Bharat Mata Temple Varanasi

 The Bharat Mata Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India is a unique temple dedicated to the personification of India as a mother goddess. It was built in 1936 by a lawyer and freedom fighter named Shiv Prasad Gupta, and is considered to be the only temple in the world dedicated to Mother India.

The temple has a marble statue of Bharat Mata (Mother India) holding a map of India in her hand. The statue is around 8 feet tall and is placed on a pedestal in the middle of the temple. The temple is eight-storeyed, each floor representing a different historical period of India's history, starting from ancient India and ending with contemporary India.

The temple is open to people of all castes and religions and is also a popular tourist attraction. It is considered to be an important pilgrimage site for nationalists and patriots in India.

The temple is located in Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith Campus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh , India.It's open all days of the week and there is no entry fee to visit the temple.

World Heritage Sites in India

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. There are 40 World Heritage Sites located in India. Out of these, 32 are cultural, 7 are natural, and one, the Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type. India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world. The first sites to be listed were the Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, and Taj Mahal, all of which were inscribed in the 1983 session of the World Heritage Committee. The most recent site listed was Dholavira, in 2021. India has 49 sites on its tentative list.

 

1. Ajanta Caves

2. Ellora Caves