Party
India
Year of inscription
1987
Criteria
iiiii
Area of property
22 ha
Location
Tamil Nadu
What it is
historic site, group of structures or buildings
Component parts
3 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 250 · Wikidata Q695229

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram, India234 kmGroup of monuments at MahabalipuramIndia · 1984CulturalWestern Ghats, India237 kmWestern GhatsIndia · 2012NaturalAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka306 kmAnuradhapuraSri Lanka · 1982CulturalSigiriya, Sri Lanka361 kmSigiriyaSri Lanka · 1982CulturalDambulla cave temple, Sri Lanka365 kmDambulla cave templeSri Lanka · 1991CulturalPolonnaruwa, Sri Lanka377 kmPolonnaruwaSri Lanka · 1982Cultural
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