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Ooty, also known as Udhagamandalam, Ootacamund, and Udhagai, is a popular hill station and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Located in the Nilgiri hills, it is at the height of 7,500 feet above the sea level. Officially, it is named as Udhagamandalam. It is not clear as to how the name […]

The Qutb complex, holding the famous five-storeyed Qutub Minar, is a site of monuments and buildings collection situated at Mehrauli in the national capital, Delhi. Also spelt as Qutub, the 72.5 m high Qutub Minar was constructed to commemorate the victory of ruling power over Delhi in 1192 A.D. by Qutbuddin Aibak, the general in Ghazni’s Mohammed Ghori’s army. Qutbuddin […]

The Elephanta Caves, one of the most visited tourist destination of India Tour is located in Mumbai, the industrial capital of Indian subcontinent. The island of Elephanta is approximately 10 kms away from the Gateway of India in Mumbai. The Elephanta caves are one of the best creations of Indian art and architecture. The meticulously worked upon rock cut wonderful […]

Kolkata, known as Calcutta prior to 2001, is the capital of the West Bengal state in the eastern region of India. Stretching in north-south direction on the eastern bank of the River Hooghly, it usually includes its suburbs along with its 15 million population approximately. This ranks it as the third largest metropolitan city in India and world’s eighth largest […]

Country: India State: Kerala District: Ernakulam Area: 9 square kilometres Elevation: sea level Population: 5 million (metropolitan) Literacy Rate: 94 per cent Female to male ratio: 1,024 per 1,000 Pin code: 682 Telephone Code: 484 Time Zone: GMT plus 5:30 Kochi (earlier known as Cochin) is a sea port city on the south-western coast of the southern state of Kerala. […]

These well-known monumental caves are a cluster of rock cut monuments. It is located deep in the lush green pristine forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. This nature reserve is situated towards the north of Borivali, in the western outskirts of Mumbai, India. Distance wise it is 7 km away from Borivali railway station and 6 km from the […]

Bhaja Caves are group of 22 rock cut carved beautiful caves. Located on a hill near Bhaja, Karli near Lonavala in Maharashtra. Represents finest ancient rock cut Buddhist architecture. It is strong believe that these caves are on lies on a major trade route which was ran from Arabian Sea towards the eastern region of India. All the caves were […]

The Harmandir sahib is located in Amritsar in Punjab. This happens to be the holiest shrine in all of Sikhism. This was earlier known as the golden temple. Harmandir Sahib was a name that was given to the temple in the year two thousand and five. This place now attracts Sikhs from all parts of the world. And it has […]

The Tirupati Temple in India is considered to be the most sacred and the richest temple in the world. This is a highly worshipped temple in the Southern part of the country and is a major pilgrimage center in South India. This place is located 67 km from Chittoor in Tirupati, which is a district in the southern tip of […]

Welcome to this site of sacred deer park where Gautama Buddha taught Dharma for the first time following his enlightenment. Situated at 12 km from the Hindu pious city of Varanasi, Sarnath is considered among the four blessed Buddhist sites endorsed by Lord Buddha including Lumbini – his Birthplace, Bodh Gaya – his Enlightenment site, and Kushinagar – his death […]