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Solan - Hill Station of Himachal Pradesh

A city of HP ( Himachal Pradesh ) Solan is our next Indian tourist place. Solan city is famous for mushrooms as large amount of mushrooms are cultivated in the city. Solan is also famous for monasteries and temples located in nearby areas. Spiritual people must reach Solan for holy places. Yungdung Monastery is ideal location of Solan to relax. Talking about shrines the Shoolini Mata Temple and Jatoli Shiv Temple are two special holy areas for travellers.  Spots in Solan are so many but the place is yet not known to the world. However, in recent time administration of Himachal Pradesh started doing publicity of place, hence travellers are reaching the spot in more amount year to year.  Experts suggest 300 years aged fort is first place to visit in Solan. The fort is placed Nauni a small town near Solan. However mostly area of fort is ruined but still it contains the beauty of years. Reaching fort require some trekking work because fort is constructe...

Vijayawada

Vijayawada is our next Indian tourist place popular for luscious Mangoes, sweets and countless eye-catching springs. Vijayawada is listed in big cities of Andhra Pradesh as placed on 3 rd position. People also recognize the place as Bezawada. The every flowing river Krishna crosses from city which is also the best location for nature lovers. Vijayawada is bordered by River Krishna in south, River Budameru in north, Bay of Bengal on eastern side and Hills of Indra Keeladri in west direction. Going through meaning of Vijayawada literally it expresses the victory place. Today Vijayawada is becoming big trade center and popular city of South India. The city is having biggest rail hub in South India as trains to almost every city passes from this place. Reaching through road to Vijayawada is possible from  Chennai -Howrah road as well as  Chennai - Delhi . NH 5 and NH 9 are two national highways touching the city from diverse parts. Journey to Vijayawada through tr...

Bhimashankar - Land of Lord Shiva

India and its spiritual places are world famous and Bhimashankar is one of them having dark forest with lots of wild animals. To reach Bhimashankar travelers have to go through Manghar which is another secret tourist spot of India. People loving nature will definitely enjoy the Bhimashankar for natural attraction and amazing scenery surrounding. Trekkers can also do adventure at Bhimashankar as some area of forest is on high hills. Diverse types of birds from the world are reaching Bhimashankar forest particularly in summer season. The big and oldest Lord Shiva temple is best thing to watch in city. Bhimashankar is located in Western Ghats so people will definitely take pleasure of forest, greenery, and deep valleys. Idol of Lord Shiva in this temple is listed 12 Jyotirlingas of India. This tourist destination is named after Bhima River originated after the heat generated from Lord Shankara(Shiva) after killing the Rakshas Tripurasura. The altitude of Bhimashank...

Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram is our next target for Indian tourist places. This city of Tamil Nadu  is placed on the Coromandel Shore close to Bay of Bengal.  Mahabalipuram is basically a beaches city having countless temples also. Earlier the city was popular for sea port particularly in 7 th  to 10 th  century of Pallava Empire. City was named after impolite, brutal, and supercilious King Mahabali. He was killed by Lord Vishnu at Mahabalipuram. Rulers of Pallavas Empire were eager for growth of Mahabalipuram especially in art and architecture. Attraction in Mahabalipuram: Arjun’s Penance: The famed rock sculpture known as Arjun’s Penance is first thing to watch in Mahabalipuram. The structure is designed on the rear side of rock in whale shape. The size of Penance is 9 m in height and 27 m in length. Tiger's Caves: next spot we discuss is Tiger's Caves located close to coastal town of...

Badami

Our next Indian tourist place is Badami popular as royal capital of Chalukyas. However, today it’s the sleepy town comes under Bagalkot region, Karnataka . Earlier this municipality was known as Vatapi. Badami is world-known for cave shrines, entryways, citadels, devotions and monuments. Chalukyas Empire ruled Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka between 6 th to 8 th centuries. Badami town was declared as capital at Chalukyas ruling period. Greatest ruler of Chalukyas was 2 nd Pulakeshi who administered the town from 610 to 642 AD. Badami is also known for many battles as Pulakeshi defeated countless kings. He also defeated Mahendra Verman 1 st , the Pallava king and some more big rulers of south India. Dravidian architecture style was the followed by Chalukyas rulers which makes the monuments special in structural designs. Jain cave shrines of Badami are made after cutting the solid rocks and their interior is full of art and designs. The 4 cave shrines of Badami are li...

Kemmanagundi - Landscape of Karnataka

About Kemmanagundi People prefer the hill station should be wonderfully landscaped with gardens and eye-catching views. Kemmanagundi is the hill station placed in hill area of Baba Budan Giri. However, it is also recognized as Chandra Drona Parvath according to Hindu puranas. This Karnataka’s mount area is turned as favorite spot for nature lovers. People have huge attraction of adventure can also reach to this haven for exciting events. Kemmanagundi is the place where Maharaja of Mysore Shri Krishnaraje Wodeyar IV spends the summer period of his ruling age. Kemmanagundi is the word taken from Kannada language, though the word is made of three different words such as Kempu (means red), Mannu (means soil) and Gundi (means place). Altitude of Kemmanagundi is 1434 meters from sea level popular for incredible luxuriant nature and spectacular weather for complete year. Thick forests with sloshing springs and breezy weather attract the voyagers for Kemmanagundi. The t...