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Sirsangi Vaade is a fort-house in Sirsangi village in Belgaum district, 20 km from Saundatti and located in a valley. Sirsangi village is about 60kms from Dharwad and 24kms from Saundatti towards Ramdurg. This vaade, Kannada word for fort, belongs to Lingraj Desai's family of Saundatti. The outsi... |
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Naggar was the capital of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh for 1460 years. Raja Sidh Singh built the Naggar Castle, about 504 years ago. Naggar Castle, now converted into one of the finest heritage hotels since 1978 is an imposing structure. It was built by using a local stone, the layers of which are p... |
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Bhutanghat, 45 km from Alipurduar in West Bengal, is famous for its scenic beauty. Located near the border with Bhutan, this region is blessed by the river Raidak . There is a beautiful forest bungalow (built in 1904) overlooking the river. Bhutanghat is a mountainous terrain, flanked by hills co... |
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The Kibber Village is locally known as Khyipur, one of the highest villages in the world at an altitude of 4205 m above sea level in a narrow valley surrounded by mountains from all sides. It is a picturesque tourist destination. Gette, at a short distance away from Kaza, is this highest village ... |
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The village of Mandawa is placed in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. Mandawa qualifies to be a Rajasthan hamlet. Found in Jhunjhunu district. It is part of Shekhawati region. Mandawa is known for its fort and havelis. This town has been referred to as the "Open Art Gallery of Rajasthan" becaus... |
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Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best known mosque in India. It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of Chandni Chowk. The courtyard of the mosque... |
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Dooars is not only about hills. It has its own charm in jungles, rivers, panoramic view of distant hills, tea gardens, a unique culture, serenity. Dooars, derived from the Bengali word "Duar" meaning door, is actually one of the gateways to the Eastern Himalayas, forming one of the most famous fo... |
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Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur is one of the largest forts in India. The fort is situated on a lofty height, 400 feet above the city and is enclosed by imposing thick walls. Inside its boundaries there are several palaces, which are known for their intricate carvings and sprawling courtyards. Moti Ma... |
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Nariman Point is Mumbai's premier business district. It was named after Khursheed Framji Nariman, a Parsi visionary. The area is situated on land reclaimed from the sea. It had the distinction of having the highest commercial real estate rental space in the world in 1995 at $175 per square foot. ... |
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Land's End is a neighbourhood in the Bandra suburb. It is at the southermost point of Bandra. At this point remnants of an ancient Portuguese fort, the Castella de Aguada or the "Fort of the Waterpoint" stands. The Portuguese built this strategically located fort in 1640, as an outpost marking th... |
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Krishnaraja Sagar Dam is popularly called KRS and is located 12 km away from Srirangapatna. The remarkable dam is skillfully built across River Cauvery and lies very close to Mysore. Krishnaraja Sagar dam was designed and constructed by renowned architect Sri.M.Vishweshwaraiah in 1932 during the ... |
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The Druk White Lotus School is located in Shey, Ladakh. The school was started at the request of the people of Ladakh who wanted a school that would help maintain their rich cultural traditions, based on Tibetan Buddhism, while equipping their children for a life in the 21st century.The school wa... |
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Ladakh is one of the three provinces in Jammu and Kashmir with its capital at Leh. Situated at an average altitude of more than 3000 m above sea level, Ladakh is India's highest plateau and most elusive as well. The name Ladakh means 'land of passes' and it is located in between Karakoram mountai... |
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The Government of India established the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), one of the illustrious among B-Schools in 1973 as an autonomous body. IIMB was founded and directed by Prof. N. S. Ramaswamy, who was later awarded Padmabhushan. All the students are provided accommodation... |
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The Afghan Memorial Church of St. John an old heritage monument in Mumbai, is located in the Colaba area. The church was established in 1847 AD and consecrated 11 years later as a memorial to those who fell in the First Afghan War of 1843 and Sind campaign of 1838. At the entrance, there is a big... |
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Malegitti Shivalaya - one of the oldest temples in the region is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is constructed out of stone on a summit of a rocky hill. The 'Upper Shivalaya' on the rocky fort on the other bank of Agasthya pond has been identified as an earlier Vaishnava Temple, 'Malegitti S... |
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The Bhutanatha group is a cluster of sandstone temples dedicated to the deity Bhutanatha, in the Badami town of Karnataka. There are two major temples here. Temple No.1, on the east side of the lake, called the Bhutanatha temple has a superstructure that resembles early South Indian Dravidian sty... |
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Situated on the left bank of the sacred river Cauvery, Talakadu is a must-see destination that has a legend to tell. That of a legendary curse that has surprisingly come true. The most outstanding feature of Talakadu is the ‘desert’. 800 acres of desert situated on the banks of a river and su... |
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The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in Kolkata. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath Tagore. The bridge is one of the four on ... |
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The Kashi Vishweshwar temple has the most impressive architecture one comes across amongst 17th-18th century temples. It was built in 1735 by Shripatrao Pant Pratinidhi. The temple plan measures 50 feet in length and 20 feet in breadth and is built in basalt stone. Just before the entrance is th... |
.JPG "Kashi Vishweshwar Temple, Wai, Maharashtra")