12884. India - Heritage

Heritage : salim chisti's tomb, fatehpur sikri (1572)
built after sufi saint sheikh salim chisti's death. tomb venerated by both hindu and muslims.

12885. India - Heritage

Heritage : sanchi stupa, sanchi, madhya pradesh
the great hemisphere is 120 ft. in diameter, and covers the relic of gautama buddha.

12886. India - Heritage

Heritage : se cathedral, velha, goa (1652)
the largest church in asia, it has a 80m long aisle and 14 altars. of its five bells, one is the famous golden bell, one of the best in the world.

12887. India - Heritage

Heritage : shatrunjaya hill temples, palitana, gujarat
the hill is crowned about a thousand magnificent jain temples, which are marble structures built over a period of 900 years.

12888. India - Heritage

Heritage : somnath temple, gujarat
legendary temple believed built by 'moon god'. it treasures ransacked by mahmud ghazni seven times. it was also destroyed by aladding khilji and aurangzeb, and every time it was rebuilt.

12889. India - Heritage

Heritage : sun temple, modhera, gujarat (1026)
built by a king bhimdev i of solanki dybasty.

12890. India - Heritage

Heritage : surya temple, konark (13th century)
the sun temple of 'black pagoda' conceived as a chariot of the sun god, built by king narasimha dava i.

12891. India - Heritage

Heritage : taj mahal, agra (1630 to 1648)
one of the seven wonders of the world. built of white marble by emperor shah jahan to immortalize his beloved queen mumtaz mahal.

12892. India - Heritage

Heritage : the bada imambara, lucknow
asia's largest vaulted hall.

12893. India - Heritage

Heritage : vaishnodevi, jammu
a cave shrine in trikuta mountains, an important pilgrimage center for hindus.

12894. India - Heritage

Heritage : victoria memorial, calcutta
a marble monument commemorating the empress victoria.

12895. India - National Park

India - National Park : bandhavagarh national park
Place : shahdol
State : madhya pradesh.

12896. India - National Park

India - National Park : bandipur national park
Place : mysore
State : karnataka.

12897. India - National Park

India - National Park : bannarghata national park
Place : bangalore
State : karnataka.

12898. India - National Park

India - National Park : borivili national park
Place : mumbai
State : maharashtra.

12899. India - National Park

India - National Park : corbett national park
Place : garhwal
State : uttar pradesh.

12900. India - National Park

India - National Park : dudhewa national park
Place : lakhimpur
State : uttar pradesh.

12901. India - National Park

India - National Park : eravikulan rajmallay national park
Place : idduki
State : kerala.

12902. India - National Park

India - National Park : gir national park
Place : junagarh
State : gujarat.

12903. India - National Park

India - National Park : guindy national park
Place : madras
State : tamil nadu.

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