tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64059598796687926612024-03-13T08:11:14.839-07:00VISIT INDIAIn a country as diverse and complex as India, it is not surprising to find that people here reflect the rich glories of the past, the culture, traditions and values relative to geographic locations and the numerous distinctive manners, habits and food that will always remain truly Indian.Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-49201028921358671242011-05-08T00:48:00.000-07:002011-05-08T00:48:43.741-07:00Himachal (The Land Of Gods), INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>Himachal Prades </b>is a state in Northern India. It is spread over 21,495 sq mi (55,673 km²), and is bordered by the Indian states of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> on the north, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(India)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab</a> on the west and south-west, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> on the south, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> on the south-east and by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_Autonomous_Region" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tibet Autonomous Region">Tibet Autonomous Region</a> on the east. The literal meaning of Himachal Pradesh is <i>Region of snowy mountains</i>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em;">Himachal Pradesh was anciently known as <i>Dev Bhumi</i> (The Abode of Gods) and is abundance in natural beauty After the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha_War" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Gurkha War">Anglo Gorkha War</a>, the British colonial government came into power. It was initially part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_region" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Punjab region">Punjab</a>, except the <i>Siba State of Punjab Hills</i> which was under the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh until 1857.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">In 1950 Himachal was declared as a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_territory" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Union territory">union territory</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;"> but after the State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1971, Himachal emerged as the 18th state of the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Union" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian Union">Indian Union</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">. Himachal has many prestigious boarding schools. </span><i style="line-height: 1.5em;">Hima</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">means snow in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">. It was named by one of the great Sanskrit scholars of Himachal Pradesh, Acharya Diwakar Datt Sharma</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Himachal Pradesh has one of the highest per capita incomes of any state in India. Due to the abundance of perennial rivers, Himachal also sells hydro electricity to other states such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(India)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>.The economy of the state is highly dependent on three sources: hydroelectric power, tourism and agriculture.</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-3819641775016053712011-05-08T00:16:00.000-07:002011-05-08T00:16:35.076-07:00Taj Mahal, Agra, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">The <b>Taj Mahal</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Mausoleum">mausoleum</a> located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Agra">Agra</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It was built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mughal_emperors" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="List of Mughal emperors">emperor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Shah Jahan">Shah Jahan</a> in memory of his third wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Mumtaz Mahal">Mumtaz Mahal</a>. It is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and stands as a symbol of eternal love.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Taj Mahal is the finest example of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_architecture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal architecture">Mughal architecture</a>, a style that combines elements from <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_architecture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Persian architecture">Persian</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_architecture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Islamic architecture">Islamic</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_architecture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian architecture">Indian</a> architectural styles.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>. While the white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Dome">domed</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Marble">marble</a> mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen.The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustad_Ahmad_Lahauri" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Ustad Ahmad Lahauri">Ustad Ahmad Lahauri</a>.Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer.</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-25587392181575567052011-05-07T23:53:00.000-07:002011-05-07T23:53:45.218-07:00Pondicherry, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>Puducherry</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Territory" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Union Territory">Union Territory</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It is a former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="France">French</a> colony, consisting of four non-contiguous <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclaves" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Enclaves">enclaves</a>, or districts, and named for the largest, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry_(city)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Pondicherry (city)">Pondicherry</a>.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">In September 2006, the territory changed its official name from <b>Pondicherry</b> to the vernacular original,<b>Puducherry</b>, which means "New village" in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a>. It is also known as <b>The French Riviera of the East</b> (<i>La Côte d'Azur de l'Est</i>).</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-62467998897195622302011-05-07T23:44:00.000-07:002011-05-07T23:44:37.924-07:00Kanyakumari, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Kanyakumari</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Town">town</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It is also sometimes referred to as <b>Cape Comorin</b>. Located at the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula, it is the geographical end of the Indian mainland. The district in Tamil Nadu where the town is located is called <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyakumari_District" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kanyakumari District">Kanyakumari District</a>. The closest major cities are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagercoil" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Nagercoil">Nagercoil</a>, the administrative headquarters of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanyakumari_District" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kanyakumari District">Kanyakumari District</a>, (22 km) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, the capital of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> (85 km).