India's Santiniketan on UNESCO World Heritage List

STORY: India's Santiniketan on UNESCO World Heritage List DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of Santiniketan STORYLINE: India's Santiniketan, a town where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore built the central university Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, officials said. The world body made the announcement on Sunday. The decision to include Santiniketan in the list was taken during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee currently underway in Saudi Arabia. Santiniketan was established in 1901 by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. Santiniketan, which means "abode of peace," was a residential school and center for art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of the unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries. "A 'world university' was established at Santiniketan in