India Post has released a set of five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India

  India Post has released a set of five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India

 India Post has released a set of  five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India on 15th August 2020 on the occasion of 74th Independence Day.This is the third part of the series .

The stamps depicts following five cultural sites of India-

1.Historic City of Ahmedabad 2. Churches and Convents of Goa 3.  Group of Monuments at Pattadakal 4.Khajuraho Group of Monuments 5.Qutub Minar

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are important places of cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.

There are 38 World Heritage Sites located in India . These include 30 cultural sites, 7 natural sites and 1 mixed-criteria site. India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world.