With inclusion of Hoysala monuments, Karnataka is now home to four UNESCO sites

The inscription of Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebid and Somanathapur as UNESCO World Heritage Sites has taken the total number of such properties in the State to four, of which three are cultural properties while Western Ghats is a natural site.

The other two cultural properties are the group of monuments at Hampi belonging to the Vijayanagar period (14^th to 17^th centuries CE) and the temples at Pattadakal which stretch back to the days of Chalukyas and the monuments are dated from 7^th to 9^th centuries CE. Though the three Hoysala temples are inscribed as World Heritage Sites, it is serial nomination and hence they are collectively designated as one site.

On tentative list