The monsoon is the most awaited season in the Indian subcontinent. It brings respite from the scorching heat of summers. This is however not a very welcome thing in Mawsynram. You may wonder why Mawsyram is not happy with the rains. Basically Mawsyram is the rainiest place on earth and …
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India’s First Floating Post Office on Dal Lake, Srinagar
Owing to its population of whooping 1.25 billion has led India to become the largest in many scenarios including postal services. India has the largest postal service network in the world and has the largest number of post offices in the entire world. But when it comes to doing something innovative …
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Rama Setu – Limestone Shoals connecting India & Sri Lanka
History of India is full of speculations; some believe and some don’t but owing to the unrecorded history of this peninsula many things just cannot be proved. Similar is the case with Ram Setu or what is known to the western world as Adam’s Bridge. This bridge is located between …
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Kalavantin Durg – A Beautiful Abandoned Fort in Maharashtra
There are many forts in India that are marvelously built and have been appreciated by many for their architectural abundance but none is built of height as great as that of kalavantin Durg. Durg means the fort. This fort that has been built on a mountain at a height of …
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Roopkund – The Skeleton Lake of Uttarakhand
As goofy as it may sound but this glacial lake that lies in Uttarakhand has hundreds of skeleton at the base of it. The area where the lake is situated is mostly uninhabited as this is not conducive for human living and lies at an altitude of more than five …
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Rann of Kutch – The White Desert of Gujarat
Vast white land surface with nothing else on it and which shines like the surface of moon in a moonlit night can be nothing else but Rann of Kutch. The white surface of this portion of Thar Desert is due to the deposits of salt over it. The word Rann …
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Kolukkumalai – World’s Highest Tea Estate
What could be better than sipping a hot cup of tea amidst the clouds on a hill that boasts of the highest tea plantations in the world? Yes, this is all about Kolukkumalai. Kolukkumalai is a kind of a hamlet that lies in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. The …
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250 Years Old World’s Widest Banyan Tree at Botanical Garden, Howrah !
The botanical Garden in Howrah that is known by the name of Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden has something very unique in it. This is a Banyan tree that is said to be 250 years old. The uniqueness of this banyan tree lies in the fact that this tree …
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Gomateshwara Statue – The Largest Monolithic Statue in the World
India is a land that has seen the emergence of many religions such as Hinduism. Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism etc. All these religions have contributed to the world and its heritage in their own unique ways and one of those is art. The arts of the most astonishing era are no …
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Bibi ka Maqbara – Half-Sized Taj Replica
The replicas of famous buildings are infamous for being a mockery at the original monument but this can never be said about the replica of Taj Mahal. This monument which is known by the name of Bibi ka Maqbara was built in 1678 just after a few years of the …
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