Finalists of India: from the Caves to the Mountains

India is not only large, but has a quite federative system of cultural heritage organizations, so the WLM organizers in India concentrated on the monuments of “national & international importance“, provided by the Archaeological Survey of India. That said, it was not very probable that all interested people found their “monument around the corner“ to photograph, but the results of Wiki Loves Monuments are nevertheless impressing: of 15,000 participants of Wiki Loves Monuments worldwide, 2,228 came from India – almost 15 %!

The winning images of India span from the depth of the Belum caves up to the monastery of Thiksey, 3,300 meters above sea level:

1st place: A rear view of Taj Mahal, by Narender

2nd place: Belum Caves – inside of the Caves, by Naga Praveena Sharma P

3rd place: 9 stupas at Thiksey Gonpa Location – Thiksey (Leh District), Jammu & Kashmir, India, by Mufaddal Abdul Hussain

4th place: Itimad-ud-Daula’s Tomb, by Asitjain

5th place: Gateway of India as seen on a full moon light, by Vijay Sharma

6th place: Bedse Caves by Soumitra Inamdar

7th place: Bhutanatha group of temple on the east margin of the tank by Rahul

8th place: Inside of Sis Mahal, Maharangadh Fort, Jodhpur, India, by Dola Das

9th place: Tomb of Safdarjung, New Delhi, by Pranav Singh

10th place: Mehrangarh Fort, located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan is one of the largest forts in India, by Monica Goel (1)

• Wiki Loves Monuments India
• Final Round nominations

(1) This image was originally placed 11th – but moved up later because of a disqualification. Therefore it wasn’t nominated for the international jury.