Incredible India: UNESCO's World Heritage Sites

The Buddhist monuments of Sanchi date back to 1^st century B.C. Sanch Stupa, as it is popularly known, is located few kilometers away from Bhopal. The site is famous for the Buddhist art and architecture during the Mauryan period. Emperor Ashoka is said to have laid the foundations for Sanchi, which is now a specimen for its wealth of monolithic sculpture, Ashokan pillar, temples and monasteries.

# Khajuraho:

Khajuraho’s group of temples represents the rich cultural side of the Chandela period. The temples have a richly decorated entrance and almost all of the temples are made of fine grained sandstone which resulted in giving a unique buff, pink or pale yellow color to the architecture. Each temple here represents each different god.

# Ajanta, Ellora, and Elephanta Caves:

Located around Aurangabad in Maharashtra, the trio is a masterpiece of cave temple architecture. This kind of construction is probably unimaginable in modern times in spite of the latest developments in technology.

Ellora is unique for its largest single monolithic excavation in the world, the great Kailasa cave. Ellora caves are hewn out of volcanic basaltic formations in the region. All of them date back to 6^th or 7^th centuries. Elephanta’s magnificent rock-cut architecture is remarkable. While the Ajanta caves are world famous for its horseshoe shaped excavation which is all the more famous as it has only the surviving mural paintings of the world.

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