UNESCO - India

Ratification of the Convention on

9 September 2005

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Committee Member

Committee Member

India (2006 - 2010)
India (2014 - 2018)
India (2022 - 2026)

Contact

Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana (2008, RL)

15 elements inscribed

• 2024: Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz (RL)

• 2023: Garba of Gujarat (RL)

• 2021: Durga Puja in Kolkata (RL)

• 2017: Kumbh Mela (RL)

• 2016: Yoga (RL)

• 2014: Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India (RL)

• 2013: Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (RL)

• 2012: Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India (RL)

• 2010: Chhau dance (RL)

• 2010: Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan (RL)

• 2010: Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala (RL)

• 2009: Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India (RL)

• 2008: Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre (RL)

• 2008: Tradition of Vedic chanting (RL)

• 2008: Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

• 2025: Deepavali (RL)