Special Attractions
Lotus Temple
Lotus Temple is one of the remarkable
architectures of Bahai faith. It is located at Kalkaji in New Delhi. The
temple looks like a lotus flower and is made of marble, cement,
dolomite and sand. The temple has no restrictions for visitors and is
open to people from all religions. The place provides immaculate
environment for meditation, peace and wisdom. The Bahai temple was
completed in 1986. Since then the temple has received recognition from
all over the world for its splendid architecture and design. Lotus
Temple is among the most visited monuments in India. The credit for
building this beautiful structure goes to the Persian architect Fariborz
Sahba from Canada.
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The City Palace
City Palace, Udaipur, is a palace complex in
Udaipur, in the Indian state Rajasthan. It was built by the Maharana
Udai Mirza Singh as the capital of the Sisodia Rajput clan in 1559,
after he moved from Chittor. It is located on the east bank of the Lake
Pichola and has several palaces built within its complex. Udaipur was
the historic capital of the former kingdom of Mewar in the Rajputana
Agency and its last capital.
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Gateway of India
Mumbai's most famous monument, this is the
starting point for most tourists who want to explore the city. It was
built as a triumphal arch to commemorate the visit of King George V and
Queen Mary, complete with four turrets and intricate latticework carved
into the yellow basalt stone. Ironically, when the Raj ended in 1947,
this colonial symbol also became a sort of epitaph: the last of the
British ships that set sail for England left from the Gateway. Today
this symbol of colonialism has got Indianised, drawing droves of local
tourists and citizens. Behind the arch, there are steps leading down to
the water. Here, you can get onto one of the bobbing little motor
launches, for a short cruise through Mumbai's splendid natural harbour.
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welcome to india
Nearly five thousand years back flourished India's first major civilisation along the Indus River valley. The twin cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa now in Pakistan were ruled by priests and held the rudiments of Hinduism. These civilisations are known to possess a sophisticated lifestyle, a highly developed sense of aesthetics, an astonishing knowledge of town planning and an time extended nearly a million square kilometres across the Indus river valley. Surviving for nearly a thousand years the Indus valley civilisation fell to tectonic upheavals in about 1700 BC, which caused a series of floods. The coming of the Aryans around 1500 BC, gave the final blow to the collapsing Indus Valley civilisation. At the dawn of Vedic ages the Aryans came in from the North and spread through large parts of India bringing with them their culture and religious beliefs. The Four Vedas or the important books of Hinduism were compiled in this period.
Royal Adventure : The Royal Bengal Tiger
Nagpur in Vidarbha, colloquially referred to as the ‘Orange City’, is actually the ‘Tiger Capital of the World’. There is no other city anywhere with an International Airport, which has so many notified tiger parks and reserves in its close proximity. These include Tadoba Andhari, Pench Melghat, Nagzira, Navegaon, Bor, and others. It is actually possible to land in Nagpur, drive out 30, to 50, km, and have an encounter with a real wild Royal Bengal Tiger, in its natural environment.
This reality has immense implications for the well being and the development of the region which is perpetually plagued with the stigma of being an under developed part of the state.view more