This wonderful temple city complex. esp. after the recent cleanup by the provincial Government of Odisha ; unfolds in an array of majestic structures that one can go back 1200 …
Priyaranjan Mohapatra
Member since January 2022
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Hello all passionate travelers & seekers !
As a kid, I wanted to know the world. Geography and history being my favorite subjects. My 1st trips were with my parents. They took us out to northernmost and southern most regions of India. Then on, the travels never stopped for me.
Later years, when I became "UNESCO WHS aware", I realized I'm way behind :) These days, I'm an avid WHS follower; take effort to get educated on them, visit, and post the journey, relish the experiences. To me, at least, it made sense to organize my trips around such sites.
I like going places, see the mix of - old edifices, Forts, Temples, Monasteries, Medinas, Monuments, Ruins, Gardens, objects of unspeakable beauty crafted by nature and anomalies of same, Mountains, Fjords, Volcanoes, Geysers, Glaciers, deserts, Karst, dramatic landscapes, unbelievable structures that encapsulate contemporary human ingenuity & determination, soaking in Cultures, unique animals & bird species, and meeting new minds! … towards personal enrichment. often during travels, I find oases of serenity which makes me pause & introspect !
Heritage Sites (WHS & TWHS) provide a draft to start on new geography and make you travel off the beaten path. Since I'm focusing on quantity, seems stressful at times ; but in process I do get glimpses of human evolution around globe -- maybe the 12,000 year old Thamudic petroglyphs in Wadi-Rum desert, or the exquisite craftmanship of medieval times in Hampi or Konark, or maybe the spectacular urban creation on top of a 8000 ft. mountain in middle of tropical forest, without aid of modern building techniques - Machu Pichhu!
I noticed many impressive sites not listed by UNESCO , yet some sites of lesser value been inscribed :( . Wish UNESCO did a better and balanced job.
Of late (ever since reaching a humble count of ~175) I collect differently....adding touristy to-dos, local cultural and culinary immersions, add a hike for that ground feel. Wish I had longer vacation days;)
There are times I feel like I've lived a 100 lives, walked on distant worlds and hope some day to see the end of time !!
“Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” – Holly Morris
“A comfort zone is a beautiful place… but nothing ever grows there.” – Anonymous
“If we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our life!” – Lemony Snicket
See you on a detour ;)
My most impressive site: All WHS are unique in their way... The grandeur of Angkor is sublime
My proposal for a new site: 1. Ekamra Khsetra, India (is TWHS, but should be WHS) 2. Torres Del Paine Natl Park, Chile (is TWHS, but should be WHS) 3. Atacama Desert , Chile (is TWHS, but should be WHS) 4. Postojna Cave Park, Slovenia (for WHS)
Recent Visits
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20March 23, 2025Antequera Dolmens Site, Roskilde Cathedral
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40March 22, 2025Cordoba, Granada, Medina Azahara, Seville
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20March 3, 2025Everglades, Moravian Church Settlements
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About Priyaranjan Mohapatra
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World Heritage Sites
- Imperial Palace 5.0
- Seville 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 5.0
- Ancient Kyoto 5.0
- Avignon 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Great Wall 5.0
- Sun Temple, Konarak 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Kathmandu Valley 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Kaziranga National Park 5.0
- Prague 5.0
- Agrigento 5.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 5.0
- Elephanta Caves 5.0
- Uxmal 5.0
- Borobudur 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Dougga/Thugga 5.0
- Carthage 5.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 5.0
- Rwenzori Mountains 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 5.0
- Ayutthaya 5.0
- Los Alerces National Park 5.0
- Sintra 5.0
- Urnes Stave Church 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Oporto 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 5.0
- Olympia 5.0
- Mountain Railways of India 5.0
- Lima 5.0
- Québec 5.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 5.0
- Serengeti 5.0
- Delos 5.0
- Ancient Nara 5.0
- Cesky Krumlov 5.0
- Chichen-Itza 5.0
- Cuzco 5.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Kilimanjaro National Park 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Cartagena 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Poverty Point 4.5
- Rila Monastery 4.5
- Hampi 4.5
- Prambanan 4.0
- Laponian Area 4.0
- Western Ghats 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Fujisan 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- Agra Fort 4.0
- Champagne 4.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Drottningholm 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Grand Canyon 4.0
- Naples 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Imperial Tombs 4.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 4.0
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 4.0
- Nice 4.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 4.0
- Bryggen 4.0
- Alto Douro 4.0
- Belem 4.0
- Mafra 4.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 4.0
- Monastery of Batalha 4.0
- University of Coimbra 4.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 4.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Villa Romana del Casale 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Yogyakarta 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Kandy 4.0
- Old Town of Galle 4.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 4.0
- Sigiriya 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Trogir 4.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.0
- Koh Ker 4.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Independence Hall 3.5
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.5
- Dholavira: A Harappan City 3.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.5
- Mammoth Cave 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Jantar Mantar 3.5
- Monticello 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
- Panamá 3.5
- Santiniketan 3.5
- Corfu 3.0
- Yosemite National Park 3.0
- Epidaurus 3.0
- Heritage of Mercury 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Medina Azahara 3.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Syracuse 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- Boyana Church 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Kairouan 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Pearling 3.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Ichkeul National Park 3.0
- Ahmadabad 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 1.5
Tentative Sites
- Gwalior Fort
- Jerash Archaeological City
- River island of Majuli
- Central Park
- Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi
- Ekamra Kshetra
- Chilika Lake
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Ellis Island
- Historic Lighthouses of The Bahamas
- Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries
- Lake Titicaca
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- Mughal Gardens in Kashmir
- Metz Royale et Impériale
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Rade de Marseille
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- Varanasi
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan
- Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthag
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve
- Panamá City
- The Lofoten islands
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Peruvian Central Railway
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National P
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Tysfjord, the fjord of Hellemobotn and Rago
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France)
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Aqaba Marine Reserve
- Manama
- Saar Heritage Park
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Khor Dubai
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- 188 42
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