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Qutub Minar

The Qutub Minar is a tower, located in Delhi (India). It is the world’s tallest brick minaret with a height of 72.5 meters. The Qutub Minar is one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Islamic culture architecture. [… More info …]

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Victoria Memorial

The Victoria Memorial is a memorial building dedicated to Queen Victoria. It is officially the Victoria Memorial Hall of Victoria Queen of United Kingdom and Empress of India. Victoria Memorial is located in Kolkata (India), the former capital of British India. It currently serves as a museum and a tourist attraction. It is an organization within the Government of India’s Ministry of Culture. [… More info …]

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Mysore Palace

The Mysore Palace is situated in the Mysore city (southern India). It is the official residence of the Wodeyars – the erstwhile royal family of Mysore, and also houses two Darbar Halls (ceremonial meeting hall of the royal court). The Palace venue for the famous Mysore Dasara festival, a stage is designed in the Palace grounds. And on the tenth day of the festival Vijaya Dashami is also celebarated in this palace. [… More info …]

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Jama Masjid

The Jama Masjid or Masjid-i Jahan-NThe Jama Masjid or Masjid-i Jahan-Numah, the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’, is located in Delhi (India). It is the principal masjid of Old Delhi (India) commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, 1628 AD being the year this masjid completed, it is a very large and best-know Masjid in India. It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of Old Delhi, the Chawri Bazar Road.uma the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’,It is commonly known as the Jama Masjid is located in Delhi.It is the principal masjid of Old Delhi(India).Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, 1628 AD year this masjid completed ,it is the very large and best-know Masjid in India.It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of Old Delhi(the Chawri Bazar Road). [… More info …]

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Khajuraho Temples

Khajuraho Temple is located in Khajuraho City in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 620 kilometres southeast of Delhi (India). Khajuraho is the one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. [… More info …]

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Sanchi Stupa

Sanchi Stupa is located is a Sanchi small village in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh(India), it is located 46 km north east of Bhopal city, and 10 km from Vidisha city in the central part of the state of Madhya Pradesh.It is the location of several Buddhist monuments dating from the Third century BCE to the 12th century CE and is a important places of Buddhist pilgrimage.Toranas surround the Sanchi Stupa and they each represent love, peace, trust, and courage also. [… More info …]

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Gol Gumbad

Gol Gumbad also called as Gol Gumbaz is situated in Bijapur District in Karnataka, being the second largest dome int he world, it is 124 feet in diameter. It was built in 1659 by the famous architect Yaqut of Dabul. It has a remarkable architecture, the four “minars” are the staircases itself which lead to the top dome. The structure consists of a square chamber measuring nearly 50 m on each side and covered by a huge dome 44 m. [… More info …]

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Red Fort

The Red Fort is aslo called into English as Lal Qil’ah or Lal Qila.It is a Seventeenth century fort complex constructed by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the walled city of old Delhi(India).It was also served as the capital of the Mughals until 1857, when Mughal emperor Bahadur Shaha Zafar was exiled by the Indian British government.And it was designated a the UNESCO World Heritage Site. [… More info …]

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Gateway of India

The Gateway of India is a monument, located on the waterfront in South Mumbai (Maharashtra), the Gateway is a basalt arch 26 metres high. And it was a crude jetty used by fisher folks,and also it was later renovated and used as a landing place for British governors. In earlier times,the Gateway was the monument that visitors arriving by boat would have first seen in the Bombay city. [… More info …]

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Bibi Ka Maqbara

Bibi Ka Maqbara is a maqbara built by Raja Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, in the late seventeenth century as a loving gesture to his mother Rabia Durrani alias Dilras Banu Begum. And the comparison to the Taj Mahal has resulted in a general ignorance of the monument. Bibi ka Maqbara is also called the Dakkhani Taj or the Taj of the Deccan. [… More info …]

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Ajanta Caves

The Ajanta Caves are located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, near Jalgaon, just outside the village of Ajinha. They are 29 rock-cut cave monuments. The caves include paintings and sculptures, considered to be masterpieces of both Buddhist religious art as well as frescos which are the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka. [… More info …]

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Charminar

The Charminar is located in Hyderabad on the east side of Musi river, in the North East lies the Laad Bazaar and in the west end lies the ornamented Mecca Masjid. The Charminar is also called in English called – Four Towers. It was built in 1591 AD, with four ornate minarets supported by four grand arches, this is listed among the most recognized structures of India. [… More info …]