The Permanent Delegation of India to the UNESCO has added 3 new Indian sites to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
The newly included locations are the Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang and the Andaman Subduction Volcanoes (situated in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands), along with the Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape (Chhattisgarh). With these additions, the total number of Indian entries on the tentative list has increased to 81, comprising 59 Cultural, 3 Mixed, and 19 Natural sites.