Indian royal burial mounds announced as latest World Heritage Site

A view of the Moidam burial mounds in Charaideo (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

The Charaideo Moidam royal burial complex and shrines in India have been named as a new World Heritage Site by the United Nations cultural agency.

Unesco experts, who are deliberating on a list of sites nominated for the World Heritage Site tag, announced the decision in Indian capital New Delhi, where they are holding their 46th session.