Visit these UNESCO World Heritage sites in India

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates the title of World Heritage Sites to places of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage. India has more than 40 listed UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The most famous out of which is the Taj Mahal in Agra, which is also recognised as one of the seven Wonders of the World.

Let's take a look at the lesser-known UNESCO World Heritage Sites you can visit in India. (Source: Unsplash)

Fatehpur Sikri is a town in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Taj Mahal may be a UNESCO world heritage site, but so is Sikri in its own right. The name of the city is derived from the village called Sikri which previously occupied the location.

An Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) excavation from 1999 to 2000 indicated that there was housing, temples and commercial centres here before Akbar built his capital. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

All of us know about Hampi but not many of you would know about Dholavira, which are the remains of one of the centres of the Harappan Civilisation from the 3rd to mid-2nd millennium BCE, in the Bronze Age. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Khangchendzonga National Park, also Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, is a national park and a biosphere reserve located in Sikkim, India.

It is a sacred mountain in Tibetan Buddhism, where the area is considered a beyul, a sacred hidden land. It is home to ethnically diverse Sikkimese communities. (Source: Unsplash)

Formerly known as Victoria Terminus, the historical station was built in the late 19th century in the Victorian Gothic style, drawing influences from Italian Gothic architecture. (Source: Unsplash)

Instead of the Red Fort in Delhi, visit Humayun's Tomb, the tomb of the Mughal Emperor constructed in the 1560s. It was the first example of a garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent. (Source: Unsplash)

Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar has shrines, stupas, and viharas that used to be residential and educational buildings, and art works in different materials. Nalanda Mahavira was a Buddhist ancient higher-learning university built in the 5th century. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Rani-ki-Vav or the Queen's Stepwell at Patan, Gujarat has been called one of the finest examples of a step well, constructed in the 11th century by the Chaulukya dynasty. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Park is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uttarakhand, India. The Valley of Flowers is at its best during the rainy season, as the endemic flora carpets its entire length and breadth. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)