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 Bodh Gaya [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1582, Hits: 5007]
Places | Bihar | India
Each year on full-moon night in May, pilgrims from India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, China, Japan, & other countries visit to celebrate sublime event of Buddha's Nirvana...
Updated On: 1/18/2010
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Bodh Gaya, Gautam Siddhartha, Varanasi, Rajgir, Bodhi Tree, Site Bodh Gaya, Standing Buddha, Mahabodhi Temple, Pala period, Archaeological Museum, Lotus Lake, Jewel Walk, Temple No.2, Main Temple, Plan of Nalanda, Nalanda University, Patna Museum, Lotus Tank, Ratnagar, Animeshlochana, Chankaramana, Vajrasana
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 Ahmadabad [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 3553, Hits: 7852]
Metropolis | Gujarat | India
Sidi Sayyid Mosque is perhaps the best known monument in Ahmadabad, famed for its perforated windows and stone screen-work. It is unclear who Sidi Sayyid was...
Updated On: 1/17/2010
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Ahmadabad, Sun Temple of Modhera, Kutch, desert peninsula, Gir forests, Gujarat Rastra, Arabian Sea, Ala-ud-Din Khalji, Chittor, second Islamic city, Mahmud Begada, Akbar, Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Teen Darwaza, Jami Masjid, Rani Sipri Mosque, Tomb of Ahmad Shah I, Rani Sipri Mosque and Tomb, Mosque of Sidi Sayyid
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 Alchi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2984, Hits: 4810]
Pilgrimage | Jammu and Kashmir | India
Choskar at Alchi consist of five temples with Chortens and residential complexes for the monks. Central to this complex is the Du-Khang, that enshrines Mahayana images. Beside it is Sum-tsek, unsurpassed for the glory of its sculptures, paintings, Lha-khang Soma, Du-khang, shrines Lotsawa Manjushri are unique architectural features...
Updated On: 1/17/2010
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Alchi, Painted shrines, Buddhist art in Kashmir, Choskar, Du-Khang, Sum-tsek, Lotsawa Lha-khang, Manjushri Lha-khang, Du-khang, figure of Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Maitreya, Lotsawa Lha-khang, Rinchen Zang-po, Buddhist lore
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 Mount Abu [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1199, Hits: 4776]
Hill Station | Rajasthan | India
Mount Abu rises 1000 meters above the plains and its highest point is called Guru Shikhar where there is a small shrine. the hillock drives its name from...
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Mount Abu, Jain temples, Solanki Kings, Somnath temple, Mahmud of Ghazni, Modhera, Ranakpur near Udaipur, Dilwara, Adhinatha Temple, Neminatha Temple, Sun Temple at Modhera, Adhinatha Temple, Jain temples of Mount Abu, frozen lifeless beauty, Udaipur, Ahmadabad, Jain calendar
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 Elephanta [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 996, Hits: 5152]
Hill Station | Maharashtra | India
Example of Indian rock-cut architecture are to be found in Maharashtra at Ajanta, Ellora & Elephanta, in Orissa at Udayagiri & Khandagiri, & in southern state of Karnataka at Badami and Aihole....
Photographs by Fredrik Arvidsson
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Mumbai (Bombay), Mumba Devi, Afghan Memorial Church, University Hall, Elphinstone College, Victoria Terminus Railway Station, Gateway of India, Prince of Wales Museum, Peninsular Railway, Mount Kailash, Ardhanareshvara, Trimurti image, figure of Gangadhara, Marriage of Shiva, Parvati, Natraj figure, Shiva, Lord of Yogis, Sapta Matrikas, Shiva as a Yogi
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 Fatehpur Sikri [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 413, Hits: 10077]
Royal Retreats | Uttar Pradesh | India
The city of Fatehpur Sikri is a complicated complex of palaces and courtyards, full of light and air, unlike any of the palaces of Europe where the climate necessitated closed cloisters...
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Imperial city Fatehpur Sikri, Mughal Emperor Akbar, Chisti saint called Shaikh Salim, Khwaja Moin-ud-Din Chisti, Ajmer, Fort of Ranthambhor, hamlet of Sikri, Shaikh Salim, Emperor Jahangir, Buland Darwaza, Jama Masjid of Fatehpur Sikri, Tomb of Shaikh Salim, Diwan-e-Am, Hall of Public Audience, Diwan-e-Khas, Anup Talao, Turkish Sultanas House, Panch Mahal, Jodha-bai Palace, Palace of Birbal, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi
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 Golden Temple [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 490, Hits: 3333]
Pilgrimage | Punjab | India
The foundation of the Golden Temple was laid during the period of the fifth Guru Arjan Dev...
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Golden Triangle Tours of India, Golden Temple Sight Seeing, Visiting Harmandir Sahib, Golden Temple at Amritsar, Parikrama of Temple, Harmandir Sahib, Shish Mahal, Amrit Sarovar, Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Hari Gobind Built Akal Takhat, Swaran Mandir, Saragarhi Memorial, Rambagh Public Garden in Amritsar, Guru Hari Gobind, Akal Takhat, Jallianwalla Bagh, Mughal Emperor Akbar
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 Jaipur [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1223, Hits: 6079]
Places | Rajasthan | India
A lovely wooded road runs north of Jaipur (11 kilometers away), winding around the low hills and suddenly, quite unexpectedly, the fortified palace of Amber looms into view. It stands on a high terraced plateau at the foot of the south-west face of the Jaigarh Fort hill overlooking the Maota lake...
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Visiting Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal of Jaipur, Diwan-e-Khas, Diwan-e-Am, Jantar Mantar, Samrat Yantra, Mubarak Mahal, Royal Wardrobe Museum, Sileh Khana, Jaipur Walled City, Jaipur, Rajasthan
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 Velha Goa [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 709, Hits: 2332]
Archaeological Site | Goa | India
Velha Goa covers Chapel of St. Catherine, Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Se Cathedral, Basilica of Boom Jesus, Convent of St. Monica, Church of St. Augustine, Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Cajetan...
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Velha Goa, Goa, golden beaches, India western coast, Mauryan empire, Muslim Bahamani kings, Mediterranean world, Vasco da Gama, Alfonso de Albuquerque, Sultan of Bijapur, Chapel of St. Catherine, Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Archaeological Museum, Se Cathedral, Basilica of Boom Jesus, Bom Jesus, Church and Convent of St. Monica, Convent of St. John, Church of St. Augustine, Church of Our Lady of Rosary, Gate of the Palace of Adil Shah, Church of St. Cajetan, Aguada
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 Konarak [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 858, Hits: 4525]
Archaeological Site | Orissa | India
Nat Mandap, Vaishnava Temple, Mayadevi Temple, Jagmohan, Ruined Sanctum, Surya Mandir...
Updated On: 1/16/2010
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Rig Veda, Monument built in honour of Sun, Hindu Mythology, Great Sun Monument, Seven Horse Chariot, Hermits, Gandharvas, Flying Musicians, Celestial Maidens, Serpents, Giants, Samjyna, Chaya, Sun Temple at Konarak, Beach near Konarak, Surya Mandir, Nat Mandap, Chlorite Pillar, Dhvaja Stambha, New Delhi National Museum, Balabhadra, Subhandra, Raghurajpur, Pattachitras, Scroll Paintings, Puri, Orissa, Charioteer, Lame Aruna, Bhubaneshwar
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