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UNESCO names Harappan city of Dholavira in Gujarat as world Heritage Site.

"Absolutely Delighted by this news" peruses a piece of tweet shared by PM Modi on Harappan city Dholavira that was announced a World heritage site.       Dholavira  is one of the two biggest Harappan destinations in India and the fifth biggest in the subcontinent on Tuesday, UNESCO  engraved an archeological site in Gujarat's kachchh district, Dholavira as a world heritage site. Privately known as  Kotada Timba , this is perhaps the most conspicuous locales of the  Harappan Civilization .        The continuous 44th meeting of the world heritage committee of UNESCO has effectively given India a new world heritage site as the  Rudreswara /Ramappa Temple in Telengana  which traces all the way back to the thirteenth century.        Gujarat so far has three heritage destinations -  Champaner close to Pavangadh ,  Rani ki Vav in Patan  and  The memorable city of Ahmadabad . ...