Name
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Location
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Famous for
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Ajanta Caves
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Aurganbad
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Buddhist care temples
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Amaranth ‘s Caves
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Kashmir
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Naturally formed ice shivlinga
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Anand Bhawan
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Allahabad
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Nehru family's ancestral hose |
Vaishno Devi
|
Jammu and Kashmir
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One of Hinduism's holiest sites
|
Buland Darwaza
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Fatehpur sikri
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The highest and biggest gateway of India near Agra built by Akbar to commemorate his victorious campaign in Deccan
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Char Minar
|
Hyderabad
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Built in 1591 CE, it is a monument , a mosque and a global icon.
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Dilwara Temples
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Mount Abu
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Jain temples, Vimal Vasahi , mahavir swami , built between 11th and 13th century AD.
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Lotus Temple
|
Delhi
|
Temple with a flower like design
|
Taj mahal
|
Agra
|
Iconic domed mughal mausoleum
|
Gandhi Sadan
|
Delhi
|
Birla house - where Gandhiji was assassinated in 1948
|
Gateway of India
|
Mumbai
|
Erected in 1911 on king George V’s to India
|
Gol Gumbaz
|
Bijapur
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Largest dome in India
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Gomateshwara
|
Mysore
|
2000 year –old statue of a jain sage carved out of a single stone
|
Golden Temple
|
Amritsar
|
Sikh pilgrimage |
Hawa Mahal
|
Jaipur
|
A pink castle of air
|
Jallianwala Bagh
|
Amritsar
|
A public garden infamous for the massacre of hundreds of innocent Indians by the british on 13 April, 1919
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Jantar mantar
|
Delhi
|
Observatory built in 1724 during the days of Maharaja jai Singh II of Ajmer
|
Jama masjid
|
Delhi
|
Biggest mosque built by Shah Jahan
|
Kanya kumari
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Temple of the virgin goddess situated on the extreme southern tip of India
|
Kranti maidan
|
Mumbai
|
Historical avenue where Gandhiji gave the call ‘Quit India ‘ in 1942
|
Harmandir sahib
|
Amritsar
|
Gilded temple & sikh pilgrimage site
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Meenakshi temple
|
Madurai
|
Hindu temple
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Qutab Minar
|
Delhi
|
Largest minaret
|
Rajghat
|
Delhi
|
Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the bank of the Yamuna
|
Red fort
|
Delhi
|
A red stone structure built by Shah jahan on the bank of the Yamuna
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Sabarmati
|
Ahemdabad
|
Harijan ashram founded here by Gandhiji
|
Sarnath
|
Varanasi
|
Centre of Buddhist pilgrimage , the place
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Shakitisthal
|
Delhi
|
Situated on the bank of the Yamuna where Mrs Indira Gandhi was cremated
|
Shantivan
|
Delhi
|
Samadhi of pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Shantiniketan
|
Kolkata
|
Famous Visva –Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore
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Sanchi
|
Madhya pradesh
|
Ancient Buddhist monuments
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Victoria Memorial
|
Kolkata
|
Famous museum
|
Vijay Ghat
|
Delhi
|
Samadhi of Lal Bahadur shastri
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Vir bhumi
|
Delhi
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Samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi
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