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CulturalRef. 249

Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram

Cultural World Heritage property in India, inscribed in 1984 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii), (vi).

Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram, India
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
India
Year of inscription
1984
Criteria
iiiiiivi
What it is
temple complex
Component parts
3 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 249 · Wikidata Q3522747

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(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.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Great Living Chola Temples, India234 kmGreat Living Chola TemplesIndia · 1987CulturalWestern Ghats, India436 kmWestern GhatsIndia · 2012Natural460 kmSacred Ensembles of the HoysalasIndia · 2023CulturalAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka477 kmAnuradhapuraSri Lanka · 1982CulturalHampi, India503 kmHampiIndia · 1986CulturalSigiriya, Sri Lanka522 kmSigiriyaSri Lanka · 1982Cultural
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