Preserving and Conserving Taj Mahal as a World Heritage Site

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Heritage sites are the places which have unique characteristics in its presence and can be either
natural or cultural. World heritage sites are a great source of tourism as it attracts large number
of tourists. UNECSO prepares the list of these sites and named them world heritage sites. The
essay will be on Taj Mahal and it will also be discussed how to protect and conserve this heritage
site. This essay will also address the importance of these world heritage sites and discuss about
the methods for preserving the Taj Mahal(Adie, 2019). The need for maintaining the value of
these heritage sites by the modern society will also be discussed in the essay. The
recommendations is also given for reducing the effect of these negative impacts.
MAIN BODY
Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife during the
year 1631-1653. It is located on the banks of river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. The concept
of world heritage site started in early 1900s. UNESCO was the first organisation which recognise
the need of conserving these sites so that the future generation can also experience the greatness.
There were many countries which also took interest in the convention. It was finally adopted by
the world in the year 1972 and was effective from 1975. These world heritage sites are divided
into three categories by UNESCO(Cigna, Tapete and Lee, 2018). These are cultural, natural and
mixed. Cultural sites can be defined as those sites which possess cultural monuments, sculptures
and various historical buildings. Famous examples of cultural sites are Agra Fort, Ajanta Caves
and Archaeological site of Nalanda, Bihar. Natural sites are the those which involves social or
natural significance in the nature. Popular heritage sites are Keoladeo national park, Kaziranga
national park and Sunderbans national park. Mixed heritage sites include the features of cultural
and natural sites. The example of mixed world heritage sites are Machu Picchu, Tikal and Ibiza.
There is only one mixed site in the india which is Khangchendzonga National Park which is
present in Sikkim. For getting the site in world heritage list, there is a very long process which is
to be followed by the management and administration of these sites. The criteria for applying is
applicable on only those countries which have signed the convention. These countries only can
make a nomination proposal in regard to any site. The first step is preparation of tentative list
which includes making a list of the heritage sites present in the country by various committees.
Then this nomination file is submitted to the authorities of world heritage centre. The authorities