Santiniketan, home of Rabindranath Tagore, included in UNESCO's World Heritage List

Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The world body made the announcement in a post on 'X' on Sunday.

"New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Santiniketan, #India. Congratulations!" it posted.

New inscription on the @UNESCO#WorldHeritage List: Santiniketan, #India 🇮🇳. Congratulations! 👏👏