UNESCO approves all 3 Indian nominations for heritage tag

This is the first time that any country got three sites inscribed in the Word Heritage List at a single session of the committee meeting, a Culture Ministry official said.UNESCO has listed Chandigarh's Capitol Complex and Sikkim's national park, home to the world's third highest peak Mount Khangchendzonga, among its World Heritage Sites, approving all three nominations linked to India this session. Approval of the two sites

came two days after the ruins of Nalanda University in Bihar obtained the elite tag at the 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul.

The Capitol Complex is part of the group of 17 sites - across seven countries - France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Japan and India -designed by Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier which were included in the list by the Paris-based body.