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Temple/Mosque/Fort/Garden
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Place
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Brief History
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Ahmed
Shah’s Mosque
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Ahmedabad
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Built
in A.D 1414. its pillars have Hindu
emblems
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Bhubaneswar
Temples
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Bhubaneswar.
Orrisa
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Stone
temples
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Bodh
Gaya temple
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Bodh
Gaya. Bihar
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60
m high temple built by Ashoka, site where Buddha attained enlightenment
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Dilwara
temples
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Mt
Abu, Rajasthan
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Lavishly
decorated with carvings, Jain temples
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Golden
Temple
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Amritsar.
Punjab
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Sacred
shrine of the Sikhs
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Important
Temples and Mosques
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Jagannath
Temple
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Puri,
Orrisa
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Dedicated
to Lord Jagannath, an incarnation of Vishnu
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Jama
Masjid
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Delhi
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Biggest
mosque in India built by Mughal Fmperor Shahjahan
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Khajuraho
Temples
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Khajuraho,
M.P.
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Famous
sculptures depicting art of love; built some time in ad 950-1050
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Mahabalipuram
Temples
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Mahabalipuram.
Tamil Nadu
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Also
called ’Seven Pagodas’
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Mahakali
Temple
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Ujjain,
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Shiva
Mandir
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Meenakshi
Temple
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Madurai.
Tamil Nadu
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Dedicated
to the Goddess Meenakshi
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Moti
Masjid
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Agra.
U.P.
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Built
by Mughal Lmpcror Shahjahan
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Omkar
Temple
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Omkaiji.
Madhya Pradesh
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Shiva
Temple on an island in the Narmada river, also called ’Black Pagoda'
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Sun
Temple or Konark Temple
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Konark.
Orrisa
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The
mythological conception of the Sun God riding a twenty-four wheeled chariot
drawn by seven horses, carved in stone
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Buland
Darwaja
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Fatehpur
Sikri, Agra. UP
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38
m high gate built by Akbar, is India’s highest gate
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Forts,
Gardens Agra Fort
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Agra.
UP
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Originally
built by Akbar and additions made by Shahjahan containing famous buildings
(Royal Palace Shish Mahal, Moti Masjid, Diwan-i-Aam, Diwan-i-Khas)
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Gateway
of India
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Mumbai,
Maharashtra
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Built
in 1911 to commemorate the visit of King George V of UK
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Gol
Gunibaz
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Bijapur.
Karnataka
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India’s
largest dome built on the tomb of Sultan Mohammed Adil Shah covering an area
of 1630 m2
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Gomateswara
Statue
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Sravanabelagola,
Karnataka
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India’s
tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara
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Gwalior
Fort
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Gwalior,
MP
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One
of the biggest forts containing famous buildings like Man Mandir. Palace of
Man Singh, etc.
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Hawa
Mahal
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Jaipur.
Rajasthan
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Multi-storeyed
pink coloured building
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Hindodla
Mahal
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Mandu.
Madhya Pradesh
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The
walls sloping at an angle of over 77° create an illusion that the entire
building sways
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Jan
tar Mantar
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New
Delhi
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Ancient
observatory
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Moghul
Gardens
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New
Delhi
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Garden
of Rashtrapati Bhawan
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Qutab
Minar
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New
Delhi
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72.5
m high stone tower; tallest minaret in India built by Qutab-ud-din Aibak as a
Victory Tower
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Ramanaihaswamy
Corridor
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Ramcshwaram.
Tamil Nadu
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India's
longest corridor—1,220 m long
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Rashtrapati
Bhawan
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New
Delhi
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India’s
biggest residential building
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Red
Fort
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New
Delhi
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Built
by Shahjahan, made of red stone
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Samath
Stupa
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Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh
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22
m high and 28 m in diameter, stone structure built on the spot where Lord
Buddha delivered his first sermon
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Sanchi
Stupa
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Sanchi.
Bhopal
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One
of the earliest stupas, 17 m high and 36.5 m in diameter, made of bricks and
sandstone
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Shalimar
Gardens
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Srinagar.
J&K
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Pleasure
resort in Kashmir
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Brindaban
Gardens
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Mysore,
Karnataka
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Unique
gardens adjacent to the Krishnarajasagar Dam
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