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Omkareshwar - Holy Place of Madhya Pradesh

Omkareshwar is the sacred Indian tourist place famous for Hindu temple devoted to Lord Shiva. Omkareshwar is named as 12 honored Jyotirlinga of God Shiva. This shrine is placed on an island known as Mandhata (also recognized as Shivapuri). The flowing River Narmada is having huge holy values for Hindus. If you view the island from sky you will find the shape of island as ॐ (Om) symbol. Omkareshwar and Amareshwar are two mostly visited temples of this place. Omkareshwar is the place where Lord Shiva and many other Hindu gods visited several time. Vindhya hills in North, Satpura forest in South and River Narmada in West are making this place most impressive for voyagers. In ancient period this tourist place of India was full of alligators and fish. Attraction in Omkareshwar Countless places are available here for voyagers but few of them are special. Some of the key destinations of Omkareshwar are described below: Omkareshwar Temple: A shrine of Lord Shiva is first...

Konark

Konark is the small town of Orissa known for oldest shrines. However, beach and dance festival of Konark are famous in the world. Konark (assumed name Arka Tirtha) made from the combination of two words Kona and Arka. Meaning of Konark is sun around the offender. People reach globally to Konark to attend the annual festival of dance. Classical dancers perform during the fest to make the event more successful. Sun Temple of Konark is world famous attracting voyagers throughout the world. Sun Festival is big occasion and people take holy dip in sea prior to sunrise. This city is admired for Craft and Handicraft work. Attraction of Konark: ASI Museum: first spot where voyagers can visit is ASI museum located close to Sun temple. ASI museum contain few fragile models of antique Oriyan structural design. There are 4 arcades in ASI which shows around 250 odd types of numerous traditional things recovered from the temple of Sun. Konark Beach: A perfect beach of Konark wi...

Bundi

In India, Rajput community is strong enough from years and ages. If we go through history of Rajasthan and many other states of India Rajput Empire become strong at particular interval. They controlled almost west India single handedly and built countless historical palaces and havelis. These Havelis and palaces are attracting tourist around the world for whole year. Learning life standard of luxurious and exciting period of Indian emperors is possible by reaching these spots. The historical place Bundi is the city of Hadoti district, Rajasthan. This Indian tourist place is turned as best choice for people who are doing research on India’s past. The lavish forts, step well pools and palaces are famous throughout the nation. The big city Kota is only 35 kms away from Bundi which allow visitors to take pleasure of one more tourist spot of India. Jaipur is the next big city near Bundi which is only 210 kms distant. Average elevation of Bundi City is 268 meters. The s...

Surat

One of the biggest City Surat is popular for tourism as well as commercial activities. Earlier the city was recognized as Suryapur. Presently this metropolis is developing rapidly in every sector particularly in textile trade. Surat is renowned city of Gujarat State, India. As per survey this conurbation is the 3 rd cleanest city of India and 2 nd largest municipality of Gujarat . However, the city is also named in most populated region of India placed on 8 th position. Average populace of city is 4.5 million. Since 2001 to present year Surat has developed in every sector. This metropolis is located at distance of 306 kms from the capital Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat . The river Tapti (also known as Tapi) is flowing through the city. Surat is popular for textile as well as diamond trading. Because of big diamond center city is referred as Diamond Capital too. There are many other names of the city and Embroidery center of India is one of them. The finest part of city is appr...

Hemkund Sahib Ji

Hemkunt Sahib is the Sikh Gurudwara also known as Hemkund Sahib. This guru ka dwar is located at Chamoli region, Uttarakhand. This is the only Gurudwara located near the glacial lake covered by 7 high peaks. Each mountain is adorned by the Nishan Sahib (Flag of Gurudwara). The Hemkund Sahib is only the Gurudwara situated in the Himalayas with the good height of 15,200 feet. Reaching the gurudwara is possible only through walk, though the journey starts from Gobindghat of Rishikesh to Badrinath route. This Sikh worship place is recognized as the Gurudwara Sri Hemkunt Sahib Ji. It is dedicated to Guru Sri Gobind Singh Ji who was the 10 th Sikh Guru. The religious value of this Gurudwara is more than others place for Sikh community. It holds the real importance to the people who consider in Dasam Granth. Etymology : Experts suggest Hemkunt is the Sanskrit term which is made of two different words. One is Hem which means snow and other is Kund which means bowl. ...