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Malda Built in 1655 A.D. by shah shuja this is a large three storied gate wouth-esat of the Qadam Rasul, and is asupprsed to have been the Royal entrance to the fort. The Gate is 65 feet long and 42 feet 4inches broad. The main entrance way is only 10 feet wide. The Original name of this gate was – ‘Shahi Darwaza&rsqu more... Destination: Malda, India
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Malda This gate of the fort was built during the exlted and liberal Sultan Alauaduniya Waddin Abul Muzaffar Hussin shah in 1512 A.D. The inner room is 25 feet square and the walls are 8 inches thick. If the faith of the Chika Mosque being a jail stands correct, then this gateway, used to serve as the path for taking in or out, the victims, through an undergr more... Destination: Malda, India
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Kolkata If is a brick -built gate way raised in honour of Lord Carzon. the viceroy of india when he happened to visit Bardhaman in 1904 A.D. It was built by Matin& Burnco and was renamed as "Bijoy chand, after Maharajadhiraj Bijoy chand Mahatab of Bardhaman. Curzon Gate (also known as Curzon Gateway) is a residential development located on the edge of more... Destination: Kolkata, India
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Mumbai This 26 meters high stone arckway is the first landmark of Bombay where a visitor csan seen when arriving by ship. It was designed by George Wittet in 16th century in Gujarat syle.&nbs more... Destination: Mumbai, India
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Bhavnagar more... Destination: Bhavnagar, India
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Ahmedabad This gateway has a Nagari inscription on a marble slab built in 1814 AD. more... Destination: Ahmedabad, India
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Chanderi A gate with ma a mahal, it was constructed to 1.0mmemorate some important victory. more... Destination: Chanderi, India
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Sanchi Crowned by a whell of law, this depicts the miracles associated with the Buddha as told in the Jatakas tabes. more... Destination: Sanchi, India
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Sanchi The seven incarnations of the Buddha are depicted in the front face of top architrave, four represented by trees and three by stupas. The middle archtrave depicts the Buddha preavling his sermon after deer park. sarnath, while the lowest one takes the chadanta (six - tusked elephant ) Jataka story . The other side shows the temptation of Maya. more... Destination: Sanchi, India
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Sanchi Depicts young prince Gautama, leaving his father, palace on his journey towards enlightenment symbolised by a riderless horse, an umbrella and a fly whisk and the dream his mother had before his birth. more... Destination: Sanchi, India
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Sanchi Of the gateways , all of the first century BC, Teh four gateways containing exquisiterly carved scenes from the jataka stories , Near the south gate way of this great Stupa is the lower part of an Ashoka pillar . Each gateway consists the wquate pillers crowned by a set of four lions elephants or potbevied dwarts, supportinga superstructure of more... Destination: Sanchi, India
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Agra The main gate entrance lies to the south and is a building by itself. The splendid gate of Red sand stone is 74 feet high. Having 4 minarets of white marble 85 feet high. From the Roof on its four corners. Each minarate is readed to its summit by 92 stairs within. The minarets were bro¬ken but they were suffciently repaired by Lord Gurzon in 1905 A.D. It is said that formerly in the days of Mu more... Destination: Agra, India
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Agra In the centre of the wall facing the river was the water gate In those days river Yamuna used to touch the walls of the fort and this gat( served as an entrance oto the bathing ghats on the Jamuna for the ladies o the harem at that the Royal boats to come and go near it. more... Destination: Agra, India
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Agra This gate was built by emperor Shah Jahan after thy name of the great Rajput hero. Amar Singh rathore Maharaja of Jodhpur. It is said that in 1644 A.D. in the full court of Emperor Shah Jahan Salabat Khan , the imperial treasurer insulted him on which Amar Singl slew Salabat Khan. This turned the Maghal army against Armar Singh. Read ing on his horse-back he Jumped of the high wall of the f more... Destination: Agra, India
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Chittaurgarh Hanumanpol: is knownas Hanuman pol because nearby it is a Hanumanji temple. more... Destination: Chittaurgarh, India
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Chittaurgarh is named after Desuri's Bhairam DasSolanki who was killed here during a battle with Gujarats Bahadur Shah is 1534AD. This gate was renovated by Maharana Fateh Singh. more... Destination: Chittaurgarh, India
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Chittaurgarh is a "tablet" marking the spot where prince Rawat Bagh singh died. This is the first entrance of the fort, it is belived that once, a heinous battle gave way to a River of blood and in this river of blood a buffalo had arrived floating near this gate. So thereafter this gate was called padanpole (Buffaloes). more... Destination: Chittaurgarh, India
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