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-76394900616090379272011-05-07T23:20:00.000-07:002011-05-07T23:20:47.246-07:00Shimla, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Shimla </b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaming_of_cities_in_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Renaming of cities in India">formerly known as</a> <b>Simla</b>, is the capital city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="United Kingdom">British</a>. Located in the north-west <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> at an average altitude of 2,205 metres (7,234 ft), the city of Shimla, draped in forests of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Pine">pine</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Rhododendron">rhododendron</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Oak">oak</a>, experiences pleasant summers and cold, snowy winters. The city is famous for its buildings styled in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudorbethan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tudorbethan">tudorbethan</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Gothic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Neo Gothic">neo-gothic</a> architecture dating from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="British empire">colonial</a> era. Shimla is connected to the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalka" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kalka">Kalka</a> by one of the longest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railway" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Narrow gauge railway">narrow gauge railway</a> routes still operating in India, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalka-Shimla_Railway" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kalka-Shimla Railway">Kalka-Shimla Railway</a>. Shimla is approximately 115 km (71.4 miles) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a>, the nearest major city, and 365 km (226.8 miles) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, the national capital. The city is named after the goddess Shyamala Devi, an incarnation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> Goddess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kali">Kali</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-89501214807072137772011-05-07T23:09:00.000-07:002011-05-08T00:34:57.820-07:00Mussoorie, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>Mussoorie</b> is a city and a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_board" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Municipal board">municipal board</a>, about 34 km from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehradun" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a> and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehradun_district" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Dehradun district">Dehradun district</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>. This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_station" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Hill station">hill station</a>, situated in the foothills of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a> ranges, is also known as the <i>Queen of the Hills</i>. The adjoining town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landour" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Landour">Landour</a>, which includes a military <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonment" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Cantonment">cantonment</a>, is considered part of 'greater Mussoorie', as are the townships of Barlowganj and Jharipani.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em;">Being at an average <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Altitude">altitude</a> of 1,880 metres (6,170 ft), Mussoorie, with its green hills and varied <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Flora">flora</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Fauna">fauna</a>, is a fascinating hill resort. Commanding snow ranges to the north-east, and glittering views of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehradun" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Dehradun">Doon Valley</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siwalik_Hills" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Siwalik Hills">Shiwalik</a> ranges in the south, the town was once said to present a 'fairyland' atmosphere to tourists. The highest point is Lal Tibba with a height of over 2,290 metres (7,510 ft)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px; white-space: nowrap;">.</span></div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-5643175234032988382011-05-07T22:38:00.000-07:002011-05-07T22:41:56.509-07:00Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>Edward James "Jim" Corbett</b> (25 July 1875 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nainital" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Nainital">Nainital</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Hunting">hunter</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservationist" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Conservationist">conservationist</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_history" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Natural history">naturalist</a>, famous for slaying a large number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-eater" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Man-eater">man-eating</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigers" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Tigers">tigers</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopards" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Leopards">leopards</a> in India.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Corbett held the rank of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Colonel">colonel</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> and was frequently called upon by the government of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="United Provinces of Agra and Oudh">United Provinces</a>, now the Indian states of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, to slay <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-eater" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Man-eater">man-eating</a> tigers and leopards who had killed people in the villages of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garhwal_Division" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Garhwal Division">Garhwal</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaon_division" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kumaon division">Kumaon</a> region. His success in slaying the man-eaters earned him much respect and fame amongst the people residing in the villages of Kumaon, many of whom considered him a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sadhu">sadhu</a></i>(saint).</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Corbett was an avid photographer and after his retirement, authored the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Eaters_of_Kumaon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Man-Eaters of Kumaon">Man-Eaters of Kumaon</a></i>,<i>Jungle Lore</i> and other books recounting his hunts and experiences, which enjoyed much critical acclaim and commercial success. Corbett spoke out for the need to protect India's wildlife from extermination. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Corbett_National_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Corbett National Park">Jim Corbett National Park</a> in Kumaon was named in his honour in 1957.</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-32992644819920229752011-05-07T22:28:00.000-07:002011-05-07T22:29:29.074-07:00Rajasthan(The land Of Kings), INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>Rājasthān</b> the land of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthani_people" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Rajasthani people">Rajasthanis</a>, is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_India_by_area" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="List of states and territories of India by area">largest</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Republic of India">Republic of India</a> by area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thar_Desert" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Thar Desert">Thar Desert</a>), which has an edge paralleling the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutlej" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sutlej">Sutlej</a>-<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Indus">Indus</a> river valley along its border with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. The state is bordered by Pakistan to the west,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> to the southwest, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> to the southeast, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> to the northeast and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> to the north. Rajasthan covers an area of 132,150 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_mile" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Square mile">sq mi</a> or 342,239 km². The proportion of the state's total area to the total area of the country is 10.41 per cent.</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Jaipur is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_and_union_territory_capitals_in_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="List of state and union territory capitals in India">capital</a> and the largest city of the state. Geographical features include the Thar Desert along north-western Rajasthan and the termination of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghaggar_River" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Ghaggar River">Ghaggar River</a> near the archaeological ruins at <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalibanga" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Kalibanga">Kalibanga</a>, which are the oldest in the subcontinent discovered so far.