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Gulmarg Hill Station in India

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Post published:March 7, 2015
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Gulmarg is located in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. Gulmarg is 57 km southwest from the capital city of Srinagar and is close to the Indo-Pakistan border. Gulmarg have one of the world’s highest green golf courses. For the future golfer, there are golf sets on hire, pros to instruct one in the game, and temporary memberships, including one-day memberships. Naturally, these facilities are available to players. For a fun-filled ride of a most unusual kind, Gulmarg’s newly constructed gondola lift from high above Gulmarg, through pine-clad slopes, is exhilarating. Gulmarg is the ultimate beginner’s skiing resort.

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Harisiddhi Temple in Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh

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Harisiddhi Temple in Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh

Harsiddhi Temple is one of the shaktipeeths of Hindu Mythology, dedicated to Goddess Annapurna. The idol of Goddess Annapurna is made up of a rock painted in dark vermilion color, and seated between Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati. Another tourist attraction of Harsiddhi temple is Sri Yantra, the symbol of power or Shakti. The temple has two unique iron lamp sheds where hundreds of lamps can burn simultaneously giving the tourists a wonderful sight.

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Pakshipathalam Hill Station in Kerala

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The idyllic hill resort nestled at an altitude of 1740 meters in the Brahmagiri hills, 7 km north-east of Thirunelli. Thirunelli lies at about 32 km from Mananthavady and about…

Kanak Bhavan Temple Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh

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Kanak Bhavan Temple Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh

Popularly called Kanak Sone ki Mandir, the Kanak Bhawan Mandir, Ayodhya gets its name from the richly ornamented idols of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita. Kanak in Hindi means gold. The idols of Rama and Sita have been decorated with a large amount of gold ornaments. It looks gorgeous to see the duo in the golden throne bedecked with gold ornaments.

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Hill Station in West Bengal

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Hill Station in West Bengal

The word Bengal is derived from the ancient kingdom of Vanga or Banga. It is believed that the British named it as “Bengal” when they captured the land of rich cultural heritage. It is here in West Bengal that the movement of revivalism of everything Indian took place which came to be known as “Bengal Renaissance” where the great figures of India like hundreds of great soul viz. philosophers, scientists, patriots, and many more personalities born who played a crucial role in the political and spiritual and economic reformation of India. The region of Bengal was strategic even to the British who establish the East India Company in India and started the process of colonization of India.

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