The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre also known as the Amritsar Massacre, was named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in Amritsar where, on April 13, 1919, 90 British Indian Army soldiers under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer opened fire on an unarmed gathering of men, women and childre... |
Qutub Minar is the world's tallest stone tower. Construction of the Qutub Minar complex started in 1199 AD by Qutubuddin Aibak and completed by the sultan's successor and son-in-law, Iltutmish. It has 379 steps from the bottom to the top. It tapers towards the top - the diameter at the base is 14... |
The great monument is a synonym for Hyderabad and the foundation around which the glory and history of the city has developed. To imagine this 400-year-old city without Charminar seems incomplete. Charminar has the signature style of Islamic architecture. Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah,the 5th Q... |
Between the Water Gate and the St George's Gate of the Fort William, on the riverbank is the Prinsep Ghat. It was built in 1843 in the everlasting memory of James Prinsep who was an extraordinarily brilliant research and at one point of time served as the honorable Secretary of the hallowed Asiat... |
Burning in a shrine under the arch of India Gate since 1971 is the Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal soldier) which marks the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The shrine itself is a black marble cenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel, crested by a soldier's helmet. Each face of the ceno... |
The Taal monument, on Paarl rock, is one of the most famous Afrikaans monuments erected in South Africa and dedicated to the Afrikaans language. It was designed by the architect Jan van Wijk and inaugurated in 1975. The monument consists of various tapering structures of a convex and concave natu... |
The one landmark dominating Piazza Venezia (the busiest square in Rome) is II Vittoriano, a monument dedicated to King Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of Italy. The construction of the immense white marble monument - built on the side of the Capitoline Hill completely changed the appearance of... |
Chowdiah Memorial Hall is one of Bangalore's most imaginative architectural monuments. A random thought led to the construction of the magnificent Chowdiah Memorial Hall, a tribute to Tirumakudalu Chowdiah, one of the greatest violinists of Karnataka. It is administered by Academy of Music, an i... |
The Padrao dos Descobrimentos was completed as a model for the Portuguese world exhibition and erected on the bank of the Tagus in its current form in 1960. The official reason for the opening of the monument was the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator, who ga... |
Just a few minutes south of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile, the Pyramids of Giza rise out of the desert expanse — a tribute thousands of years old to an ancient culture. Built about 5,000 years ago, the three large Pyramids of Giza are the most recognizable Egypt attractions. In 2,589 BC, t... |
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt and is part of the Giza Necropolis. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing... |
Rising out the desert plain, in a series of terraces, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut merges with the sheer limestone cliffs of the eastern face of the Theban Mountains as if nature herself had built this extraordinary monument. Set on the West Bank of the Nile, is the magnificent mortuar... |
In the ancient city of Thebes, the sprawling Temple of Karnak covers more than 200 acres. The Karnak Temple is unique not only among Egyptian temples, but also among religious sites throughout the world as it is the largest ancient religious site in the world, also often considered the largest op... |
Valluvar Kottam is a monument built to pay homage to Tamil Poet Saint Thiruvalluvar. The site where it is situated once housed an unused lake. The monument is in the shape of a temple chariot and contains a lively and splendid statue of the poet. The 101 feet high monument to the great saint-poet... |
Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra on the banks of River Yamuna, that was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is considered as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indi... |
Humayun's tomb is a complex of buildings built as the Mughal emperor Humayun's tomb, commissioned by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562 and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It was also the first structure to use r... |
India Gate, an important monument of the city, is a memorial built in commemoration of more than 80,000 Indian soldiers who were killed during World War I. The monument is an imposing 42 meters high arch and was designed by the famous architect Edwin Lutyens. India Gate was earlier named All Indi... |
Fatehpur Sikri is located in Uttar Pradesh, about 40km west of Agra. During the days of Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri was the capital of Mughal India. However after his death the city had been abandoned, due to water shortage. Fatehpur Sikri is now a ghost city, popular among both tourists and archeologi... |
Pari Mahal' or 'Fairies Abode' is situated on a hillock overlooking the beautiful Dal Lake. This terraced arched garden was built by Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in mid-seventeenth century. The Pari Mahal garden is located atop Zebanwan mountain, southwest of Dal Lake ... |
About four miles outside of Jaisalmer in the desert is Bara Bagh. Here, clusters of beautiful cupolaed marble cenotaphs of the maharawals of Jaisalmer sit on a small hill. A small shrine to women who have committed 'sati' here can be found within the complex. But Jouhar tombs at Jaisalmer are ver... |