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">One of the world's oldest </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_range" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Mountain range">mountain ranges</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aravalli_Range" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Aravalli Range">Aravalli Range</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, cradles the only </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_station" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Hill station">hill station</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">of Rajasthan, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Abu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Mount Abu">Mount Abu</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, famous for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilwara_Temples" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Dilwara Temples">Dilwara Temples</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, a sacred pilgrimage for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Jainism">Jains</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">. Eastern Rajasthan has the world famous </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keoladeo_National_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Keoladeo National Park">Keoladeo National Park</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;"> near </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatpur,_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Bharatpur, India">Bharatpur</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, famous for its bird life and is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;"> and two famous national tiger reserves,</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranthambore_National_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Ranthambore National Park">Ranthambore</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sariska_Tiger_Reserve" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Sariska Tiger Reserve">Sariska Tiger Reserve</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">. Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949, when all erstwhile princely states ruled by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajput" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Rajput">Rajputs</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, known as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Rajputana">Rajputana</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">, merged into the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 1.5em; text-decoration: none;" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-65137172357338450392011-05-07T10:55:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:55:29.251-07:00Kerala, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Kerala is an Indian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="States and territories of India">state</a>, located <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="South India">south</a> most on its <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_coast" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Malabar coast">west coast</a>. It was created on 1 November 1956, by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="States Reorganisation Act">States Reorganisation Act</a>, combining various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> speaking regions.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">The state has an area of 38,863 km<sup style="line-height: 1em;">2</sup> (15,005 sq mi) and is bordered by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> to the north and northeast, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> to the south and southeast and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sea" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> towards the west. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> is the capital city. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozhikode" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> are other major cities. Kerala is also known for its many small towns that are scattered across the state, thus creating a higher density of population.</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-45599262479556642772011-05-07T10:47:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:47:39.610-07:00Kasmir, India ( Heaven on Earth)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Kashmir</b> is the northwestern region of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>. Until the mid-19th century, the term<i>Kashmir</i> geographically denoted only the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Valley">valley</a> between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Himalayas" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Great Himalayas">Great Himalayas</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pir_Panjal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pir Panjal">Pir Panjal</a> mountain range. Today <i>Kashmir</i> denotes a larger area that includes the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">Indian</a>-administered state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> (the Kashmir valley, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>), the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakistan">Pakistani</a>-administered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a> provinces, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="People's Republic of China">Chinese</a>-administered regions of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksai_Chin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Aksai Chin">Aksai Chin</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-87191689106157432772011-05-07T10:20:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:20:42.642-07:00GOA, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Goa</b> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>'s smallest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="States and territories of India">state</a> by area and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_India_by_population" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="List of states and territories of India by population">fourth smallest by population</a>. Located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="South West India">South West India</a> in the region known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Konkan">Konkan</a>, it is bounded by the state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> to the north, and by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> to the east and south, while the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sea" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> forms its western coast. Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country as a whole. It was ranked the best placed state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-21700302321949017552011-05-07T10:11:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:11:16.371-07:00Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b>Gurudwara Bangla Sahib</b> is the most prominent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Sikhism">Sikh</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdwara" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Gurdwara">gurdwara</a>, or Sikh house of worship, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, known for its association with the eighth <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Guru" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Sikh Guru">Sikh Guru</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Har_Krishan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Guru Har Krishan">Guru Har Krishan</a>, and the pond inside its complex, known as the "Sarovar", whose water is considered holy by Sikhs and is known as "Amrit". It was first built as a small temple by Sikh General, Sardar Bhagel Singh in 1783, who supervised the construction of nine Sikh shrines in Delhi in the same year, during the reign of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Emperor" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Emperor">Mughal Emperor</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Alam_II" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Shah Alam II">Shah Alam II</a>.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">It is situated near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Place,_New_Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Connaught Place, New Delhi">Connaught Place, New Delhi</a> and is instantly recognisable by its stunning golden <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Dome">dome</a> and tall flagpole, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishan_Sahib" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Nishan Sahib">Nishan Sahib</a></i>.</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-65912049825417144862011-05-07T10:06:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:06:07.279-07:00Jama Masjid, Old Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">he <b>Masjid-i Jahān-Numā</b> commonly known as the <b>Jama Masjid</b> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, is the principal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mosque">mosque</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Old Delhi">Old Delhi</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. Commissioned by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Shah Jahan">Shah Jahan</a>, builder of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a>, and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Old Delhi">Old Delhi</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chawri_Bazaar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chawri Bazaar">Chawri Bazar Road</a>.