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Working with GT every year brings in Working for the contest edition new oppurtunities and challenges. was challenging but fun. THE GLOBAL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012 Satjit Singh, XII A, AIS PV Shireen Chanana, X C, AIS 7 Graphic designer PV, Illustrator Educational Poster Contest Edition Heritage Sites HERITAGE INHERITEDGraphic and Poster layout: Satjit Singh, XII A; All Illustrations: Shireen Chanana, X C, AIS PV 1 QUTUB MINAR UNESCO has recognised 29 world heritage sites in India, (23 This red sandstone building was constructed in the 13th cultural & 6 natural). Reel in the rich cultural heritage of the century and is 72.5 m high. country as we bring to you a glimpse of the 23 cultural sites 10 5 2 MAHABODHI TEMPLE AGRA FORT RED FORT AT BODHGAYA This 16th century Mughal It is one of the four The Red Fort Complex was monument is made of red holy sites related to sandstone. built as the palace fort of 8 the life of Lord Shahjahanabad. Buddha, and partic- 6 FATEHPUR SIKRI BUDDHIST MONUMENTS ularly to the Built during the 16th century by AT SANCHI attainment of Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri enlightenment. 3 was the capital of the Mughal It is the oldest Buddhist Empire for 10 years. sanctuary in existence and 11 HUMAYUN TOMB was a major Buddhist centre Built in 1570, it was the first in India until the 12th garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent. century AD. 4 9 MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS KHAJURAHO This hill passenger railway is an 7 GROUP OF outstanding example of tech- MONUMENTS nological innovation and com- TAJ MAHAL prises of Darjeeling Himalyan JANTAR-MANTAR, JAIPUR An ecelectic Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Rail- Made of white marble, combination of way and Kalka Shimla Railway. Built in the 18th century, Jantar Taj Mahal was built by Mantar, in Jaipur, is an astronomical architecture and Shah Jahan in sculpture, these monuments are observatory and comprises some 20 memory of his beloved main fixed instruments. a series of 20 temples devoted wife Mumtaaz. to Hinduism and Jainism. 1 2 5 3 7 4 6 11 9 10 13 8 14 12 23 SUN TEMPLE, KONARK Built in the 13th century, 14 AJANTA CAVES the temple is a monumental The first Buddhist cave monu- representation of the Sun 13 12 ments at Ajanta dates back to God Surya's chariot. 2nd and 1st century BC. CHAMPANER (GUJRAT) 22 21 A concentration of largely 15 unexcavated archaeological, CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI historic and living cultural 23 heritage properties, it is the 21 TERMINUS Formerly known as only complete and unchanged ROCK SHELTERS OF Victoria Terminus Islamic, pre-Mughal city. BHIMBETKA Station, it is an out- 15 standing example of These five clusters of Victorian Gothic natural rock shelters, 16 17 Revival architecture display paintings that in India. belong to the Mesolithic 22 Period . 18 ELLORA CAVES ELEPHANTA CAVES GROUP OF MONUMENTS Dated AD 600 to 1000, they Also known as the ‘City of Caves’, it contains a AT HAMPI comprise 34 monasteries and 18 collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva. The austere, grandiose site of 19 temples devoted to Buddhism, GROUP OF MONUMENTS AT PATTADAKAL Hampi was the last capital of Hinduism and Jainism. the last great Hindu Kingdom A mix of architectural forms of north- 16 17 of Vijayanagar. CHURCHES & CON- ern and southern India, these monu- ments are a series of nine Hindu VENTS OF GOA GROUP OF MONUMENTS temples and a Jain sanctuary. These monuments of 20 AT MAHABALIPURAM Goa exerted great influ- 20 GREAT LIVING CHOLA TEMPLES Known for its temples in the ence in the 16th-18th The site includes three great 11th- and 12th-century form of chariots and cave sanc- centuries on the devel- Temples: the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, the tuaries; these monuments were opment of architecture, 19 Brihadisvara Temple at Gangaikondacholisvaram and carved out of rock. sculpture, and painting the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram..