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Amaravathi - Buddhist Place of Andhra Pradesh

A famous place Amaravathi is our next Indian tourist place. It is the small town comes under Guntur Region of Andhra Pradesh State. Amaravathi is now turned as famous destination for the world visitors because Amareswara temple is positioned in this city. This place is also popular for biggest Buddhist Stupas. Experts say these stupas are built prior to foundation of Mauryan Empire. Earlier the place was recognized as Dharanikota or Dhanyakataka. Amaravathi was the capital during the ruling period of Satavanhanas. Satavanhans were the first rulers of Andhra Pradesh established their kingdom from 2nd to 3rd century BCE. Here Lord Buddha conducted the ritual ceremony of Kala Chakra. The evidence of presence of Lord Buddha can be checked in the book of Vajrayana. This ancient city of India is famous tourist location because of prime spots such as Amaravathi Stupa, archaeological museum and Krishna River Site. You can spend your whole day on the banks of Krishna River as the beau...

Kushinagar

Indian tourist places are world famous and travelers from around the world are reaching the different spots at various locations. Today we are going to discuss a small town known as Kushinagar located in UP (Uttar Pradesh) State, India. This town is popular for Buddhist pilgrims. According to sources Lord Buddha died in Kushinagar so its having huge religious values for the Buddhist community. It is spread in just 6 kms area and nearest big city is Gorakhpur which is just 55 kms away. The Hiranyavati River is major source of water in the town. Mallas were the ruler of the town at the time of arrival of Lord Buddha.  Attraction of Kushinagar: Nirvana Temple: the most demanding and impressive religious spot where large amount of devotees arrive is Nirvana Temple. The peaceful environment and the serenity of the temple give different feeling to the visitors. This beautiful spot is famous as Buddhist temple also.  Monuments: Stupas and Viharas between 230 BC to...

Zanskar

Hill station and its surrounding are always beautiful no matter if the hill station is of India or any abroad. However, some spots are nature made and perfect for vacations. India is having countless unexplored tourist destinations where travelers can reach and spend beautiful time of their life. Talking about the unexplored tourist destination in India Zanskar is one of the small cities located at Kargil border, Kashmir. Zanskar is hardy Buddhist vale can be attained after hard and long one week trek. Average distance from lower area to Zanskar hill is around 14 hour continue walk. Suru River flows from Zanskar so people can trek from the side of such river to get proper path for Zanskar. Local people of valley are mainly of Buddhist community. It is the place still having own king then none other place of India. Attaining to Zanskar is not at all possible between November-May as city get completely cut off from the world. The reason is heaviest snowfall during the wi...

Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam is the popular beach spot also recognized as Vaishakhapuram. The easy name to identify this Indian tourist place is Vaizak or Vizag. This is the main city with port on the South-East India. Vizag is the 2nd biggest metropolis of state of AP ( Andhra Pradesh ), India. This city is also the 3rd chief metropolis on the east coast after Chennai and Kolkata. Vizag is just 625 kilometres away from the capital Hyderabad . Today Visakhapatnam is turned as main spot for ample of heavy firms and steel plants. Vaizak is the India's chief and major sea ports that serve India from long time. The oldest shipyard is first choice for a traveller to holiday in Vizag. Visakhapatnam is the only harbour created by nature situated in the east coast side of India. The name of Vaizak was given after Visakha, who is the Hindu divinity of Valor. The  beautiful hills surrounded the city is amazing and visitors will get countless spots with astonishing views. The nestled hills, Ghats ...

Keylong - Hill station of Himachal Pradesh

Keylong is one of the wonderful hill places and also headquarter of Spiti and Lahaul district, HP (Himachal Pradesh). This station is strange, primitive, exciting hills and pleasant. Reaching Keylong allow a tourist to go through Rohtang Pass, which is again an exciting place. Visitors can enjoy Gondla, Koksar, Sissu and river Chandra Bhaga while reaching the destination. Keylong is the place where heavy snowfall is happened every year so this place gets cut off from the world, especially in November to June, months. Keylong mounts are situated alongside the Manali and Leh road. This tourist place of India is special with the junction such as Bhaga Valley, Chandra Valley, and the Chenab Valley as these are some special spots of Keylong visit. Shasur, Kardang and Tayul monasteries are spots available for a tourist, especially Hindu visitors. Finest period to reach Keylong is from June to October every year. Tourist places in and near Keylong: Tandi: Tandi is ...

Ajanta Ellora

Ajanta Ellora Caves of India: the big caves situated in Maharashtra are renowned throughout the world. These caves are located at good distance of 100 kms from Aurangabad the city of Maharashtra. The story of Ajanta Caves is very interesting as they were exposed by the British Captain Mr. John Smith accidentally in 1819. John was hunting for the voyage and accidentally he got the big caves in such location. For reaching Aurangabad tourist can utilize the flights and direct trains from various cities of India. Numerous private travel agencies are offering taxies and buses as well to reach this tourist place of India. Manmad is the closest railway station situated at just 55 km north of the city Jalgaon of Maharashtra. Spots to watch in Ajanta and Ellora: Ajanta: the caves on these spots are finest accomplishments by Buddhist priests. These caves were developed in 3 rd century and today they are measured as the premium masterwork of Buddhist architecture and art. These c...