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">The later name, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama_Masjid" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Jama Masjid">Jama Masjid</a>, is a reference to the weekly Friday noon <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/congregation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3366bb; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="wiktionary:congregation">congregation</a> prayers of Muslims, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jummah" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Jummah">Jummah</a>, which are usually done at a mosque, the "congregational mosque" or "jāmi' masjid". The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshippers. The mosque also houses several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Relic">relics</a> in a closet in the north gate, including an antique copy of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> written on deer skin.</div><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-33295875585862170972011-05-07T09:55:00.000-07:002011-05-07T09:55:50.799-07:00Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Chandni Chowk</b> originally meaning moonlit square or market, is one of the oldest and busiest markets in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Old Delhi">Old Delhi</a>, now in central north <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-27511322740879175052011-05-07T09:46:00.000-07:002011-05-07T09:46:09.593-07:00Connaught Place, Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-19628300389120090582011-05-07T09:38:00.000-07:002011-05-07T09:39:32.151-07:00Qutub Minar, Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The <b>Qutub Minar</b> is a tower located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It is the world's tallest brick <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minaret" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Minaret">minaret</a> with a height of 72.5 meters (237.8 ft). Construction commenced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb-ud-din_Aibak" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Qutb-ud-din Aibak">Qutb-ud-din Aibak</a> who won Delhi from the Prithviraj under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_of_Ghor" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Muhammad of Ghor">Muhammad of Ghor</a> as his commander in chief, and finished by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iltutmish" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Iltutmish">Iltutmish</a>, The Qutub Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Islamic_architecture" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Indo-Islamic architecture">Indo-Islamic architecture</a>. It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutub_complex" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Qutub complex">Qutub complex</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-79452584697247107922011-05-07T09:31:00.000-07:002011-05-07T09:31:37.568-07:00INDIA GATE, New Delhi, INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-85066185970887223112011-05-07T09:26:00.000-07:002011-05-07T09:26:41.232-07:00Lotus Temple, New Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The <b>Bahá'í House of Worship</b> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>, popularly known as the <b>Lotus Temple</b> due to its flowerlike shape, is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Bahá'í Faith">Bahá'í</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_House_of_Worship" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Bahá'í House of Worship">House of Worship</a> and also a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the Mother Temple of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>. It has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-32298585304236493962011-05-07T09:20:00.000-07:002011-05-07T09:21:54.849-07:00RED FORT, New Delhi, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The Red Fort was the palace for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital here from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">Agra</a> in a move designed to bring prestige to his reign, and to provide ample opportunity to apply his ambitious building schemes and interests.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The fort lies along the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna_River" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Yamuna River">Yamuna River</a>, which fed the moats that surround most of the wall. The wall at its north-eastern corner is adjacent to an older fort, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salimgarh_Fort" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">Salimgarh Fort</a>, a defence built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Shah_Suri" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">Islam Shah Suri</a> in 1546.The construction of the Red Fort began in 1638 and was completed by 1648.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-4012272652019893852011-05-07T04:32:00.000-07:002011-05-07T08:55:44.793-07:00Golden Temple, Amritsar Punjab, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Golden Temple</b>,is a prominent <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdwara" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Gurdwara">gurdwara</a></span> located in the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(India)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab (India)</a>. Construction of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdwara" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Gurdwara">gurdwara</a> was begun by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Ram_Das" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Guru Ram Das">Guru Ram Das</a>, the fourth Sikh Guru, and completed by his successor, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Arjan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Guru Arjan">Guru Arjan</a>. In 1604, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Arjan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Guru Arjan">Guru Arjan</a> completed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Granth" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Adi Granth">Adi Granth</a>, the holy scripture of Sikhism, and installed it in the Gurdwara. In 1634, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Hargobind" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Guru Hargobind">Guru Hargobind</a> left <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivalik_Hills" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sivalik Hills">Sivalik Hills</a> and for the remainder of the seventeenth century the city and gurdwara was in the hands of forces hostile to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Gurus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Sikh Gurus">Sikh Gurus</a>. During the eighteenth century, the Harmandir Sahib was the site of frequent fighting between the Sikhs on one side and either <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrani_Empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Durrani Empire">Afghan</a> forces on the other side and the gurdwara occasionally suffered damage. In the early nineteenth century, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjit_Singh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Ranjit Singh">Maharaja Ranjit Singh</a> secured the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_region" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Punjab region">Punjab region</a> from outside attack and covered the upper floors of the gurdwara with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Gold">gold</a>, which gives it its distinctive appearance and English name of "Golden Temple"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Hardeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11402826903631436310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405959879668792661.post-62199565462930855812011-05-07T04:28:00.001-07:002011-05-07T08:58:55.671-07:00Taj Mahal, India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The <b>Taj Mahal</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mausoleum">mausoleum</a> located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Agra">Agra</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.It was built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mughal_emperors" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="List of Mughal emperors">emperor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Shah Jahan">Shah Jahan</a> in memory of his third wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Mumtaz Mahal">Mumtaz Mahal</a>. It is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and stands as a symbol of eternal love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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