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Almora Group OF TEMPLES, BAIJNATH THIS GROUP OF TEMPLES IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS BAIJNATH (VAIDYANATH), CONSISTING OF MAIN SHRINE OF LORD SHIV AND 17 SUBSIDIARY SHRINES CALLED AS KEDARESWAR LAKSHMI-NARAYAN _4 ND BRAHMINI DEVI ETC., BUILT IN NAGARA STYLE (CURVILINEAR SPIRE). THE MAIN TEMPLE IS P',NCHARATHA ON PLAN WITH A PROJECTED PORTICO WHILE THE SHIKHAR (SPIRE) OF THE TEMPLE HAS COLLAPSED IN THE more...
Destination: Almora, India
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Aurangabad (Maharastra) Built by Malik Amber in 1612 A.D It has 50 pentagonal pillars arranged in five rows and connected by a system of arches which divide the building into 27 equal compartments. The nine painted arches in front were erected by Aurangzeb. The Jama Masjid is located near the Killa Arrak. It has 50 polygonal pillars. These pillars are arranged in 5 rows. They are connected by a system of arches. This more...
Destination: Aurangabad (Maharastra), India
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Almora It is an ideal picnic spot with a beautiful land scape, situated about 3 kms from Almora. more...
Destination: Almora, India
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Daulatabad Built in 1435 A.D. By allaudin Bahamani. The Chand Minar, a minaret of Turkish style, is an outstanding example of Islamic art. It is one among the notable structures at Daulatabad, and was built in 1435 by Ala-ud-din Bahmani to celebrate his capture of the fort. The tapering 30-metre high tower of the Chand Minar is divided into four storeys, and was faced with glazed tile more...
Destination: Daulatabad, India
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Srinagar 0.5 km from Jammu. One thousand feet high, this prominent hill is also konw as Takht-I-sulaiman. In 16th Century the tolerant reign of Emperor Jahengir. An early morning climp to the top offers a magnificent view of the valley and the snowy peaks of the pir panjel range beyond after prayer in the Mosque. Shankaracharya temple is located on a hill also most authorities seen to agree that the more...
Destination: Srinagar, India
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Kolkata Erected in 1828 A,D The 48 Meter high monument neat chowringhee at the western end 01 the maidan was erected in Recogr* tion of the services of sri David ochterlony who brought till Nepahese war for the British (18111 1814) to a successful end. The call umn stands on an Egyptain bast lives up as a Syrian column and is wwned by a Turkish dome, Built in 1448 A.D. by British Rulers. Re,,,imed Shahid more...
Destination: Kolkata, India
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Trivandrum SRI ANANTHA PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE : The sojourn from Kovalam to Sri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple is one of its kind in the entire state of Kerala. Tourists coming to experience the holy bliss of the temple of Sri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy can find a gopuram or tower which is 100 feet tall. The sculpture of Lord Vishnu, the presiding god of the Sri Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple more...
Destination: Trivandrum, India
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Kolkata (Beside) Devoted to dance. drame, art, and music, in all of which fields Tagore made and indelible mark. Rabindra Bharati come into existence in 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal. The University has twenty three departments and six centres. The University is offering eighteen Ph.D. programmes, four M.Phil., twenty one PG, twenty four UG cours more...
Destination: Kolkata, India
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Haridwar On a Neel Parvat in Haridwar, Chandi Devi temple is located where pilgrims either climb for about 45 mins up the steep hill to reach the temple premises. It is one of the well known pilgrimages where devotees flock to seek the blessings of the Goddesses who is believed to fulfill the wishes. The image of the Goddess in the Chandi Devi Temple is said to be installed by Adi Shankaracharya in 8th cen more...
Destination: Haridwar, India
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Destination: Haridwar, India
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Haridwar Location: Neel Parvat, Haridwar more...
Destination: Haridwar, India
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Sirmaur Himachal Pradesh is a study in natural contrasts. Along with the freezing water of the Alpine lakes you also get to see here the hot springs. Some of these lakes dates back to million of years, others are relatively new. Some have mythical implication while others are enjoyed just for the heck of it. Renuka Lake is situated in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh and is considered to be the l more...
Destination: Sirmaur, India
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Kolkata Built in 1872 by British rulers, Built in the gothie style, designed by Walter Granville, it has a colonnade running the entirelength of the ground floor, with capitals in caen stone, no two being the same. story has it that the High court was modelled after the standhus at Syprees, Belgium, and that when the later was destroyed in world wart It was rebuilt from designs of Calcutta Hig more...
Destination: Kolkata, India
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Hyderabad On the right bank of the River Musi stands one of the finest buildings of the city. This is the High Court with the magnificent view from the bridge. Twenty eight lakhs of rupees were spent on it. This has been mentioned in the inscription on the arch way. It houses the High Court of the state namely Osmania Adalath. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday rejected the contention of Satyam Comp more...
Destination: Hyderabad, India
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Kolkata (South of the race course, Alipur,near National Library) It was founded in 1876 A.D. Comprising an area of 16.5 he etares. The zoological gardens were visited the prince of wales. The oldest and the largest a most exhaustive amoung Indian zoos. The home of with all possible species of animals and birds, most fascinaling are the carnivores the big cats-with royal Bengal Tiger reiguing supreme. Ther more...
Destination: Kolkata, India
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Karnal The district headquarter is situated in Karnal city. It is 123 km from Delhi on the National Highway NH1, also called the GT Road, and 126 km from Chandigarh. Karnal, with a population of 8,85,000 covers an area of 1967 sq km. District headquarter is situated in Karnal city. Karnal was founded by the Kouravs around the time of the Mahabharat for King Karna. It is 123 km from Delhi on more...
Destination: Karnal, India
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Jaipur Galta temple is located on a picturesque gorge amid low hills. It is a huge complex built of pink coloured stones. The interiors and exteriors of the temple walls have many intricate carvings and bright coloured paintings. The paintings have images of Lord Brahma, Vishnu, Ganesha and Parvati. There are also a few friezes showing scenes from religious festivals and state occasions. All the pillars more...
Destination: Jaipur, India
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Kolkata Known as Dalhousie square, named after Lord Dalhousie Governor General of India. (Renamed Benoy-Badal-Bagh after the three martyrs of Bengal) was created in the heart of the imperial of Calcutta. It has a tank in the centre, led by natural springs, and is said to have supplied Job charnock with drinking water, Many historical buildings surround the square. The entire nrthern side is occupied by th more...
Destination: Kolkata, India
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Kolkata Central Calcutta is best viewed in perspective around the rolling green of the Maidan 3 sq kms cf park land dotted with clumps of trees and criss-crossed by Roads. It was levelled from dense jungle, infested with tigers, its winding creeks crawling with crocodiles. These open spaces were to provide tield of fire for the Fort William. With in a Kilometre or two of the Maidan can be found most of th more...
Destination: Kolkata, India
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Kolkata Named after marshy village, part of an old pilgrim route to Kalighat had as many as 24 places Built in 1794 A.D by BritISII rulers. Garden houses with pillared varandahs, many of this buildings were designed by Italian architects and were residents of leading En. glishmen. Today Chowringhee II Calcutta's main through fare, with shops, hotels, office blocks and real. dential buildings a melange of more...
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