<h5>What do we know about Santiniketan?</h5><p>Santiniketan was a residential school and centre for art. It was founded in 1901 by the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore. It is located in Bolpur town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. In 1921, a university was established in Sanitniketan named “Visva Bharati.”</p><p>Santiniketan was recently announced as India’s 41st UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also the third world heritage site located in West Bengal, after the Sundarbans National Park and the Darjeeling Mountain Railways.</p><p>Debendranath Tagore, the father of Rabindranath Tagore, originally established Santiniketan town on the borders of Bolpur. Rabindranath Tagore later planned it as a university town and opened a school there. It was initially known as Brahmacharya Ashram. This was later expanded to become the Visva-Bharati University.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/santiniketan-is-now-a-unesco-world-heritage-site%2FSantiniketan%202.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=c95186a3-5997-4171-8c7c-ecf0fe32aedb"><figcaption>Students in Santiniketan. Photo by UNESCO.</figcaption></figure><h5>What do we mean by World Heritage Site?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/santiniketan-is-now-a-unesco-world-heritage-site%2FSantiniketan%203.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=9e06006a-0633-486c-984b-a7d1e34a96ef"><figcaption>Students in Santiniketan in the 1920s. Photo by indianhistorypics.</figcaption></figure><p>World Heritage Site is a designation given to those places on our planet that have lots of cultural, historical, or natural significance. These sites are added to the UNESCO World Heritage List to safeguard them for future generations to enjoy and appreciate.</p><p>Places on the list are from different parts of the world, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Taj Mahal in India, etc. UNESCO works to identify, protect, and preserve the sites under the treaty “Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.” It was adopted in 1972. It took effect in 1975.</p><h5>How many World Heritage Sites are there?</h5><p>The sites are divided into three types: cultural, natural, and mixed. Cultural sites include historical buildings, famous archaeological sites, etc. Natural sites include natural areas. Mixed heritage sites include both cultural and natural importance.</p><p>At the time of writing this, there are 1184 UNESCO World Heritage sites on the list. It is further divided into 924 cultural sites, 221 natural sites, and 39 mixed sites. In India, there are 42 sites, with Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalyas in Karnataka being added to the list.</p><p>Have you ever visited a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Tell us in the comments.</p>

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