Aim to get Batu Caves on Heritage Sites list


ACCORDING to information in the Unesco website, about 20% of the World Heritage Sites have some sort of religious or spiritual connection.

At least 30 Hindu places of worship are already listed in the World Heritage Sites list. Set aside the world-famous Angkor Wat and Prambanan Temple, other Hindu temples in the prestigious list are Elephanta Caves, Kailasnatha Temple (Ellora Caves) and Konar Sun Temple in India, and Pashupatinath Temple and Changu Narayan in Nepal.

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